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I dont think Xavi understands what causes injuries if this is his analysis of the situation. Gaining muscle mass doesn't prevent injury or really have any bearing on it. If anything, it is the more muscular players who are more injury-prone (higher explosiveness, force produced, therefore more...

Nothing changed from then until now relating Gundogan. If anything, his estimation only increased because he had a phenomenal year at City last season. There's no reason your opinion would have changed. The actual explanation is that as soon as it became clear he was coming to Barca that's when...

It's in black and white there - to dominate games and win the CL, you need midfielders of very high class such as Gundogan. Not sure how he can twist his words to claim he meant something else.

Lets run with your argument - as you said, you've described Gundogan as world class previously, said he is of very high class and amongst the best midfielders in the world, yet you think the circumstances are so terrible here he's gonna go from world class to just a decent player? If that...

"This is not true. Any team looking to dominate games need midfielders of very high class. Bayern, City, Madrid (who are not even a possession team per se usually) all have them. Bayern had both Kimich and Thiago when they won last CL. City are stacked in creating midfielders department, with...

It proves that you described him as a top midfielder in the world before he signed here. After he signed here he became 'good player but not that amazing'. And it has nothing to do with City since you made a direct comparison between him and another player not the teams they play for.

Ancelotti gets a lot out of attacking players.

Borderline top10 midfielder.. but can't be compared to top midfielders in the world like... Gundogan. You actually can't make it up.

Because everything Serghei says is a masked attempt to big Xavi up as much as possible, not argue about the actual points being made, leading to him changing his arguments every few months when he's proven wrong. The arguments arent made on him evaluating the facts and giving his actual opinion...

So it means nothing in terms of our global standing, nothing in terms of representing value of our players, nothing in terms of implying future success, the only thing it says about us is that we focused more than them. Damn, pretty high bar you've got there!

What you mean is, anyone who doesn't approve of Xavi as manager is a hater. You play down the league title just as much as anyone but from a different angle, claiming Madrid are actually much better and we only won because they don't focus against small teams, it was a fluke and we probably...

No Vini, no Benzema, no Courtois... I guess Madrid still have the upper hand according to some here.

A great point. Our financial projections have suffered immensely for being grouped twice in a row, if it happens again, I believe the board will sack him if only based on the fact we can't afford to have a manager that can't progress through CL stages. For us, getting to a semi final vs being...

Standing by the team is fine. Standing by the team doesn't mean, immunity from criticism when people are doing a bad job. And it is pretty tragic if we get grouped in CL 3 years in a row, lol. That's like Ferencvaros or Plzen quality not Barca.

Correct and he still got battered online for it even whilst he was winning Prem after Prem. Nobody ever claimed it was acceptable that he lost to likes of Monaco and Tottenham.

Pep never went out in CL groups ever. That's incorrect.

No, it is unacceptable if we go out no matter what draw we get, as we should at least be finishing 2nd in any group.

Teams who spend less regularly progress through the stages. We have spent enough to be able to not play Europa three years in a row. What our financial difficulties do is prevent us from being the best team, but not from something basic like getting out of CL group stages once in three years.

And there you go.. this is the pre prepared defense if we go out early. Not the end of the world of a club like Barca plays in Europa League three years in a row....ok pal