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Dembele will never be cheered on by fans because he is a reminder of the Barto era, he will always be stained by that however much he tries. For most fans he will always be connected with his big price tag and that disastrous era however well he does, when he does badly it always comes back to...

Despite scoring a hell of a lot of goals for Portugal Ronaldo didn't really progress them as a side much.

Messi has brought so much for this club, but at the end of the day he is like any other professional athlete. He wants to get compensated and make a lot of money for his talents, and if he negotiates a king's ransom out of an idiot such as Bartomeu he'll happily take it to stay. Not his fault as...

The difference between international football and club. De Paul's schtick of running, pressing, diving for fouls and being a nuisance is great in Argentina's simplified system where they are all just clearing up space for Messi and making up for his defensive deficits, but for ATM or any other...

Not really sure why Xavi kicked out Dest given we received no fee for him and his wages aren't that high. We have ended up putting one of the best CBs in LaLiga as a makeshift RB, really limiting his ability, or finished Bellerin there so clearly we haven't actually improved that position even...

Do you seriously think that Imhotep is still a top DM?

Obviously not, but I relativised his talents to Messi. Not saying Ronaldo is some average guy off the street who suddenly became one of the best in the world through hard work, because I know it doesn't work like that, Ronaldo is very athletically gifted, but in terms of a talent-for-talent...

Messi didn't ultimately have the better career because of goodness or decency, he is just infinitely more naturally talented at football. The fact that Ronaldo actually managed to keep in the same category as him is testament to his outstanding mentality and work ethic which was far superior to...

You have to consider if a player fits your team needs and project/tactics not just if they're good value for money. Raphinha and Kounde may well have been good value for money but so far don't seem to be adding much value on the pitch in Xavi's system, when we could've done with true fullbacks...

4/6 of Ferran's GA came against Plzen Don't be fooled by this Plzenman

No secret that since Messi moved to PSG, if there is a PSG game at the same time as a Barca one, the match chat here will be barren and have almost nobody in it. But hey, you can't blame people. Most Barca fans, especially the younger ones, were drawn to the club by that golden era with Messi...

That's unfair to the rest of his team. Who do you think won all of those penalties that he scored from this tournament? It was his teammates, who ran and fought and defended too for him to produce offense. A team effort. The heroics of Dibu too in the shootouts... The victory is of their group...

Florentino would have kicked out Busquets and Pique 5 years ago. They sign Tchouameni, we chase Zubimendi. They sign Endrick, we sign 34 year old Lewa. They sell Casimero, we renew Busquets. Etc. We cling onto our past generations and past successes whilst RM are always thinking about the next...

Underrated to overrated arc. Always happens. He's a great player but not top level.

France have a better squad but have been far from impressive this tournament and were caused big problems by England. Don't think this is some insurmountable task for Argentina and Messi.

Unlikely any of the French players actually had camel flu/MERS and are well enough to start a 90 minute game of football. That virus is very rough and furthermore isn't spread very easily between person to person. Probably those guys just caught colds and are getting dosed up with some...

Would be difficult to do worse than 2nd place and no trophies given the squad Barca have in comparison to rest of LL and EL teams. I think even Zidane82 could achieve that hypothetically assuming he was a respected ex footballer like Xavi who the players would respect and listen to. The only...

Busquets being undisputed starter and centerpiece of the team has always been Xavi's choice. He has other options or configurations of the midfield, could have spent some money on a DM last summer when we all saw how finished Busquets was, he can switch to a double pivot, but no, Busquets is...

His dream is a lineup of 11 Imhotep's.

Worth far more than 50m in this market where even average players are going for that these days. Another Alemany masterclass setting his clause so low - so he can play well for a year and then jet off to some EPL club for pennies. Padremany!!!!