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It's not shitting and "disrespect", which I used wrongly, but the downgrade of Zizou's legacy. On my list he's above Modric and Iniesta. Xavi played at different position and comparing them seems off.

I don't consider Zidane GOAT, but he was among the top 3 of his era. I read somewhere he was interested in a Barca move after the Bordeaux phenomenon. Instead we ended up with Christophe Dugarry. Anyway, no need to disrespect a legend because some punk said he's the GOAT. It's like shitting on...

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Most likely Bobby Robson's influence for him not to land at Barca. Instead brought some of the best Portuguese players after Sporting Lisboa stint. But not Krasimir Balakov.:lol:

Kopke had his swan song at Euro 1996. He was what was considered final days as pro at 34-35 back then.

Early childhood for me, I remember more Busquets, the goalkeeper and how terrible he was. Zubi? Not so much. Yesterday I had this thought about Barca GKs - stumbled upon a Porto era Mourinho video, anyone remember Vitor Baia used to play for Barca? Where does he rank?

Woj. It's similar in sound to a Bulgarian exclamation expressing astonishment.

It's a different culture. Germans are known to be reserved in nature, while southerners are more direct. You've seen crowds awaiting players at parking exit after a loss to insult them.

Exactly. He's no improvement on MATS, but very decent option given the limited market. I regarded Keylor Navas in his prime as one the best GK, but not his current shape.

A problem for commentators. "Anketep.... Antetempu.... Anketetunto! No? I'll call him Yannis."

There might be some true to that. Szczesny is without training & condition probably since EURO 2024 ended. Pena is inferior, but conditioned. It's a good deal and ideal competitive situation, especially for Pena. Unlike last season, when MATS was gone for few months, this time the chance is for...

A lot of footballers smoke in their private time.

The compensation is likely to be common in contracts of retirees, in case of reversal. Szczesny retired just 30 days ago, Juventus are in their right to demand this sum. Without this compensation it's a giant loophole in the transfer market. Imagine Mbappe retiring last summer, so he could move...

Tricky part is the text "cannot count on the services of at least two goalkeepers on List A". We have Pena and Astralaga registered already. Is he a A or B list?

If Man City had won the semi-final vs. Real Madrid we would have a totally different conversation for BdO. That's how silly the dynamics of this award are.

1-0 at 00:50. :lol:

@Horatio, how many penalties?

I'm not his advocate, I'm not willing to :lol:, but this is what the whole forum points at now with Vini's BdO win - him being shit for NT. Media are biased for whatever reason, which I don't want to delve into.

This discussion is going sideways with the greatness of Messi. My point is Messi was criticized in the past for delivering for Barca and failing to do the same for NT. In this context Vinicius finds himself in a similar position. 2014 WC and Copa finals failures drove Messi to international...