As soon as Sabella ditches the 5-3-2 and returns to Argentina's usual formation, Messi's crap game turns great. Coincidence? I think not. The tactics fucked him over in the first half.
This. I wouldn't sell Sanchez for any price. Unless we have a better replacement lined up, but there is no RW out there who we can realistically get who'd be an improvement on Sanchez, so yeah...
Remember, Scolari wasn't calling Costa up. Had he not chosen to play for Spain, he'd either be benched in favor of Fred, or not even called up for the WC.
Well, we can't sell him without having a replacement lined up. Rakitic should be more of a squad player, definitely not Xavi's replacement. I'd buy Gundogan now and keep Xavi as our starting CM while Gundogan recovers.
The thing is though, Gundogan would be cheap right now. I can understand waiting until next summer to buy him, but buying him now could pay off big time.