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Madrid has no space for him, but I guess that hasn't stopped them in the past.

I was very impressed with Hazard against PSG. He would fit in very easily in Guardiola's system. Lille may yet hold onto him for another season or two. I think he's ready to move up now. The big clubs will pay a huge price for him if they try and wait two more years.

Buy, buy, buy

I would love to see Pirlo in a Barca jersey. I think he was made to play in this type of team. I think he would be more than capable of playing a quicker brand of passing. It would be a very cost effective signing and most of all we could keep him in peak fitness. I don't think it would be...

Chicharito was rated the World Cup's fastest player in South Africa. Valencia, Park, Rooney, Anderson, Evra and the twins can all run with the best. In terms of pure speed, I would only put Messi, Dani, and Adriano in the same league as United's fastest. I could be underselling Abidal, and I...

Not all counter attacking is defensive and destructive, and United will try to put this on full display. They can put the ball in the net before the defense knows what happened. Remember Arsenal (Emirates) and Shahktar? Something tells me United will not be as wasteful, though they can...

If Abidal plays, Busquets likely will push forward to try and further impose the midfield area (and escape Rooney attentions) as Barcelona are already playing with three at the back when it is Abidal-Pique-Puyol. Dani is a right winger. Iniesta would shift nominally left in this instance to...

Rooney will force Busquets to do one of two things. Either Busquets will push further up to try and force Rooney into a more defensive role, creating an extraordinarily high defensive line, or Busquets will drop in with Pique-Puyol and Barcelona will show more of the 3-4-3 shape. There are...

If United learned anything from the 2009 final, it is the importance of making the first 15-25 minutes count on the scoreboard. United started very well in that final, pressing from the front and generating chances, but had nothing to show for it. Once the match settled in and Barca...

Not against Barcelona. Park will be an extremely important player for United. Nani is too wasteful and not willing enough defensively to play against Barcelona unless he comes on as a late sub to add a spark. Park will have double marking duties against both Xavi and Dani Alves. My match...

United will be scared shitless of Sociedad and Levante then.

Our set up completely depends on Puyol and Abidal readiness. You will see the standard Barcelona line-up for the first time since Christmas if that happens. Villa has little hope against Vidic-Ferdy-VDS on current form. Barcelona's goal scoring will depend almost entirely on Messi in open...

I believe Fergie will use almost the exact set-up as he did against Chelsea. The only tweaks I see are potentially with Fletcher's fitness, and obviously O'Shea sitting. Park will definitely have a role in this match, both helping against Alves runs AND bothering Xavi. Fergie will have as...

United has a great chance to win this match. They are built to cause Barcelona problems as long as the two CMS aren't completely abused (I'm looking at you, Carrick). Rooney's deep lying role will give Barcelona fits. Kanoute and Forlan caused Barcelona no end of problems in a similar role...

Afellay is a very good player and brings many needed things to the team when he gets to play. I want to see him at Barca for many years. Absolute highway robbery for the price we paid.

I don't think Chelsea's news conferences are like this:Only in Brazil...

We could sell Maxwell for a profit and get Coentrao on some really good business. Bayern Munich, Tottenham (Bale replacement if sold), and Liverpool have all been linked recently. Benfica may have labeled him at 30m, but that was after the World Cup when all valuations are inflated. Benfica...

Coentrao doesn't get near the hype he should be getting, and I know that's because he plays off the grid somewhat at Benfica. Benfica is not a small club by any stretch, but obviously the Portuguese league trails well behind the majors in terms of coverage. Also, many clubs aren't prepared to...

Just to clarify, I'm not saying he's Chicharito right now. I think he is a very similar type of player though and could do what Chicharito is doing in a few years. As far as Adu is concerned, he was mismanaged by Piotr Novak at DC United. Novak tried to make him into something he wasn't (a...