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Heres a way of putting it to those who fear the worst, if you could right now swap squads with Real Madrid would you?

According to Graham Hunter Rafinha (Thiagos brother) has signed a contract extension until 2016 with a 30 million euro buy out clause, not sure if this has any effect on Thiago or not to be honest. Could that be the reason Mazinhio was pictured with Rosell last friday?

Id love Ozil hes a great player but i dont think hes at the Madrid dumping stage just yet, if they get Bale mind you that could change. I think wed be more likely to get Di Maria if anyone, i genuinely dont see where he fits in now they've signed Isco whose obviously been guaranteed game time...

Good post and i see perfectly where your coming from, id probably say the exact same thing in your shoes. But heres the thing, firstly there's no guarantee when Xavi will call it a day, it could be in the next 2 years, it could be next year, it may not be in 3 years, ive seen legends at my own...

Yup could quite easily be the case, i remain convinced the longer this drags on the likelier he is to stay.

I see, ok fair enough, but surely after you'd effectively won the league before the new year you could have used Thiago more and avoided this situation? why not even save Xavi exclusively for champions league games and use Thiago in La Liga when it became obvious la liga was finished? it dosnt...

Madrid are a circus club who care little for their players in my opinion, they as you rightly say simply stockpile the latest big names regardless of the need for them, they have no problem dumping anyone they deem surplus to requirements all because theyve got a shiny new toy, one of the many...

What do you make of the fact Vilanova new about this clause and what would happen if he didnt play Thiago yet ignored it anyway? all this drama could have been so easily avoided but wasn't, why? it dosnt make any sense, why not just play him in that dead rubber game and erase all this uproar? do...

I think it comes down to the fact that he knows if he was at almost any other club in world football right now hed be not only a regular player but a star, i think thats the root of the issue, theres a fine line between confidence and arrogance of course but he feels hes good enough and dosnt...

Yeah i didn't understand that at all, even if Tito wasn't aware of the clause before hand he was made aware of it while it was still a rectifiable situation, odd that he chose to ignore it basically and cause all this especially when the game had nothing on it, makes me half wonder if you...

That last parts very true, inspirational even, reminds me of this song:

Yeah i understand that, if i was a barca fan id be likely saying the same things to be honest so i dont have any problem with it and im not trying to convince anyone so to speak, im just putting a different angle on the situation, i probably enjoy discussing it to much lol i think it just leads...

Is it fair to claim it 'easy' for a player to not say waste but give up maybe another 2 years of his career to wait for someone else to pass on? its easy for a fan to say they should do this but when your the player and your careers a short one you want to maximise your development surely? And...

You havnt lost him yet and he wont be playing with neymar and Messi, he'll be watching them, thats the problem.

Do you really believe that? i dont see it honestly, Xavi on one working limb was being dosed with painkillers patched up and picked over Thiago last season, i dont see whats going to change in a few weeks? Xavi's fit Xavi plays, hes an icon at your club and key to how your entire team functions...

Thiago will soon be taught the finer qualities of the 50 yard directional hoof into space...........:(

I agree entirely, thats exactly how i see it, he wants to be the main guy in a big club now, he feels hes good enough and probably knows he would be in most other clubs outside of Barca, waiting for Xavi to retire isnt overly appealing when your in a position where you dont need to.

Is it really important who hed be playing ahead of or more important how he actually played given the chance? Hes not going to be given the chance to displace Xavi, your managers already told him this by all accounts, he would probably be rotated more for the lesser games when Xavi needed a...

You think its about money? why then would he and his advisers be talking to Manchester United then? why not one of the nouveau riche clubs like PSG or Monaco? maybe an Anzi or at least a Chelsea or City? all these clubs offer greater financial reward than Manchester United or Barcelona. I dont...

The first 1 is fair enough, the second one id take that bet, but seeing as the only person whod know the answer to that would be Del Bosque theres no way wed know if that were true or not. Regardless of whether he joins us or not, i always think regular football = better chance then sporadic...