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This guy moves well off the ball but on the ball he is a turnover machine, I'm sorry

Such a curious case. Recently he is a huge beast for Brazil but seems constrained at Barcelona

why we pay so many millions for an older and worse player than Munir? At least Munir was so mobile and high-intensity

Munir? :blush:

So Guardiola has higher priorities at present then watching Zinchenko play. Guardiola wants to analyse the seniors in the squad and implement a coherent game model. He prioritises this higher than watching Zinchenko play, taking notes of his weaknesses and personally developing the skills of...

Recently, Zinchenko told the media that Guardiola told him to go on loan to PSV Eindhoven. Zinchenko wished to stay at Man City but this was Pep Guardiola's advice. Using your logic, Guardiola did not wish to personally develop the skills of Zinchenko. Guardiola loves the loan.

The point is that Guardiola clearly decided that it was not worth it to put some youngsters in the thick of the action regularly( Not all). Clearly Luis Enrique is using the same chain of reasoning to decide that Samper and Munir should be loaned. There is not all that much difference, except...

Luis Enrique's idealism is underrated and his pragmatism overrated. He is still a La Masia possession coach, not as much as Pep. I can't think of any more La Masia-style coaches other than these two.

Obviously Iniesta is undroppable but imagine a Rakitic ---Busquets---Gomes--Sergi Roberto line. Fantastic balance :p