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I think you are wastly overestimating the amount of money new sponsorship deals can bring to us. If Ney and Messi will earn 60-70 M/yr more than today, the new sponsorship deals would have to bring the same amount YEARLY JUST TO GET US TO PRESENT FINANCIAL POSITION. And our present financial...

Well, to be fair it would have been personally stupid for him to sign for RM with Ronaldo playing on his position. He would have the same problems as Bale has now - being forced to play out of position and being hated for it. But now Ronaldo is on his way out, so it makes more sense now. I'd be...

True, but it doesn't really matter, his DEFACTO salary will double for next 2 years, it will majorly screw us financially, no doubt about that.

We won't have enough money for Marquinhos. I think our transfer budget will be 30M max. With MSN leaked salaries we can't afford more, sorry. We will be basically out of transfer market for next 2 years. Accept, that we are basically broke and stop looking at players worth 40-50m and start...

Yes, it can be true. I've read that it will double, because Messi deferred his wages from first two years of his contract. He basically signed 4 year, 32 mil per yr, but he was paid just 22 mil./yr for first two years so now he will be paid 42 mil. That, and Neymar's renewal rules out Pogba in...

Why? I don't understand this, especially in our current fiscal situation. Contract length is OK (he is 29, no need to make it longer) and he already is on huge wages. Why renew at all?

He was bought for LCM role primarily. Remember Iniesta was nothing special last season, Roberto was still nobody and our only creator was Messi. Of course it all changed during last few months, so big money for him can now look a little bit too much, but during summer it was perfectly rational...

Yeah, the fact that Grimaldo did not even get a chance is mind boggling. Major screw up by LE. He wasn't very good when defending, but IMO attacking and "holding the wide" position are more important for our fullbacks. That's the reason why Mathieu and aging Adriano struggle at that position.

They want him, just on loan not permanent purchase. He'll find an enmployer in Europe. He is not that bad. Has some potential, the problem is his lack of match practice and even injuries.

We are broke, remember. There probably are no good (cheap) alternatives available during winter window. I agree that getting good backup for Alba is highest priority now. Even Messi's absence is not so damaging to our game right now...

Because it would be completely futile. Don't you understand? In La Liga something not mentioned in refs report does NOT exist. Federation would not be able to punish Lopez, even if he broke Messi's leg, if it was not mentioned in ref's report.

I just watched the video of the match and he wasn't THAT great. When passing and going forward he was good, but I noticed he lost quite a lot of balls in areas where DM should not. He sometimes played too risky, more like CM than DM. Granada was unable to capitalize, but against better team it...

Alves is playing as RB, because he has absolutely amazing season (yes, he is better than Roberto, altough not by much). Roberto was not that great as RW against Real, he was decent, but do you think he is better RW than Messi? And while he was good as CM too he is again not better than Iniesta...

So Alonso from Fiorentina signed an extension, so he won't come for free in summer.

I don't think so. His most direct competitors Iniesta and Turan are not young, they might start to decline in 1-2 years (I thought Iniesta already started to go that route, he significantly improved in last few months). He can overtake them, but he needs playing time to develop. He has better...

I watched few Sevilla matches with him (because of Deulofeu). Yes he came inside sometimes, still he mostly played as winger, a winger in 4-2-3-1 to be precise. He also struck me as an universal player with no significant weaknesses, but no special strengths either. He may have played on left...

He won't fit into our system as RW at all. Firstly he is not that special there and secondly he plays like classical winger - running along the sideline and crossing. We don't use such wingers. And here do you people get the idea he can play on left side ... He'll play as Alves backup, nothing...

I don't have a problem with him walking around, when he is great in offense. The problem is if he is not playing that well (relatively speaking) he should at least try to show more effort.

Good, no place for him with Iniesta and Turan in team. Better to develop in Villareal, than to be 3rd LM choice in Barcelona.

Well, again forwards cost extra. They are often difference makers and are a lot more marketable. Neymar was an expensive risk, but he was hottest young prospect in the world back then and already a leader of Brazil national team. Laporte is CB, he is not hottest young prospect and is not leader...