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Real has too many AMs already, Wolfsburg maybe don't want to sell to direct competitor and KDB in Bayern means Gotze out (and some people don't want more Germans to leave Bayern). We have ban and I'm not sure how would KDB fit into our 4-3-3 system. He is typical 10, IMO even Pogba would be...

Lamela has been a huge disappointment. Pedro leaving wouldnt be a problem, the problem is we let both our technical young wingers like Deulofeu and Adama leave too. Say what you want about Deulofeu, but I think he would have been a decent backup for both wing positions. Sandro and Munir are...

But we are talking about heavy rotation in 2007-2008, aren't we? It doesn't matter how good was Henry in Arsenal, he was nothing special during 2007-2008 for us, Ronaldinho the same. So maybe there was heavy rotation, because the players were not performing WELL IN THAT SEASON? Yes those...

Good for US. It could demoralize them, return them to earth after that 4-0 victory. I also hope they will be tired.

Ronaldinho was poor in that season, he left afterwards. Henry was nothing special either (he was much better in 2008-2009). Krkic was hyped, but still just a talented teenager. Of our forwards in that season only Etoo and Messi were really good, so there's no surprise that coach rotated. Anyway...

What did you expect? That he magically became polished player during the summer without any matches played and just a little of training?

Yeah, Pique was below average for the 2 seasons before last one, at least. That's why many people thought it was amusing when he referred to himself as being "one of the top 3 CB". I'm not sure WHEN EXACTLY he improved, but I believe it was during winter hence 8 months comment. He was certainly...

No he is not. Song is not bad player, he was just worse than Busqets and Mascerano, when he was here. Plus he was misused as CB. Also he played on more advanced positionlast year in West Ham. He was more like box-to-box mid, than DM. It's stupid to not try him at least.

I really don't understand why couldn't we keep him, if we have no buyer. Our midfield is super thin and does our coaching staff really believe Sergi Roberto is better than Song?

That's not how I remember him, I remember him being poor for almost whole first half of last season. Especially being repeatedly schooled in one on one situations.

Pique was equally bad just 8 MONTHS AGO, and look how he improved.

He might get a lot of time, but I'm not sure about his development. I hope they will teach him to be become more complete player and won't encourage his overdribbling tendencies.

Them paying 12 million is his guarantee.

Mathieu out of squad for "tactical reasons" - looks like LE is pretty pissed off after his recent performance.

He is actually pretty decent, it's just that our DMs are world class. And I believe he was bought to be CB eventually, or they wanted to sell aging Mascherano. Anyway givin him away for free is stupid, especially with our thin midfield. His injury sucks though, he'd have been good enough for...

Gerson :) Turan is perfect for LM, Iniesta is right footed too. Grimaldo was supposed to be our LB backup, but after last season I'm not so sure (quite poor defensively).

Normally I would agree, but everytime we try something different than 4-3-3, we play poorly. We can't even pull double pivot, so I'd not risk us trying 3 defender backline. Also Pique as RB is a waste.

1. To be fair he's also good at defending (for a forward) and has good work rate. Reminds me of Pedro in that regard, actually. Also he's not selfish, yes he dribbles a lot, but not because he's selfish. And I believe he's better than Munir, Sandro, Grimaldo because HE PLAYED better than any of...

Yes, but he was nonexistent in defense. A lot of our problems were, because he left his flank totally exposed. In fact I hesitate to call him defender now. He's simply a winger.

Vemaelen will play as CB, Mascherano was poor too against Sevilla. Anyway Mathieu mistakes when playing as LB are mostly mental. He forgets where he should play and goes too far to the center. That's fixable. It's not easy, but more fixable, than lack of speed or poor tackling. Also people are...