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Not really true.

Yeah, but Verratti's contribution is more about intelligence rather than crunching tackles which Mascherano is known for. Both Verratti and Gündogan are similar to Xavi's playing style, Modric might be the only other one who is similar. My choice is Gündogan because he suits our mixed...

Even with Pedro we'd still have to pay like 50M extra for him. I'd love him here but he's not worth it. Even with Thiago Silva and Marquinhos we never wanted to pay more than 40-45M.

Hybrid of Mascherano and Xavi? Not sure. Being tenacious doesn't mean being Mascherano. In this case Gündogan would be a hybrid of Xavi and Arturo Vidal.

Gündogan!! Where's the poll? :p

Great would be buying Rakitic for ~18-20M and selling Cesc for 50M+. That's what clubs like Real or Chelsea would do.

It was, from a business perspective. 33M€ is a ridiculous bargain for Chelsea.

So we'll probably end up with Alves leaving and neither Bellerin or Danilo joining us...

I disagree then. Maybe you didn't watch the match properly. Even in this forum people were more on the critical side: http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.php/10066-Zlatan-Ibrahimovic?p=1398914&viewfull=1#post1398914 > Not his best of games > he was slower than usual and he missed a few easy...

I never compared him to Messi, that was what you did? He was shit in the first leg. Also I asked when the last time was he performed in a big CL match. Which especially means knock out ties. I simply can't recall one good match from him, and that was basically my question.

So basically you're saying that ability-wise Silva can be compared to the greatest, only that his trophy count doesn't allow that? Trophies are dependant on where you play. As I said, Messi will probably never win a World Cup but there's no doubt he's the greatest of all time. TS had one of the...

Technically speaking he didn't win League titles with Juve btw :pep:

Agree on the first part. Is the team overrated? I don't think so. IMO it's a well balanced team with some splendid players like Matic, Azpilicueta or Oscar. Yesterday was one of the few times where Mourinho alone was responsible for his team's demise. Even for him that was too defensive...

His contract runs out in 2016. So if he doesn't renew the Summer transfer window is the last opportunity for Dortmund to get money for him.

So you'd rather pay ~80M for Verratti (or Pogba) than ~30M for Gündogan and maybe another ~30M for Tielemans / O. Torres? If all players were available for the same price the choice is clear but obviously it's not.

I would be much more pessimistic against Madrid or even Dortmund because of their insane quick counters. A possible match up against Bayern won't be like 2013 because Heynckes isn't their manager anymore. This time Pep will dominate possession while we're sitting back and countering. It largely...

Yep. Gündogan is still the better player. His two seasons before injury >>> what Verratti has shown so far and that's not even trying to play down Verratti's performance.

Fair enough I guess. One would expect his performances to eventually become better though. Since his spectacular goal against England in 2012 (I think) he has been overhyped to the heavens but never really showed why. He only has a very strange cult following him, where he is a legend because...

Why do you think was Nesta a superior player? Or any of those you named. Obviously it's your opinion and they were indeed great players but TS remains underappreciated for me. In terms of pure defending he's easily the best of his generation, but then he is even impressive in physical aspects of...

I think plenty know about Matuidi :lol: