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I also feel that our best wide players have been goalscorers. It's why I prefer keeping ansu wide and not turning him into a number 9, even though he has some attributes of a 9. A bit like David Villa was for us. It's hard finding good goalscoring wide players. I disagree with you on trincao...

Etoo loves Messi and zlatan has always liked him. Pep is the one etoo and zlatan hate. I don't really believe all these dictator stories which come from the Madrid press. I can't remember any past or present player saying anything but good about Messi. Most just say he is a quiet,humble guy.

Of course we would have a better chance with prime Messi, but football is a team game at the end of the day. No one has ever won anything by themselves and they never will.

Newcastle as a possible destination for coutinho is finished. Group interested in the takeover have pulled out

According to sky sports, we've offered Willian a 3 year deal.

Even prime Messi would struggle to win with this team. Suarez is useless, griezmann is a flop, midfield has zero creativity and defence is too slow for a team that plays a high defensive line. There are just too many weaknesses. We need a new team

It was only a matter of time before Suarez was burnt out. I know it's quite hard to remember now as he's been really bad the last few seasons, but most of his career he's been a high intensity player. In England, he used to get praised for not giving defenders a moments rest and being a...

It obviously isn't much of a challenge. They would win without him. It's just another thing he can had to his CV and his PR team can spin it to show some clueless footie fans that he's better than Messi. "He's won leagues in England, Spain and Italy" blah blah.

Hard done by with the golden boot, but it's a bit premature to say ballon dor has been stolen from him by the pandemic. Whoever wins CL would most likely have been favourite for the ballon dor.

Wouldn't be surprised if juve get a couple of penalties today as well

If he isn't happy at the end of his contract, why wouldn't he leave? I remember in one of his interviews he was saying that he really thought about leaving when the tax case was going on. If he left Argentina as a 13 year old, I don't see why he wouldn't leave for another country as a 33 year...

Interesting. People have been talking about the amount of penalties man utd, real Madrid and Juventus have had, especially after the restart. Is it just a coincidence, or is there some sort of unconscious bias, given all 3 are seen as the national club of their respective countries.

Was thinking the same thing. Hopefully the board can see the red flags and decide to call it off. Unlikey though, they obviously aren't happy unless there is at least one big money flop every year.

It's a very risky move imo. Cancelo is definitely better than semedo attacking, but is a lot worse at defending. I wouldn't mind if we had a more defensive minded RW. Messi + semdedo is better than Messi + cancelo for us. I wouldn't mind cancelo if griezmann was playing RW though.

Good comparison. Comparing a great goalscorer to a an all round great player. If you watched them play regularly, it's easy to see who the better player is. CR7 has benefited from the social media era. He's a marketing dream. It's why the media are always pushing the Ronaldo Vs Messi narrative.

Definitely too early. Talent is not enough to be successful. He has the attributes to do well, but there are so many things that can go wrong. I just hope he is mentally strong and can cope with being seen as the new star of la masia. I remember when bojan broke through and was called up for...

What makes it even more crazy is that they each have 12 goals from penalties.

Spot on. You know there is a problem with creativity in your midfield when, riqui has more assists than a couple of the regulars by playing in only a handful of games. Messi does the same thing with Argentina as they also lack creativity. Didn't have to drop back earlier in his career at Barca...

That is crazy. I haven't watched the games, so I don't know if they genuinely were penalties. I don't trust Seria A though, they have a long history of corruption. I remember them bending over backwards last year for juve and doing their annual awards ceremony on the same date as the ballon dor...

Feel sorry for Lewandowski, deserves to win golden boot this year. CR7 will probably get another 2 penalties minimum in the remaining 4 games. How many penalties has CR7 scored this year? Maybe whoever is in charge of golden boot rankings should give 1 point instead of 2 for a penalty to make it...