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Why definitely not Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad)? He would be an excellent bal-winner. If you want to play him as box-to-box midfielder, then you'd play him out of position. Think he would be more of a defensive midfielder for us and could even play at centre back in my opinion.

When I first read his comment on Willian being a potential Rakitic replacement, I thought he was speaking of William (Carvalho from Real Betis). Still no Barcelona-esque midfielder for me, but still... It would make more sense than using Willian (a winger, not an attacking midfielder) as a...

All of 'our (Dutch)' CB do that, it's the way 'we' want to dictate the build-up play. Pretty much the same as Piqué and Bartra were doing at Barcelona. Those rushes are very useful to break up the oppponents midfield. Defensively he's a bit shaky at times, just like Piqué. He needs a...

As I said before; this guy is the real deal. Matthijs de Ligt has maintained his starting spot under new coach Marcel Keizer, so he was in the starting line-up against Rosenborg tonight. And even though he didn’t improve on his timing defensively and his defensive positioning he really impressed...

Well... Then they're just masochists and there's not much more I will do than to wish them a very good time. ;)

That's not what I'm referring to. I understand the frustration about the silence of Neymar, but we shouldn't get upset about everything the media is making of this. There's no agreement with PSG (we didn't even negotiate), Neymar didn't have his medical, he hasn't activated his clause (yet) and...

Exactly. Getting upset over rumours about him having 'his medical in Dubai' (what would never ever happen if it was for the proud Qatari), then crying over him supposedly flying to Brazil (which wasn't true) and after all of this he's just flying back to Barcelona after a promotional event in...

Sure, after those diplomatic en economic measures the UAE (and other Gulf countries) took against Qatar they would 'crawl on their bellies'. I don't think so. The political situation is way too fragile the do such a thing. Besides that, sending one of the 'faces of the nation for the WC' for a...

Why on earth would they use their very own showpiece of the World Cup to 'amend ties with Gulf nations'? No way, the Qatari are way to proud for that.

Well, that's enough to prove the 'Neymar is having his medical on his way back from China' rumours are bullsh*t. Why on earth would the 'proud' Qatari have their new face of the World Cup have his medical in Dubai (UAE)? With the recent fued between those nations I can't imagine that the Qatari...

I did. Quite liked the look of new CB signing Jorge Cuenca and the link-up play of Abel Ruiz in attack.

Still, I get why some would block you when you're asking those kinds of questions. However, if you're sparking a debate with a controversial statement like that and blocking the ones that oppose... That's just sad. Social media platforms are the base for discussions. If you just want to shout...

Well, that's a really dumb question to be fair. How could he possibly answer that?

Even if Paulinho is a 'gift' to Neymar for staying at the club (which is ridiculous by the way), why wouldn't we try and sign a Brazilian midfielder that can actually be useful to Valverde? If he wants a strong box-to-box kind of midfielder, then why not go for Fabinho? He could play at RB (even...

El Presidente strikes again!

Could you link me one of those articles? I'm gonna read into this tomorrow morning. ;)

Okay, that wasn't clear to me at first (probably because of me, it's kind of late over here). Well, the costs can't be spread over the contract length when you're activating a clause to my knowledge. Have to read into it tomorrow to be 100% sure about it. But I'm quite certain about this...

That's in the case of a 'normal transfer', but it's a different situation when a release clause is triggered. Accounting rules state that you have to account the costs (the full amount) at the moment of the transfer itself. I mean, that is the moment you trigger the clause and have to pay the...

No, it's not. The way you account for the costs of a 'normal transfer' is to spread it out over the contract years because that's the way you arrange the paying installments. By triggering a release clause you can't do anything else than to pay the full amount up front and that's the way you...