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oh lord. Undiano is reffing the Celtic-Juve game. Ugh. Yay for Marchisio though.

Not I. :) I'm a Calcio fan, always have been. I respect United as a club but have no reason to be jealous of them: they've won fewer CL titles than Milan's former #10. As far as Liga football goes, I am mostly a neutral though I'll tend to prefer one club over another. Right now, I like...

I think we're all pretty clear on your opinion at this point. :) So. Will United's defense and midfield be able to deal with Madrid's counterattack? That's my big concern.

And lost twice last year to a club that signs only players from a small region of northern spain/southern france. United may have the highest revenue according to Forbes but they also have a not insignificant gross debt of 423 million (according to their IPO paperwork).

Not having that discussion right now (the objectivity or lack thereof of any particular country's media). I'd rather discuss the game at hand - or possibly even the games being played today.

:rofl1: Owning my disagree on this one - but the objectivity (or lack thereof) of a country's media is another discussion for another thread. To the topic at hand: I think that Madrid - if they play to anything like their potential - can beat this United, probably with some ease.

You assume everyone here is a Barcelona fan. That is not necessarily the case.

I don't think they had a penalty at San Mames....

I'd like to wish United as much luck at the Bernabeu as they had the last time they played in Spain.

Fixed.

Except it's a different shade of blue.

I think you're right - it's a ploy to needle the opposition. I can't see Iker Casillas playing for anyone in Spain but Real Madrid. Ramos either, really, given how much he and Del Nido don't get along.

My opinion differs from yours, Bojan. I think Niang is - at least right now - by far the better choice on the right. Better chemistry, movement and link up than Bojan. You could make the argument with Robinho tho.

How do you figure him as 4th? Putting on my milanista hat officially, I put him as fifth behind Balotelli, El Shaarawy, Pazzini and Robinho. Bojan will sometimes come off the bench but not for every game and while he's had a few good moments, he doesn't always have much of an impact. Edit...

I'm remembering - admittedly with a bit of nostalgia - the Athletic-United fixtures of last season. Am not sure United's midfield or defense has improved since that time - and if they haven't I think I'm going to give a fin up to Real, even a fractured one in which the coach has lost the...

for free? Sure, I imagine they probably would in that case. But not for anything near 10 million. He's just not produced enough to justify it, esp since Fester is in stingy mode unless there's an election pending in Italy.

Bojan comes after the following guys in the striker rotation at Milan: Balotelli, El Shaarawy, Niang, Pazzini, Robinho. I haven't seen much evidence of his popularity among the fanbase - unless you can point to specific evidence. Still doubting Fester would pay anywhere near what Bojan's...

Doubt Bojan will stay at Milan (or rather that Milan will pay the buy option). I don't think he's really done all that well. As for the Lewandowski rumor...ouch. If it were to happen, the Dortmund fans would be seriously annoyed. But are Bayern likely to keep Gomez? That's what I've started to...

Do we actually know that he's declined?

Llorente gave an interview to As that's revealing (and more than a little sad). English version: http://www.as.com/english/articulo/llorente-the-club-pressured-instead/20130203dasdenspo_6/Ten The Castellano version is even sadder.