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From quitting Barcelona to joining Middlesbrough, what a champ. :lol:

Sure it sounds strange when you put it like that, but keep in mind Messi grosses tens of millions of euros annually. Besides, none of these companies are based in Spain, this is only from local revenue. Messi makes most of his earnings in Spain, so this comparison makes little sense. Besides...

I'm dying here. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Fans in Barcelona, "Catalan opinion"... 6 references to the locality as some kind of basis for superiority of opinion. I'm not following. Why is the opinion of people in Barcelona or Catalunya more relevant than others'? It's not as if they run the club. First of all, the entire point was that...

Well that's easy to say now, after we've seen him play for Barcelona. Go back to posts in this thread from July 2015 and tell me whether the reaction was largely positive or negative.

Not everyone thinks like Hulk. Any single one of our players could easily get a better deal in Qatar, China and elsewhere, but they still care more about being in the football elite and playing in top-level leagues than they do about making even more money. That's why we say 'retirement...

Logical decision. He's had a great run, but Spain need to start a new cycle and a new coach will do them good. Thanks VdB for starting Alba and opening everyone's eyes to what a player he is.

This is not FM. You can't sell a player to a club if the player doesn't want to go.

Lucky? You make it sound like he was the Douglas of the 2008-2012 era. :lol: I'm pretty sure he had something to do with the success they achieved. And on the basis of that success he's now a high profile manager.

I do, I just thought it was kind of appropriate. :) Besides, it's still a good quote. :lol:

What a shame. Of all the places in the world he could afford to go to, he takes his Spanish wife and kids back to his homeland and gets treated this way. Absolutely disgusting. I guess that's what you get for loving to come back home and not going to Ibiza like everyone else. Besides, I never...

There's only two infinite things: the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe. :lol:

Unfortunately, if Portugal accomplishes anything, that will override however useless Ronaldo was during the competition, and he will get credit.

Incredible how people consistently refuse to read what it's in front of them. I literally said Perišić would be an improvement in comparison to what we have now, which doesn't mean he's the best choice. How on Earth someone understands that as "there's no better choice" and starts throwing...

Perišić would be a great improvement and addition to what we have now - Munir alone covering for all three forward positions. Which doesn't mean he's the best choice. But he'd still be a significant improvement of the squad.

There's no scenario in which this is good for Messi or for Barca, except maybe from a purely physical perspective.

"Income from transfers." :lol: Who does he think he is?!

Yes, there's a whole lot of difference. Primarily, when it comes to Portugal, you're talking about things that happened 10-12 years ago, whereas the Argentina issues we're talking about here are primarily from 2014-onwards. In each of those instances, Argentina played the final. Portugal...

This is why this discussion makes no sense. If you view this as failure, then obviously there's nothing to discuss further. Argentina haven't been at the top of national football in decades, Messi brings them on the brink of #1 several times in a row, and somehow that is failure? But all other...

Good point. The Tata hate is getting ridiculous. Sure he's not a phenomenal coach, but they did reach two finals with him, didn't they?