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    Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

    There's been plenty of severely overrated players, so in that context he's not, but when you consider the actual level he's been rated at in the last few years, in that context he is. A lot of it has to do with the focus switching to goals alone, which is absurd, but most of it has to do with...
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    5 - Carles Puyol

    Great interview. :)
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    Marc Bartra

    Yeah, but they don't always go that, that's the point. Remember Cesc?
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    Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

    That penalty literally made me sick to my stomach. In a way it's Ronaldo in a nutshell. Nowhere to be seen for 120 minutes, then scores the last penalty and gets all the credit.
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    Marc Bartra

    If anyone's to blame for this, it's the manager. The players and their representatives are only looking out for their own interest, obviously, and the club has to agree to something if they want to sign a contract. It's actually not a bad deal for the club, either. All you have to do is give the...
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    Xavi Hernández

    I think it's safe to say he'll coach Barca B before he coaches the first team.
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    14 - Javier Mascherano

    Whoaaaa easy there, tiger! This escalated quickly. If anything, they'd go elsewhere for their own increase in wages, not their former teammates'.
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    14 - Javier Mascherano

    Just to be clear, I wasn't blaming any of this on Rosell/Bartomeu. I only took Neymar as one example. But anyway, yes, you're right. Unfortunately some (most?) players will always go where the pay is better, so either we give in to their demands or give up on signing them.
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    14 - Javier Mascherano

    That's exactly the problem. There's a slight difference between who our "top players" are in terms of importance/performance and in terms of wages. I understand it's a very complicated and delicate situation to handle and I myself have no better suggestion how to handle it, but I see that that's...
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    Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

    Maybe he was thinking in RM terms: Spanish league, Spanish cup and the Audi Cup.
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    14 - Javier Mascherano

    I don't want him to leave, but if he wants to go himself, I think now's not a bad time, really. He's done good here and he'd be leaving after two very successful seasons, which he contributed a lot to. To me, that's a dignified departure, as opposed to one where a player is leaving an...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    The point is not what we've done so far, but what we'll do in the future.
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    Arda Turan

    The role that Rakitić occupies at the moment didn't exist before he came either. Suarez and Alba, as well. The team has to evolve, whether we like it or not. We can't just keep replacing players with the exact same type, but younger - because they don't exist. You find the best player you can...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    I might be wrong on this and I might be emotional about it, but I'll take Iniesta over Pogba any day of the week. I just don't see Pogba as our savior. Modrić, maybe. Pogba, not.
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    Arda Turan

    I'm not saying he will fit eventually, but he's only been here for a few months and has played way too little to be sure that he can't fit in, and we'd look silly to make such a huge decision based on so little time and experience. Besides, the most important part in the context of the transfer...
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    Arda Turan

    Regardless of whether he eventually fits in or not, we'd look like absolute morons if we put him up for sale after literally half a season.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v4

    I just don't understand why some of you won't accept that pointing out someone's good move isn't taking away credit from anyone else. If someone says Messi made a terrific pass, that doesn't mean Alba shouldn't get credit for the goal he scored.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v4

    That's true, but if Messi hadn't made those two decisions and executed them the way he did, there's nothing to suggest we would have won this. We played the full 90 minutes and were no closer to the title than Sevilla. So yes, the entire team eventually made it happen, but it would be unfair not...
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    Rafinha Alcantara

    Well put, that's pretty much all there is to say. And he might even get better, so there's no downside really.
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    Marc Bartra

    That's the most logical thing to think and we all say that for most homegrown players who struggle to get playing time here, but then again, I might be wrong but at this moment I can't think of one recent example where a youngster "reject" left FCB and went on to become a solid player (let alone...

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