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Yeah, or we could also loan him out so he still gets his signing bonus when he's free. Win-win for everyone.

There's also a recent report of Depay saying he won't leave even if we sign 6 more forwards. Maybe he wants to collect his signing bonus when he's a free agent next summer.

Wouldn't matter, Holland coach would know why they're being benched here and still start them.

Depay and De Jong are definitely starting for Holland in the world cup if fit, and they know it. Who's benching them? No one

Spot on, a contract is a contract. Now if he agreed to reduce it before and just changed his mind, that would be a different situation. But just expecting someone to cut his salary cause you imposed a new rule or salary structure is funny.

I think they all just deferred their salary, so asking De Jong to cut his is funny.

Many top forwards dive at the slightest or even without contact, a brief example is Suarez, Ronaldo, Salah, etc. So there being a slight contact on Neymar makes it not that bad anymore. It's what it is

Good luck with that, just know that he's probably not leaving if a CL club doesn't come for him, and he'll probably not reduce his salary. PSG tried to also move Neymar so he doesn't activate his new salary which is massive but Neymar would be staying (though it's not really the same thing)

I think so too, but the difference is that Xavi feels he has many midfielders to chose from and that wasn't the case with Dembele, as we created less chances without him then due to him not having a suitable replacement so we just had to play him. Would still like to see what happens if he stays...

Starting Araujo at rb kills our attacks from lw, and the left winger there would have to play two attacking roles up-front

Different views, just saw another one today that showed there was a quick contact between the defenders leg and neymar, and then it doesn't look so bad anymore.

I'll really like to see what happens if Frenkie doesn't accept a wage cut and doesn't leave. You can't go on a signing spree if you're not 100% certain some players would leave and he literally has a contract so that's legal backing

I've been seeing many Chelsea fans now that wished they went all out for Dembele when he was free a few weeks ago due to his performances so far, it's still too early to judge but I felt they would've had a better chance convincing Dembele than Raphinha, as Raphinha's main goal was to play for...

It'll be Fati and Ferran on the lw, the Dembele and Raphinha on the rw

For me, its different profiles for different games. If there's a stubborn defensive team that you need to dribble through, I'll start with Dembele. I think Xavi might opt for Dembele also as he pushed for him to stay, he also highlighted Dembele's performance in his interview today and the...

First goal is more on the midfield than Dest, he had to try to hold two different Juventus players so I won't really blame him for that.

Stegen would've froze for the second goal, as the three defenders were basically blocking the goalie.

It's mostly down to how we're playing right now, we need the wingers to provide more if we want Lewa to score, cause they're more interested in scoring than providing right now.

True, it seemed like he couldn't shoot last season as he was always crossing. I still think that we need one of our wingers to actually act as a provider, they've all just been trying to score this pre-season and the cf isn't getting much service.

There's a reason Dembele had 13 assists despite playing 21 league games last season. Talent-wise, Dembele is clear but he has lacked consistency for a while and he's actually been pretty consistent this season so I see Xavi starting Dembele and subbing Raphinha in, after all he pushed for him to...