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Nope, Rafinha is not better than Kovacic, but the issue with Kovacic is: How much will Inter ask for him? What other options do we have?

Whoever said so, it's true and everyone knows it.

Juventus have been playing irrelevant games for a long time now. It's always good for your CL prospects.

First of all. Who said that we are paying 120m for Pogba? And even if what you are saying is true, and Juventus are indeed asking 120m for Pogba and Inter are asking 70m for Kovacic, then both of those teams can keep their players and we can keep our euros. If Real Madrid or Chelsea or PSG...

My god! Instead of having the actual football fans of the actual football teams, we will get some glorified accountants and marketing people for both big European finals. UEFA and their corporate backers live under the things that live under stones.

Now I am not saying that transfermarkt is some kind of supreme wisdom on all things football, but their valuations on the players are discussion are: Pogba - £44m Kovacic - £19.36m Gundogan - £17m

Neymar was always a brighter prospect than any Pogba. His contract situation was all but irrelevant since we had some kind of pre-agreement with him. Keep in mind that Real Madrid and Chelsea were also prepared to pay top bucks for Neymar. If we did not cough up all that cash, then Uncle Perez...

No, we never paid 100m for Neyboi. It was more like 87m maximum and he was the number one young talent on the planet something which he proves correct today. Pogba is at least one level beneath that. No way he i worth 100m. 70m devalued euros at the max, otherwise Juventus can keep him. That's...

Hahaha, what? I am not laughing at you by the way, but are these prices remotely for real? 100m for Pogba? I mean what has he done up until now to warrant such a gargantuan price tag? That is more than we paid for Neymar ffs! As for Kovacic for 70m!!! I am lost for words.

I watched the Dortmund-Juventus game the other day, and Gundogan looked decidedly off the pace. Totally unimpressed by him.

I am disagreeing with this: You seem to be claiming that Suarez and Neymar were the 3rd factor behind our success this season. I am claiming that they were the number one factor.

Yet the myth goes on and on. It's as if no reality can get in the way of the EPL hype machine. I still find many people who like to claim that Messi and Ronaldo would not be able to score as much in the EPL. These people keep forgetting that Aguero has something like a goal every game (if not...

This will be the 8th European Cup/Champions League final for both clubs. While an El Clasico final would have definitely been more epic, Barcelona vs Juventus is not half-bad either. Two proper and great European names! Our last 6 finals have all been against English or Italian opposition...

Ronaldo was never the swashbuckling winger of yore. Except before his breakout 07/08 season. He was always economical with his runs and his overall contribution to games. While I agree with you that we cannot know if he does have a knee injury or not, the little physical decline we can discern...

I see what you are saying, but Samper/Rafinha are unlikely to be ever good enough as starters for FCB. Halilovic is still way too young, nothing but a prospect at this point in time. Yaya was mega, but I doubt that he has even one more good season in him. Would be worth a try for maybe for next...

Of course it's any number of factors (Lucho's new tactics, Messi on the right, more defense by the midfield, better at set-pieces, no serious injuries, our two very good goalkeepers, better stamina etc etc etc) but the most tangible, obvious and clear one is the existence of MSN. Sure they can...

When did they fail to score in any other game? I do not remember. My point was that, if chances fall to them, then the chances of at least one of them scoring are extrmely high. "Almost zero" was a bit OTT, but I thought that my point was clear anyway. In the Malaga home game, we did not create...

The Chelsea game was rotten luck for sure. Chelsea scored 3 goals in the tie, exactly as many times as they made it past their own half with one or two players. But we could have still sent them easily packing if Alexis/Pedro/Busquets/Cesc could hit the barn door. Put Suarez and Nerman there...

That is why I said: They only failed to score vs City at home (missed numerous chances by a whisker, at least thrice hitting the woodwork) against Malaga and Celta (also several chances missed by fingertip saves and the woodwork)

The first one we won (under Pep that is) we had Messi-Eto'o-Henry (not the crap Henry of 09/10) and Xavi-Iniesta-Alves were at their absolute best. Now all three of Xavi-Iniesta and Alves have declined significantly. We also faced much weaker opponents in 08/09. The only team that caused us...