nope even if he had joined Madrid I would stand by what I said in praise of Rakitic. I don't see the world from Barca glasses although some bias is expected. I say Ronaldo, Di Maria and James are all great players and all play for Madrid
What I really love about Munir apart from his finishing and pure talent is his immense workrate harassing the defenders almost Suarez-esque. He is still a bit raw and needs some polishing but can be a real gem for us
Alves had qualities that made him head and shoulders above an orthodox RB. Its one of the reason he was one of the greatest RBs of all time but so far Cuadrado shows no where near the similar qualities that Alves had and if we just wanted to go with that we could have kept Alexis for that role...
Another plus side to Rafa's game opposed to Thiago is that he doesn't lose the ball nearly as much as Thiago did. Thiago was too flashy for a Barca CM, he was more like Ronnie in that regard but with a lot less Ronaldinihoness