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I don't think a pairing between Luiz and Pique would work. Especially if the FB pairing is Alba/Alves. Luiz loves going forward, and Pique also does it from time to time. Plus, Luiz and Pique are both error-prone. Even if the fullback pairing is Alba/Montoya, I don't think Luiz would work. Plus...

We don't absolutely need a GK, so sell Villa (I'd sell Pedro, actually, but it looks like it's Villa who'll leave) and pay 44 for Silva. If that doesn't work, 44 (or 54 if we sell Valdes) should be enough for a gook GK and CB, i.e. Marquinhos + ter Stegen (though they're both young). It's not...

Again, we're not paying the 57M up front. It's over 3 years. And we've already paid 10M. So we should have around 34M left (47/3 = 16, which is probably what we're paying up front. 50-16 = 34).

I wouldn't mind Inigo Martinez or Marquinhos. TS is our best option though.

Sell someone. Problem solved. We have around 34M left, since we probably paid 16M up front for Neymar (since we're paying 47M over 3 years). That + money from the sale of one player (probably Villa, since he's probably going) could be enough. I think it's a long shot, but I don't think it's as...

He's been Arsenal's best defender this season, right? Is he Barca quality?

Yes, I know he wants to play a lot. However, he was benched against Deportivo, so why not bench him against Celta? He didn't seem to mind being benched against Deportivo, so I don't see why he would have been too pissed about being benched against Celta, considering the circumstances.

Why don't you read the rest of my post? He was rested for most of the game against Deportivo right before the Milan game, and didn't seem to mind. He wants to play a lot, but I don't think he would have minded sitting on the bench against Celta either, considering the circumstances.

Well, it seems like Valdes is staying, so we're hopefully not getting Reina... I don't see the point in doing it. It'd make more sense to get a young GK like ter Stegen and loan him out. Or use next season to integrate him into the first team.

Have we tried Thiago-Busquets-Cesc before? I can see that working.

I say sell him and buy a new GK, but only after we get a CB. Focus on the CB first. If we have 5-10M left after that, sell Valdes for 10 and buy a new GK (ter Stegen's my choice) for 15-20.

This. Messi can handle a lot of games, but even he should have been rested for at least part of the game against Celta right after that Bolivia game. I really think that could/would have prevented the injury. And tbh, considering the circumstances (the game was right after the Bolivia game and...

True. I'm not saying that resting Messi against Celta would definitely have prevented the injury, but there's a good chance it would have. Playing him for the full 90 minutes against Celta was a poor decision.

Well, he has been the best GK in Serie A this season. Better than Buffon. Meaning much better than Valdes.

He wasn't the one that lost 6-2 to us.

Thank God you're not our coach :lol:

And he should definitely be benched in situations like the Celta game right before the PSG game (it was right before a CL game, the opposition were relegation fodder, it was right after a tiring game in Bolivia, etc). Like I've said before, him playing the full 90 minutes against Celta right...

Handanovic would easily bench Valdes.

Pellegrini to City official What City's starting XI could look like next season: -------------------Hart--------------------- Zabaleta---Nastasic---Kompany---Clichy -----------Toure-----Fernandinho--------- Silva------------Isco---------------Navas ----------------Aguero--------------------...

Maybe because Spain's coach is VDB and not Mou?