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I think we'd do well against Real if we told Alves to hang back a little. He's usually good against Ronaldo.

True. And the CB we get could make up for his weakness against set-pieces.

De Gea isn't good at defending set pieces though, from what I've heard. If we get him, I hope the CB we get makes up for that.

The moment one of them is within 5m of him, he'd probably fall to the ground covering his face in agony.

Aguero would be the best IMO, since a) he should work well with Messi and b) he can play out wide and centrally. Play him on the wings with Messi at false 9 in most games, but switch to Aguero at CF and Messi at RW as a plan B when things aren't working out. He's gonna be pretty hard to get...

Can Lewandowski play out wide like Villa? Messi at false 9 with Lewandowski out wide could be great IMO. Perhaps with Messi at RW and Lewandowski at CF being a plan B when things aren't working, but stick to the false 9 for most games. Anyways, Messi did approve of Villa playing in the center...

Yup, if we get this guy, I hope we get him for his ability and not because he's cheap.

Agree. It's not like we need a new manager, just heard the idea on one of the threads and thought it was an interesting/good one. But yes, Tito has been great (even in the few big games we had with him in charge; we tied RM with Adriano and Mascherano at CB, and owned Atletico and Malaga), and...

Messi only won La Liga in 2010 and he still won it. Last year, he only won a Copa del Rey and still won the Ballon d'or. IMO, Messi should be able to win it again if he beats everyone in the individual stats (mainly goals scored), like what happened last year.

Fair enough.

Not while Messi's around.

Well, if Messi scores more and wins La Liga while Ronaldo only wins Copa del Rey...

Hope he's good. Btw, Toulouse have an ok defensive record compared to most teams around that area of the table.

True. If they do leave though, that's good for us, regardless of who Real get to replace them.

Well, offensively, Alves has been good recently. I feel like he still has something to offer the team, I don't think we should sell him. I agree with many that we shouldn't start him and Alba together though. Bayern use 2 offensive fullbacks and still have a great defensive record, so we might...

And Mou's really good against us. After Mou leaves, I can see us domianting the clasicos again next season, as long as we make a few good signings. Especially if Ronaldo leaves as well.

I'm starting to think he'd be better than Aguero. Probably easier to get as well.

Hope he gets some minutes against Deportivo.

We'll have Cuenca. Anyways, we'll probably want to loan Rafa out, since he probably won't get much playing time, especially if Cesc gets benched and Iniesta gets moved back to midfield (which is what most people here are saying should happen).

It's a shame he had to leave. The team's really missing him.