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    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    You don't watch Barca otherwise you would know Ansu is not doing any 'dribbling to death'. The guy barely dribbles at all.
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    Xavi Hernández

    No signings with his involvement anymore. SD should present a shortlist and he picks one of them at best. We spent nearly 200m on 3 forwards and none of them are performing well or making difference compared to what was there before. We signed Kessie at his request and now he's getting thrown...
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    Abde Ezzalzouli

    Dribbling is like one part of a very wide skillset you need to have as a top player. Plenty of street footballers who can twist defenders inside out went nowhere due to their overall game being poor. Abde is good at dribbling sure doesn't mean that he has the level for Barca. Even if Raphinha...
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    Abde Ezzalzouli

    Those 3 are better... And by some way... Even Gavi. Abde is alright but way too raw and incomplete. His level is more like relegation Premier than Barca if he was to play a season as a starter. As a wildcard off the bench he can be useful with his unpredictability but far too inconsistent...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    Nico Williams would just be a waste of money. Not close to Dembele's level. For all that people shit on him Dembele's creative skill and ability to find the open man is actually very good. You can't just replace him with some fast headless chicken skillster guy and he will be the same.
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    He would be an excellent fit but with the fees Brighton are charging for their players there is no chance we get him whilst he's under contract there unless you want to pay 90 mill.
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    If we only get 25... No point selling him. We are mugs if we sell our best winger for 25m profit because that's not even worth it given he has a year left. We should just keep him and go for the league repeat (which looks very possible). 60m profit minimum or no sale.
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    It's just interesting how at the time all of the press was about "Padremany" and the terrific contract he signed, and how he got one over on Dembele. At the time I remember calling out the deal was actually much worse than it was being framed as, and I remember this clause being vaguely...
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    Alex Collado

    Well, I meant more as in not just for money anymore (since he's on loan for a year), that the league is actually starting to be seen as competitive and high-level. Which is crazy since a few years ago it was hopeless and has gone from that to a decent quality league in 2 years simply through money.
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    Alex Collado

    Thought this was a troll and I checked and it actually happened WTF. Betis loaning young Spanish players to newly promoted Saudi teams lol. Are we at the point where it is actually becoming an attractive footballing proposition for some players?
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    7 - Ferran Torres

    Done well to score the amount he did but in terms of influence on the game Dembele is more significant imo especially against the better teams. With the line of like Gavi-Lewa-Raphinha the athletic defenses will just squeeze you halfway across the pitch and bringing the ball out gets much more...
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    7 - Ferran Torres

    Point is if you sign a player on 55m fee and a big contract then you have to do some research on how they fit in the system. Seems like we brought him here, worked out pretty quick he is not a fit for this touchline role Xavi wants from winger, and then got put on the scrap heap for new toy...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    I think that if he had developed as he should i.e wasn't injured and started many seasons he would reach the level of Neymar. But of course missing that much time through injury is going to kill development and do physical damage to his body. Gavi at 18 has played like half the amount of...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    Sad day. He had the talent of an all time Barca legend and instead contributed close to nothing. One of the most regretful episodes ever. And as soon as it finally looks like he might have improving fitness he goes to PSG.
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    So if Laporta tried to trade him and Gavi for Mbappe, how can the club be mad that he leaves to the same club now? When the conditions suited Laporta he was fine sending him to PSG. Just proven perfectly that the club and the player will both do what is best on their own terms, neither has any...
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    Xavi Hernández

    BC they don't have high intensity. Madrid are easily the worst top team at pressing.
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    100 percent could have got more without that dumb release clause even if he is injury prone. 25 million is average player fee these days. Will be sad to see him leave as I rate him so highly but maybe for the best as hasn't worked out here and we can look for a winger who is more available...
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    7 - Ferran Torres

    Honestly, he has something. And he always had something tbf. We just lament the missed chances and broken mental state. But he isn't talentless and has something to give, even if it is just great off ball work and pressing. I can see us getting like 40 mill for him.
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    Xavi Hernández

    Can see it with the selection of players... other than Dembele all the players he picks are associative guys who don't lose the ball and position themselves well. We are a 'defend with the ball' team. Trying to keep sterile possession and bring the opponent forward to create openings.
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    Xavi Hernández

    I mean, people here are quick to criticise, but I think we have gone beyond the sample size needed to determine whether it is luck or not that our defense is that good. It's not really luck. It's something else. Our sense of defense and attack is very good and we attack and defend as a unit...

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