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    Gerardo "Tata" Martino

    Masch has been our best defender this season, he should not be sold. Either you sell Pique for underperforming, Bartra if he doesn't progress enough or you wait for Puyol to retire. To be honest, it seems with Barta progressing a fair bit already and Puyol taking lots of time to get his fitness...
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    Gerardo "Tata" Martino

    Mascherano is a CB. He has rarely played DM for us. Song has played well at DM pretty much every time he's started. He should not be sold.
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    Alexis Sanchez

    The idea of selling Alexis is crazy. He's playing well and improving and all the evidence suggests that he will continue to improve. He provides a combination of some goals, assists, dribbling, off the ball runs creating space and defensive work that is what you would want from a winger. He...
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    Alexis Sanchez

    barcastuff ‏@barcastuff 1h According to reports in England, Manchester United are again interested in Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez (24). [via mundodeportivo sport] :lol:
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    Marc Bartra

    We have a new manager who has altered the tactics. How do you know the fullbacks are going to leave too much space at the back? That issue has been massively reduced this season. Also, the primary success of Real Madrid in recent years has been Cristiano getting through on goal. But how many...
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    Daniel Alves

    Bayern conceded 4 against Dortmund and 2 against Chelsea. They conceded against Man City who also hit the bar shortly after scoring(Bayern not being Superhuman do also concede some chances in addition to the goals they concede). They've drawn against Leverkusen and Freiburg because they conceded...
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    Marc Bartra

    We threw Bartra into the first team against Bayern and lost 4-0. Throwing into the deep end again against RM at rightback is asking for trouble. If you want to play him at right back you play him there against weaker teams so he can build experience and if he does well you can then play him...
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    Pep Guardiola

    Teams did adjust to the Barca tactics over the years and in his final season there were more issues than previously. Under Tito the squad was doing fantastic up until his relapse. This season again the team has started strongly winning most of the games fairly comfortably. The biggest problems...
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    Penal Madrid

    It would be misleading to count paying the players as debt if you don't also count things like stadium income as assets.
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    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    Having a true 9 would mean we can use the tactics we used against Milan last season. It would mean it is more of a 3-4-3 with Alves playing as more of a right winger and the leftback playing conservatively.
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    Alexis Sanchez

    Against PSG he was one of the best players in the first leg and won the penalty for the second goal. Against Milan he came on as sub in both games, getting an assist in the short time he was on in the second leg. He scored a great goal in his first game against Madrid. He's not consistently...
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    Alexis Sanchez

    He's 24, what did you expect? We bought him when he only had one good season and was only 22 years old. Of course it was likely that he'd have issues with consistency and issues with adapting. Expect him to get even better.
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    Daniel Alves

    He's got 8/42 crosses "successful". Xavi is 13/47. Messi 1/17. Pedro 1/6. Neymar 3/14. Alba 1/7. This is how it is with crosses, most of them "fail". But even if they mean losing possession, that lost possession is around the opponents penalty box. You also have to take account that even the...
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    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    No it will not be useless since the 1,2, or 3 years that we have him he would have done the job of goalkeeper. If he is then sold we'd get a transfer fee. Courtois is potentially the best goalkeeper in the world, regardless of how well Ter Stegen or some other goalkeeper does the club should be...
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    Thibaut Courtois

    Those players were willing to join. But the clubs didn't want to sell. There is a difference though between a player that has 3 or 4 years on their contract and a player with only 1 or 2.
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    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    What, do you mean like Valdes and Pinto? Or Casillas and Lopez? Or Cech and Cudicini?
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    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    If you want to get rid of two out of Pedro/Alexis/Tello then that would be viable. We will be in need of two goalkeepers. Even if Ter Stegen does well, that doesn't mean they can't go for Courtois as well if they think he is even better. The groundwork of a deal is often laid a year or more...
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    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    These things aren't mutually exclusive. They can get Ter Stegen this summer and then Courtois in a year or two.
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    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    It's not a TS situation. Courtois only has a couple of years left on his contract. The club should definitely be courting Courtois now, even if they can't get him this summer, they can get him fairly cheap/for free within a year or two.
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