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Push as hard as you want, there's little to suggest PSG would sell this crucial of a player even if he likes Barca.

To be fair that was probably Perez flexing his financial muscle as a last ditch attempt to make Neymar the next Galactico, but the smart Spanish transfers were likely to be the work of Ancelotti backed by Florentino's funds.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Madrid: start new Spanish Galactico era. Barcelona: sell best young player, lose 2 Brazilian CBs to PSG, buy another winger. Advantage: MAD.</p>— Michael Cerna (@MichaelCernaRWO) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelCernaRWO/statuses/356517983524368385">July...

B team lack a proper pivot, Samper will feature regularly if Eusebio has any brains at all.

Xavi and Iniesta weren't gods at this age either really, they were late bloomers. Talk down to Thiago all you want but if he gets the opportunity at Bayern, I have little doubt that he'll shine.

The kid could dictate a game in a way that few players can. Don't go mentioning the u21 tournament or how apparently that's "Segunda level play", even in his games at Barca he'd often get around 100 passes per game (provided he played the entire 90 minutes) and would spray them long, short...

That's like if a parent were to curse their child the moment they turned 18 and left home. Not being at the club anymore doesn't mean they're automatically the enemy, people who are hating Thiago and Pep for that reason have little sense.

:worthy: But there's no point in really criticizing all the over-the-top comments as they were bound to come anyway.

I guess with Thiago leaving he'll be handling more responsibility but I don't think he's the right type of player to take over for Xavi's deeper role when he retires.

Really? So it was me that went from talking about how Robben would easily be replaced as he ages to your rant about how he was phenomenal for the CL semifinals and final? Can you read?

Literally the only thing that what you're blabbering on about has to do with my first post is the fact that it mentions 'Robben'. Other than that it's another one of your endless attempts to steer into an unrelated and shortsighted argument.

Where do you come up with such mindless and argumentative crap for no reason? My initial post was about how Bayern will easily be able to replace Robben as he ages, especially considering that they've already omitted him from the starting lineup and have now even bought Gotze and Thiago for more...

He's also choked in a CL and WC final and is consistently unreliable because of form and fitness. When he's playing, he does well but Bayern have not truly 'needed' him especially this season where he was only starting because of the injury to Kroos. There is no dependence on Robben at Bayern...

Ok so because Messi has missed penalties and he's phenomenal, Robben is also phenomenal for missing penalties :lol: The guy has choked in big games as much as he has done well in them, a few great performances isn't "phenomenal" when he's now even a bench player.

Let it go, if he believes in something then no other logic will enter his brain.

Not just penalties but easy chances, etc. You didn't even support your point there, you just said he's been "phenomenal for them when fit". Even that's wrong, he's been good, not phenomenal. Point to a few games all you want, by that logic I could say Torres has been a phenomenal player for...

You're literally pointing towards 3 games where he was vital and clutch, ignoring the fact that for season's past he was "Choker Robben". He was key in those games, but "phenomenal" is way too strong of a word for such a small sample space.

He would be worth around 30-35m if we were actually looking to sell him (had the clause not existed). However why put a price tag on a player that you'd obviously want to keep under normal circumstances.

He is inconsistent and rarely ever fit so "phenomenal" is far from the word to describe him. Like it or not, fitness is a big factor in how you can judge a player's reliability and output for the team, so it's easy to say that Bayern have been fine without him and he isn't a necessity to the...

He's often off form and incredibly injury prone, especially this season where he wasn't all that great but stepped up during the Semis and the Final of the CL. He's a declining player and not even a guaranteed starter for them anymore, let alone "phenomenal". Think before you say such illogical...