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Wonder if Pep will sell Robben and give Gotze the #10

No one is suggesting that he starts now, only that he should go on loan to improve.

I don't get how the hell Cannavaro won it over him.

Whoever said he should start right now? He'll be rigorously conditioned if he's loaned to a liga team and be forced to improve greatly against better defenses. Within a season he won't even slightly resemble the same frustrating player.

You watched one game of the u20 world cup, I don't see how you could come to such a radical conclusion on his talent.

It's been around a 5-7 year drought of insanely great defenders and there are many more youngsters who are rising up right now and will easily go down in history. Sitting here to name them all would be a waste of time.

Well moving on from jiopi's unbelievably stubborn Messi-love, Iniesta: "I'm still studying sports sciences at university. Think they're about to kick me out because it takes so long. Hard to find time." Hmm I didn't know a player of his caliber would still be able to manage taking college...

Those are chopping through opposition defenders in an attacking situation. Iniesta's dribbling is suited to a slow midfield battle where he'll completely change the outlook of the buildup with 3-4 maneuvers and passes. Messi's on the other hand is attack minded, you're not going to see him aid...

I also remember something about Composers vs Footballers being geniuses and then Sports vs Music

Alves: "I told Thiago Silva about the city and the club. He could add a lot to the team, but it's not up to me to decide who to sign" [rac1] First Neymar, now Silva. Alves should become one of our scouts :lol:

Looks like he's enjoying life in Turin :cry:

@Youngcules Looks like Malaga wonderkid Brahim (14) won't be joining Barca this summer either. Player keen on moving, but Malaga's demands too high. Dammit, he looked like a really huge talent.

No need. One guy with a short temper and a misguided view on EPL fans doesn't mean you caused any problems.

"These guys"? United fans on a Barcaforum? So what? Also, you're creating some antagonizing view on him when he's been nothing but courteous here and is just looking to share and obtain information. He doesn't "require" you to talk in pounds, if anything you are really overreacting at his...

He actually is much more similar to Toure than Busquets

He won 15-1 and 9-1 in his first two friendlies with Bayern, although they aren't games to be taken seriously.

Pique plays like a sweeper naturally in style being more reserved in position but the suggestion here is for a permanent libero that actually operates behind the defensive line and controls the game.

Football goes in cycles. The libero was dead for the last 20 years but find a way to bring it back and adopt it to the modern game and it'll spur a lot of tactical evolution in other sides, and in the mean time give us lots of defensive success.

Former (2008-2011) Barcelona B winger Nolito (26) joins Celta. The past months he played at Granada, on loan from Benfica.

It's not really something you find individual examples of, just watch his overall gameplay and you'll see it happen. Obviously there are incidences where Messi draws in up to 4-5 defenders but Iniesta's style is different, constantly forcing them to move in/out of position so that eventually...