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I mentioned Borja because he was once a highly rated youth prospect (which Gumbau has never been) and I'm pretty sure I even remember us being linked with him before Monaco swooped for him. I just suggested if he gets his career back on track with the B team then he could be an option as our 5th...

I'm sure Redcafe is taking it well

If he does well enough for the B team and is rewarded with chances in the first team—which is a big "if" of course—I can't say I'd care at all about his situation at his past clubs, just as I don't care how many clubs Aleix Vidal didn't make it at.

Maybe if Borja López does really well for the B team and gets a few minutes with the first team later this season or in pre-season, he could be that fifth CB option for us. Where do you see him playing for us though?

You'd think he would have learned to be much more careful about what he says after he got in trouble for posting a video where he talked sh*t about a referee. I think he got a ban for it too.

No, you have them confused. And neither term is suitable for describing Mascherano. He is neither a fail-safe, nor a stop gap. I disagree, and I think others have already posted about the importance of Masche. I'm comparing our past success with two right-footed CBs to the idea of dismissing...

Didn't Liverpool just give Mignolet a big contract extension? Not sure why they'd do that if they were really planning to bring in a new #1

You said "fail safe", not "stop gap". You shouldn't confuse the two. And speculation about why a player was signed says nothing about the role that that player actually fulfilled during his time at a club. LCB and RCB scarcely qualify as multiple positions, and many CBs can play both...

Mascherano is not simply a contingency plan. He's been a leader on the pitch, an organiser at the back, and a key member of a squad that has won it all. To label him as merely a fail-safe is to do him a disservice. Any player can be compared to any other in a multitude of ways. In this case...

Mascherano isn't a fail-safe. As can Marquinhos.

Named in the squad for the second leg of the copa tie against Valencia. He's the only Juvenil A player in there.

I'm excited about Carles Aleñà being named in the squad. I hope he makes his first team debut

As are Mascherano and Puyol. Marquinhos seems to do fine with his left when I see him play anyway. 0NeH8SjFP_o

I don't see why a 20-year-old Gaya with huge potential who starts for Valencia would want to come sit on our bench to watch a 26-year-old Alba start for the next few years. I also doubt Valencia would sell him to us for less than his buyout, and I hope we aren't crazy enough to pay €50 million...

I thought he did alright in the first half. He should have just gone to a lower/mid level la liga club months ago instead of wasting his time in Italy.

UtNKsvPsq8c Pogbaesque

Job done, and with a minimum of energy expended in the middle of a run where we play every three or four days. You can't play every match against ex-premier league players turned manager who have no clue what they're doing.

Pep is going to have a lot of work on his hands

Sanches had a good game in Benfica's 5-0 win away to Belenenses, I thought. Obviously, it's hard to take much away from such a one sided match, but he looked like a smart young player, not one who just relies on his physicality.

Interesting