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Porto Palmeiras, Ahly SC and Inter Miami in the first group of the 2025 Club World Cup. Messi vs Ahly in the opener. Not a big name to face, but no easy team. Could very well end 2nd or 4th depending on how they reinforce the team.

We aren't selling it to register Olmo, this has been reported since last season. Normal practice as Porque said. We aren't broke, we are overspending to our abilities. We have 400M+ salary cap, we don't see it as enough and spending over it.

Yeah, he is a bit of an athlete rather than a guy who knows how to toy with the ball. His dribbling is basic and his delivery isn't that good. But he knows his limits and doesn't force the issue, this allows him to be fairly productive

I mean I said he isn't a good a dribbler. You want to change that into awful then it's ok :ROFLMAO:

One thing I want to say, there is a lot to criticise Nico for, but his iq isn't one of them. If anything, he is a smart winger who knows where to be and what to do. He is actually a bit limited on the ball, his dribbling isn't top notch and so is his finishing. Many if his decisions are based...

Only in 2008 it was Xavi team. There was a reason they pushed Xavi out of position many games in the World Cup, where he had to play with his back to the opponent's goal. They changed the game to fit double pivot of Busquets and Alonso. That wasn't a Xavi team. In 2012 Iniesta was the better...

Honestly, No. It is the sad reality of hype disappointing people. Frenkie is a good player, and decent starter for a club like us. That's his level. Abidal made a 30M offer for him in summer 2018, and had we got that offer accepted, everyone would be talking about him differently. Instead...

I mean the same can be said about Gordon, Tonali, Guimaraes. They have very good players, but kind of stucked in the middle of nowhere instead of completing the squad.

Fear clauses are one of the lamest things, and honestly it should be abandoned in football. Glad we don't make a big deal of it.

Betis are in a bad form tbh, they made some bad transfers in 2024. But is never an easy game in Sevilla

I don't think the team us dependent on him. But we have 4 attacker unit (Raph, Olmo, Lamine & Lewa) in a team that lacks product from fullbacks and have no attacking depth. Missing any two of those 4, immediately makes us a toothless lethargic team. We are dependent on those 4.

He is a bust, we know that. But he is the best backup attacker we have, by good margin. Sadly

Good game for his confidence

I was hoping for Eric Garcia to start tbh. CB are desperate for rest.

He was great until he got his leg destroyed while playing for our club, then we pushed him out to save his salary. I will always remember his time fondly, and will always feel we were stupid not to go for him instead of Ibra in 2009

Well, it is likely less than the saved wages, so it is a net positive. But yeah, it makes zero sense to let him for free.

We will need to sell Gavi too in such case tbh. While I believe Gavi still struggle to identify a certain clear position in midfield, in double pivot he is Pedri backup when Frenkie leaves. Will be a spit in the face if we bring back Nico after selling Frenkie.

In Xavi defense, Casado developed a lot in the last season, and he plays far better in CDM. Casado actually can't bring the ball from the back and we rely a lot on Pedri in that regard. Xavi system didn't have double pivot and Casado would have looked terrible in it. Could argue that Xavi...

Was it Bojan Sr or Junior?

They have won La Liga in 2021. he is talking about Atletico Madrid, not Bilbao