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valencia would have a great deal even if we pay 15mil. the guy is no former world class or seasoned international. this is the last train for him and valencia. i would drop the deal just to see valencia sell him next year for 2 mil.

argentina wouldn't have made the final if it wasn't for messi. even so, they had an easy road until the semis. they had only two in-form players going into the tournament - di maria and zabaleta. the rest were either coming from small teams, reserve bench of big teams or out of form/injured...

his got that face that you'd punch over and over again.

the prophecy is on :neymar:

he will lift argentina to win the WC. history will be written and doubters will be put to sleep. his career will go down hill after this...

we should get oscar instead. just give mourinho the cesc money back and everybody's happy.:xavi:

fairly shite tonight, but that's not the issue. the real issue are those long/diagonal balls that are played so often at barca :wacko:

sure, it is fair not to judge someone before they show what they can do. but placing faith in a guy who clearly hasn't the same experience and quality as fabregas or xavi is mighty risky. if we should buy another mid along with rakitic i might be convinced.

well 5m on average. and those other midfielders are nearer cesc's average than rakitic's.

pass length is the key for me. just goes to show that rakitic is used to another style of play. we don't play long balls, because we hardly counter. unless we change something in the system, i don't see him retaining a starting spot at barcelona.

Dani Alves is the only starter(world class) player that we bought from Sevilla. Adriano and Keita were backups. Excelent backups but backups none the less. The only way I see it is that we buy Rakitic and someone else to control the tempo. Problem is that a CM to control the game is very hard to...

Well I'm not the one that started the Xavi comparisons. And I see Koke as a more box-to-box type than playmaker. Rakitic for 20m would be a steal.

When was the last time that Xavi sat deep and bombed balls forward or charged into the box? "Bossing it" at Sevilla is not the same as "bossing it" at Barca in the Xavi role. Hell, even the best playmaker in the premier league didn't boss it here and he grew up at la masia. I'm not saying that...

I thought we were talking about someone to replace Xavi. Rakitic is more like Rafinha, which we already have. :icon_confused:

Isn't his style more direct? Barcelona uses a slow build up, not counter attacks. Sure he may be more mobile than Cesc, but I see the same direct play that we blame Fabregas for.

Maybe I'm wrong but i don't see him rising to the level of Yaya, Fabregas, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets. And yes, we had worldclass quality in all three midfield slots.

I know Rakitic since he played for Schalke. Maybe you should stop questioning my football knowledge and accept that everybody has an opinion.

Well most top midfielders have something special from the start. If I understand correctly Barcelona is selling Fabregas and replacing him with Rakitic. So this guy must be first team ready, because Xavi will be benched more often next season. Xavi, Iniesta, Busquest and Fabregas were all...

I really don't see him performing at a top club(barca, real etc). An option as a sub maybe, but first team? If he was such a special talent he would have been snatched long before, when he was at Schalke.

probably he will score the winning goal in the UCL final against real madrid be strong andres!