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He's already the highest paid manager in the world, and it's not even close. Of course that trend will continue at City.

So damn salty . . .

You can when he's coming to a club with some of the best players in the game. And don't misunderstand, I do think KDB should start on a semi-regular basis. I'm not suggesting he just warm the bench. Only that Pellers should incorporate a squad rotation system that takes advantage of the wealth...

I wouldn't even say KDB isn't suited to our style of play. What he's ill-suited to is the oft redundant and ill-defined role he's expected to play when Pellers names a starting XI that is a collection of all our stars, instead of the most balanced team. Silva is not getting any younger and he...

As the gap grows, at what point do we start giving fringe players and youth more chances, and possibly even starts, in league play?

This will be quite a test for Mangala. My real worry is that once we concede a goal, the floodgates will open, with Mangala's inexperience and rash decisions again proving costly. Still think this is a winnable match, but at some point we will concede a goal, and I'm just not confident in...

De Bruyne struggled with Wolfsburg because he wanted the move to City but Allofs kept stalling. De Bruyne has been excellent for Belgium during the international break, and I believe this is in large part due to finally completing the move to City he wanted. Granted, I don't think De Bruyne...

It's easy to look back now at video of Messi playing as a youth in Argentina or for Barca, or even in the Barca C and B teams, and say "it was clear from a young age he would be a mega-star." That's what you'll find on documentaries about him, but it's also hindsight and, frankly, bullshit. The...

Pep won a match 3-0 against Bayer Leverkusen just before the break playing 3-1-3-3 without a single centre-back. Granted, it was in part due to necessity given a string of injuries to defenders, but it can only be an encouraging sign for him to keep pushing for a total football renaissance. If...

How much of that was due to club philosophy from then president Joan Laporta, and from managers Rijkaard and Pep who were dedicated to incorporating youth players and given them a chance? Under a different president, with a different club philosophy, and a different manager—all with more...

Ronaldo and Bale dive enough for their entire team. Pepe will take a dive right after he assaults an opposition player (or sometimes his own), and he'll get away with both! That said, you're right that there's a greater crackdown on physical play in the Champions League and we can't get away...

Here's a video of Aleix Garcia's debut for Villarreal back in May for those interested. He comes on at about the 2 minute mark. Seems to have good dribbling and control, and pulls a neat trick at the 3 minute mark. A fine prospect who hopefully will get a chance after spending a year in EDS.

So then did the same happen with Navas? If so, it means the rags must play Romero and RM must play Kiko Casilla. Bad news for both! Perhaps that's why RM is so quiet over this? Perhaps hoping no one will call them on it and they can at least keep Navas and get De Gea on a free next summer.

"le formazioni ufficiali: #Draxler dal primo minuto" Just means Draxler is starting for Schalke.

You posted almost the exact same thing in the Denayer loan thread a couple minutes prior. "Someone on here" is not a viable source, nor is it a reason to flip out. Calm your tits.

He only turned 20 a few months ago! A top club, competing on all fronts, can't afford to rely on a young and inexperienced CB. Buying a great CB at his peak and with a good 5 years left in him—and make no mistake Otamendi is one of the best in the world in his position—is precisely the sort of...

Do Bayern really need money to buy KdB? They could've bought him this window if they wanted. They chose not to.

Why would Allofs be this stubborn about selling a player that clearly wants to leave, and go through this much effort to try to keep him, if he wasn't worth it?

This myth that KdB was only good in 14-15 needs to stop. He had the best season of his career last year and proved what he can do when settled in, but he has always been a good player. He was one of the important players for Belgium's run in the Brazil World Cup. He only played half a season for...

Because he's injury prone and not as good as KdB anyway.