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Stating the obvious, City set a transfer fee for Alvarez of £60M plus £17M in potential add-ons specifically for Atletico Madrid. But City should tell Chelsea and Arsenal to cough up £100M+ or go fuck themselves. If Alvarez has his heart set on leaving, he shouldn’t have signed a contract...

I feel OK as long as I don’t think about the loss or obsess about WTF happened between steamrolling teams like Real Madrid and Arsenal at home last season and looking like a team trying to shoot billiards with a wet noodle this season against the same clubs.

One problem is that other Premier League clubs are effectively excluded from bidding on Bernardo. He wants to leave England and Pep would never sanction a sale to a domestic rival. Eliminate Chelsea, Arsenal, and of course Man Utd and Liverpool, and you‘re left with PSG and Real Madrid since...

r/soccer is a toxic sub that has become even worse now that Arsenal fans feel robbed of the title and Real Madrid fans saw City obliterate their club in the semis. They have joined the self-righteous fans of Liverpool, Man Utd and Spurs. One comment that got hundreds of upvotes about City’s...

Inter is basically a souped-up version of Brentford. Pretty similar to Atletico, I think. So, yeah, not the ideal opponent. Foden could be a major asset as a sub. He has been great at threading through passes behind the back line of parked buses, he was instrumental in breaking down Atletico...

The highlights are a good reminder of how much easier Inter‘s path was to reach the final. Lost both group stage games to Bayern. Then the luck of the draw meant its knockout round opponents were Porto, Benfica, and AC Milan...pfft. Hope Inter players are scared shitless to face a team that...

Yeah, not ideal. Might be better to play attacking sides like Bayern than two Spurs lookalikes. But Real Madrid also played that way against City by and large - sat deep, ceded possession and planned to counter. Worked in the first leg, though City was playing to avoid losing, but failed...

Busquets just gave an interview to Italian media, saying, “Everyone thinks City will win, but watch out. First, because anything can happen in a final, and that’s not just a cliche. And secondly, and this is even more important, when you play against a team like Inter who have such a precise...

This is what Real do - very fast transitions, one touch passes, tactical fouls to disrupt City’s attack and correctly assume the ref will let those fouls slide. Even if we look like we have more control, what does that matter? Unless we speed up the attack, win more second balls, and Kev and...

Only plus was watching Tuchel lose his shit like the whining baby that he is. Hope Erling’s miss doesn’t come back to haunt us. Pep usually makes smart adjustments at halftime, so let’s hope he makes some.

This is likely to be long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror when Leipzig break after turnovers.

Selecting a MOTM is like a competition to pick out the tallest dwarf. Grealish gets the nod from me. Haaland is a runner up for developing the superpower of being invisible to his teammates.

Every City pass looks like it’s in slo-mo. No wonder passes to Haaland look so risky - opposition defenses have a few minutes to get reorganized to mark him as City slowly advances upfield. Compare that to Real’s series of two or three one-touch passes at full sprint that get the ball into the...

That’s because City decided to circumvent Arsenal’s press by mostly kicking long instead of playing out from the back. Great way to get Haaland more involved because he has the strength and height to win second balls. Wish City tried that in the PL fixture against Liverpool at Anfield last fall.

Most of that profit will get wiped out by Mendy when his contract expires.

Do you mean to imply his wife married him for money, not for his good looks and vibrant personality? How dare you? I’m sure the yacht, private jet and unlimited cash flow had nothing to do with it. Look at these two lovebirds.