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Rewatching the goals, it was actually Matuidi’s runs that sucked Carvajal in twice.

Higuain was playing and occupied the centre halves allowing Mandzukic to sit on the smaller full back to score his two goals.

This isn’t a footballing decision. It’s just a deal to balance the books.

We’ve gone from dreaming about seeing Godin - Chiellini, to Returning to Bonehead and Chiellini. Sounds more like our usual mercatos.

Outside of the top assets(Pogba) that sell themselves due to demand, in my opinion we’ve struggled to sell mid-high tier players. Given the handling of Higuain this summer as you’ve pointed out, it seems we haven’t learnt and actually got worse.

Doesn’t beat the classic ‘Litch’

Congratulations my man. Enjoy 3 months of peaceful sleep until then.

Valid points - the grass is always greener. Playing devils advocate though - I’d back our chances in a CL knock out game with Morata up front over Higuain.

Cristiano’s been on Spanish TV every day for the past 9 days. Could increase our brand out here, particularly with the previous dim view a lot of the Spanish have of Italian football.

Which sauces are these? I haven’t seen Uefa send out a tweet about It yet.

One of those cases where the loan with option to buy really bears fruit!

With the J1897 membership, I got to all the games I wanted to go to last season. With the normal membership it’s been fine in previous years too. Tickets might be tough for the first few games whilst the Cristiano hype is here, I’m confident it’ll revert to type after a few months - so that’s...

Royston Drenthe. Had a magic U-21 euros, moved to Real. Career went to shit.

Valid points - I’m not sure about those figures however. I seem to recall Llorente having wages closer to €4.5m and Buffon not being on 6m at the time.

I feel we’ve been here previously with Llorente in terms of the Emre Can comparison. When the ceiling raises to €30m salaries however, that will cause the biggest shift imo. It’s similar to what the Neymar sale for €222m did to the transfer market by massively raising the prices of bang average...

37? I’m hoping these big numbers don’t become a thing.

With the lack of real alternatives to sell both of them to (Higuain in particular who is the higher priced), I think we’d sell them for €100m combined.

Looking forward to seeing this guy here. If Benatia stays, then between him and Caldara they’d get us 8-10 goals a season!

Scholes was the most talented of that generation by a landslide.

Darmian is a liability. Makes clumsy fouls and has occasional brainfades. If we’re serious about potentially fielding Dybala, Ronaldo and Douglas Costa at the same time, the full backs would be exposed in big games, so I’d disagree on the ease of replacing Sandro. Just look at De Sciglio in big...