Paul Pogba (154 Viewers)
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That article 
Posted by some fat middle aged man who probably never played the game but has the privilege to be a sports journalist. Rates Iniesta as the best midfielder of all time, Cronaldo as the greatest footballer that ever lived, and Lebron as the GOAT. I'm not sure if I'm talking to a mature adult or an angsty teenage boy.
That article Posted by some fat middle aged man who probably never played the game but has the privilege to be a sports journalist. Rates Iniesta as the best midfielder of all time, Cronaldo as the greatest footballer that ever lived, and Lebron as the GOAT. I'm not sure if I'm talking to a mature adult or an angsty teenage boy.
Also not sure how rating Iniesta as the best mid is such a bad thing. He's won literally everything, is incredibly impressive to watch, been a key player in multiple tournaments as well as very consistent in his entire career. It really is hard to have a better career than Iniesta, not to mention better skills.
If anything, you sound like the angsty boy who won't even provide arguments supporting your claim and instead just post emojis and use insults for everything. Try to be a little more open minded, that's my advice.
Both Messi and Iniesta are great footballers, but not the greatest of all time. I'd put Maradona and Pele ahead of Messi. As for greatest midfielder, there's only Zidane for me. I'd definitely place Iniesta in my top 10, but I find it hard to rate players in this era so highly, as the competition isn't as tough. The top teams are too OP, and the gap between the best teams and the rest is ever increasing. You just need to look at how mediocre international football, not just club football, has become to realize the diminishing quality. I used to enjoy watching the World Cup, seeing stacked Brazil, Argentina, and even Italy teams. Now, a solid and industrious Germany is doing well, but there aren't really any standout players on that team; they're a great collective, but that's about it.
Messi has failed his country on countless occasions, Ronaldo's Portugal win in spite of and not because of him, and teams like Brazil, Italy, and Holland look a pale shadow, a cheap imitation of their former selves.
Messi has failed his country on countless occasions, Ronaldo's Portugal win in spite of and not because of him, and teams like Brazil, Italy, and Holland look a pale shadow, a cheap imitation of their former selves.
While I agree on WCs being boring lately, I think its because of the game trying to conquer every market possible and the head of FIFA trying to get every dollar possible in their pockets, the talent is still there, but the format is retarded. The amount of small teams, the host countries and timing of international breaks is ruining everything
So basically, in his last season here we decided to offer him the legendary number 10 shirt while in the same time we accepted offering him a contract worth our highest wage bill which included a clause that would allow him to leave on his own terms whenever or wherever he wants despite us receving offers worth almost double what we sold him for. 
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I can comprehend most of this story, tho what i can't quite figure out is why did the board have to offer this guy the number 10 shirt when we can now see that behind the scenes it was already obvious that they were expecting to part ways with him sooner rather than later. Not that i want to give too much thought to this crap just that i'm curious if Raiola really managed to trick our board into believing that Pogba was here to stay for longer when actually his only intention was just to raise his quota even more by marketing and maximizing the profits off him as a number 10... i think it's either that or Beppe&co were simply way too grateful to Raiola in the first place to actually even have a word in this.(to them it was all profit anyways)
Conspiracy theory 1.0
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I can comprehend most of this story, tho what i can't quite figure out is why did the board have to offer this guy the number 10 shirt when we can now see that behind the scenes it was already obvious that they were expecting to part ways with him sooner rather than later. Not that i want to give too much thought to this crap just that i'm curious if Raiola really managed to trick our board into believing that Pogba was here to stay for longer when actually his only intention was just to raise his quota even more by marketing and maximizing the profits off him as a number 10... i think it's either that or Beppe&co were simply way too grateful to Raiola in the first place to actually even have a word in this.(to them it was all profit anyways)
Conspiracy theory 1.0