Salv, its not about affording, Pep simply says he doesnt need another CB, that what they have is fine, which is weird, because they were exposed with Milito there even, but now one CB less, even if one barely used, should make it more of a reason to get one.
How do you notice Abidal's poor performance but not Mascherano's? Thats baffling, especially since it should be more eyecatching that Mascherano made clear error on first goal, and made more eyecatching errors like make very bad mispasses that gave Real counters, besides losing his mark or getting burned, like Abidal was.