all that is left now is for Pogba to sign a contract. Jose Mourinho is going all in under his first year at Old Trafford. They'll be the favorites heading into the season with the additions of Pogba, Zlatan & Mkhitaryan. Hopefully they wilt under the pressure, can't stand Mourinho.
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Terps could score 20 in Serie A these days.
Pogba is a heck of a talent and when he's on he is tremendously graceful and I could see £50m but 100+? That is crazy. That's Neymar, Ronaldo territory. I'd rather have Higuain to be honest.
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subsidized Juve's 90M Euro purchase of Higuain, who is an absolute beast of a player - top 3 striker in the world right now.
Terps could score 20 in Serie A these days.
I don't know. I just started indoor for the first time in three years. The lungs and legs are getting old.
It's getting to a point with the top clubs that it's just a revolving door. Ander Herrera was on the cusp of greatness when he went to Old Trafford, and he just got steamrolled by these ridiculous signings.
I hope all of these big clubs somehow implode under the weight of these expenses. Need an economist to paint the picture of how that could happen.
In Spain what Barcelona and Real Madrid are doing is just gross. Young players get no opportunity to develop at all, and the quality of play suffers over the long run.
There's a really good defensive midfielder playing for Malaga, Ignacio Camacho, that could be had for a fraction and probably fit better with Mourinho. But a lot of this is about selling shirts. I'm actually glad I don't support one of these super teams. Doesn't seem sustainable.
120M for Manu is about 1/3 of that for anyone else.
Going to the LCFC v PSG game on Saturday in LA - looking forward to seeing some hopefully decent quality play.
I don't think Leicester is going to roll over and die this season the way the conventional wisdom says they will. I'm not saying repeat, but I see people saying they'll drop to 10th. They lost Kante, but keeping Marhez (so far) and Vardy plus Musa and Mendy I think they're a net better squad.
This also to me puts a target directly on Mourinho right away. How he will deploy Pogba is going to be the interesting piece, as Pogba has always been protected by players like Vidal and Marchisio in the 4-3-3. The only player they have right now that can passably do that is Schneiderlein?
I just hope this isn't Juan Sebastian Veron all over again.
My instinct was that he was as good as gone back to Spain when Mikthariyan (sp) was signed (had actually heard Valencia), but they are not deep in the creative side, so who knows.
And who doesn't love Ole? 20 goals for 20 years.
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I'll duck now......
Not just about the EPL, it covers quite a bit about the Rams and the new stadium they are building in LA.
I loved this little bit.
Del Bosque said this week that Asensio is the best young talent that Spain has.
I agree that Zidane looks like the real deal, but as long as Florentino is there...
Is Real going to roll with Casemiro in the holding midfield position again? I expected them to upgrade there.
Zidane supposedly loves Casemiro. We haven't even really looked at anybody to replace him. Matic's name has just came out. So we will see. I actually really like Casemiro. He has constantly got better. He absolutely destroyed Barca in the 2nd Clasico. He was unreal & he only just turned 24.