Well he was more injury prone when younger and you can count on him more than Shitmes. Also Iniesta had been injury prone. Barça needs more creative midfielders. Right now there is only Coutinho who gets to play, Denis isn't playing much.
I hear that he is very happy in the city and the club and we can also see that his game has improved a lot after training and competing with Ter Stegen. I feel in view of the international commitments of mats as I believe he will replace Neuer as the no.1 certainly after the wc, we can give cillesen more playing time and by next summer I feel he will want to move, perhaps Bayern and we can let him go. But it will take 50 mio minimum.
Just came back from Madrid. Great match to be at! Atmosphere was electric - far better than any league match at Camp Nou. Apart from the booing of the national anthem - that was a bit over-the-top and unnecessary. Barca fans pretty much took over the Plaza Mayor during the afternoon! The locals were not amused. I feel a bit bad for the 21,000 Sevilla fans that made the trip. Their team didn't even show up. Right from the first minute it looked like something was wrong with them. Maybe travelling straight from Galicia to Madrid after their league match last Tuesday was the wrong move. Not sure if Barca did the same, but I doubt it. Sometimes these long trips can build chemistry but they can also have the opposite effect.