La Liga Announce VAR. Catalonia Announce Secession - The Other Teams Thread[R]

That scenario would still be better than staying with Bayern as it would mean we can get whatever the going rate for a great player (albeit in his final year of his contract) is from club X. Lots of different possible scenarios at play from now till 2019.

Hopefully we come out on top, and James is happy also cos he looks like a nice guy.

 

I honestly think Zidane will leave after this campaign and manage the French National Team. James will come back, 2 of Llorente, Ceballos or Kovacic will leave. Bale will probably leave and we'll sign another forward. Maybe Neymar, maybe Griezmann, maybe Icardi, etc. If that happens, there's no point in going after Guedes, he'll stunt his career here. He'll probably end up joining United, Spurs or Liverpool cuz wages.

 

Even I fell ZZ will leave at the end of this season. Taking over French NT after WC will give him a lot more free time. I hope we hire the right coach this time unlike with Benitez.

 

The way James contract is set up, we don't have much choice in the deal. Smartest thing for Bayern to do would be to pick up his 42 ME option even if they don't wanna pay him EPL level wages. Then sell him for 70-80 ME at least. Just like Almeria had no say in what we did with Negredo. Unless Bayern are in a mood to be generous, we might have to pay them 30-40 ME more at least if we want to bring James back.

 

He'll go where Mendes tells him to go

 

That's the worst part.

This pressure is solely created by the media looking to create stories. I mean immediately after the match their questions for Asensio are:

"why aren't you starting more?"
"do you believe you should start more?"

They had other stupid questions fishing for a headline and you just see how they want us to fail. They want to cause problems. They desire a Madrid that is a circus and in turmoil.

Asensio hasn't been starting because he has struggled. Same could be said for others. He has hit good form for a couple matches with Lucas and both were rewarded with a start.

That is how things work if you don't have an agenda.

I have said this in the past, but the media is our worst problem. The players love Zidane. Florentino Perez obviously does as well. The only ones who don't see Zidane's value are those fans who started supporting the club recently and the media who values a broken Madrid over a successful one.

 

Yea. And AS have a clear agenda to create turmoil in the club. Even worse than Barca papers which frankly has no impact in Madrid. They had the cover saying ZZ wants Isco gone and two days later ZZ started Isco against PSG. Then they act like they said none of that and moves on to Bale. It's a shame Madridistas still buy that paper when they should actually change headquarters to Barca. They might have issues with Flo, but they survive only 'cos RM and its fanbase. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

 

Las Palmas forward Jonathan Viera has signed a four deal with Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan, say reports in Spain.

The transfer fee is reported by Marca to be in the region of €25m with the 28-year-old set to earn €6m per annum at his new club – a marked increase on his current salary.

 

He is a decent cheap squad player in FIFA 18 Ultimate Team, don’t know much more about him though.

 

It would be interesting for someone to investigate the differences between the pull of European players to China and MLS.

Clearly, China is willing to spend much more money. Yet, they don't seem to pull the superstar names that MLS has been able to get. Of course, MLS gets most of those European names when they are up there in age. Perhaps China can pull them a bit younger.

 

Yeah, that would be my view as well. And I don't know if MLS even wants to pull those players that are going to China. Seems the average American soccer fan is happy to pay to watch some big name player even if he's only half the player he used to be.

I must say I don't get the appeal. In fact I think its a bit depressing watching a 34 year old former star deteriorate. Just a reminder of how old we're getting. Not to mention its plain odd to see Andrea Pirlo or whoever with Serie B-level teammates.
Giovinco is one of the few Chinese league-type signings that MLS did. That's a guy I would probably pay to watch.

 

They are starting to. Many DPs are now youngsters from South America as opposed to old Europeans.

I wonder how significant a disadvantage it is using less capital as China. USA may be the more desirable place to live. I have not watched the Chinese league but is it of significantly superior quality to MLS? One would think so with the financial disparities.

 

I like how his idea of "calming him down" is going at him, pushing him.

Despite his "nice guy" facade, his true colors show everytime things don't go his way.

Also Wigan had 17% possesion.

#Rektd.

 

#Rektd? More like #Erekt.

I wish it would have been 14% possession instead.

 

Not even two years in Manchester and Pep has already turned into a yob.

 

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