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abduleez1:
I have always rated Balde after watching a few of his games last season as well as in preseason.
I remember when I was very happy Alba got injured last season, happy Balde would then have the chance with a few weeks to prove himself to everyone; only for the werey to get injured in the next match. I nearly swear for am that day.

I remember how I always criticised Xavi earlier this season when he was using Alba in champions league and relegating Balde to La Liga only with that useless claim, "he ain't ready for European football yet" . By the time him eye clear we were already far and out away from UCL race.

At least we won the league, so there's some respite. I rated Balde too. I think I just love almost all lamasia players who show any form of promise. My own is that, just give them a chance and see if they can grab it.

Abde is not La masia though he played for the B team but going forward, that guy and Fati should fight it out for LW position next season.

Do you rate Nico Gonzalez?

Not related but GARCIA, Kessie, Lenglet, Umtiti, Dest, Ferran, Torre (loan) should be let go.

BlaqFaze:
I just need Ansu to complete his hattrick

The injury to Balde is horrific...yeah, Fati for three(3)

BlaqFaze:
He's turning into a cross merchant

Tiring to watch at times...Xavi should instruct him to play like a Barca winger nah. So exhausting to watch damm!!!

It's 2023 and Dembele's end product....

Chai 😩

Lana1:
Tuchel win league.
Chelsea finish 12th!!

This life!!

Popi was waiting to cook TooKle but god of banter no gree am cook their greatest coach after Mourinho!

Kilishihunter:
Tbh I also have some doubts about zubimendi as I'm afraid of his height, the price tag and his insistence on staying at la real (which shows his loyalty though) I'm also not sure Nico would be a capable lone CDM as he seems to find more joy bombing forward, let's just see how the summer market pans out chief

Nico is very coachable. He's bombing forward because the new coach wants that from him in a double pivot. With Gattusso he was the lone pivot and did his job effectively.

Before he left on loan, he did well in the lone pivot role. If Xavi wants him to play DM lone pivot, he'll do it. I've been following him and I like what I see. Very coachable player. His problem remains niggling injuries here and there and sometimes stamina. From 70 mins he always looked so tired. I think all these can be worked on. I just love the guy that's it but let's see who we get in the summer.

I heard Romeu(Girona) and Dani Parejo(Villarreal) are the latest targets

Kilishihunter:
Ruben neves is not suitable as a single pivot which we're looking to sign chief, I admit a made a mistake not tagging him quality he's really a good passer both long and short, great with set pieces and long range belters but we need not just a deep lying playmaker but a defensive midfielder to act as a shield in front of our backline, he's even now playing more advanced in wolves midfield with matheus Nunes, His speed and strength might just give us more problems

No wahala Chief.

I don't think he'll join us and yeah he's not your typical DM. He's more like Jorgihno. And like Jorgihno, he's a quality player.

But Zubi is frail, he isn't stronger than Neves though, not taller too. I won't like to you, I no too like Zubi but I want to be proven wrong if we sign him. Zubi looks so small. Just like another Eric Garcia but in the DM position.

I reiterate, I'll love to be proven worng on Zubi if he joins us.

If we can't sign a quality DM outside Barca then my first choice remains.......

Nico Odogwu Gonzalez

The boy can't be bullied. So strong and confident on the ball. I wish he's given a chance!

dreamxhaser:
United wey knack you 4-1?

United wey you never beat in the foreseeable past (even when we were in our lowest last season)?

United wey get UCL pass you? Them even use you win one

United wey get epl pass you?

United wey go compete for UCL next season while u no even see conference league qualify.

See, in fact tell me anyway you are better than United?

They are better than United by being the first club in football history to spend 600m plus and finishing outside the top half.

#NetSpend!

andrew444:
I never rated balde ,but I have always rated Nico Gonzalez ,dude performed well when called up last season ,he even managed 3 goals as a DM for us

Nico should have a place in the team next season but not as a starter

What do you think about Ez abde ,man has been fantastic this season

Abde is what we need for the LW spot. He's very direct when dribbling and he's now working on his goal scoring abilities.

Right now, he's better than Ferran and Fati for the LW spot. Like Nico, should be given game time and watch how far.

If Abde was playing for Ajax or in Brazil, we'll be hoping we can sign him.

Abde should stay!

andrew444:
Oriol Romeu is a fantastic footballer ,pergola well for girona this season

Ugarte he also available ,but i don’t know why we ain’t looking his side

Nico Gonzalez did well for Barca before he was sent on loan ,I don’t know why culers here don’t rate him

Yeah, same way Balde was not rated. I can recall when Pedri joined, people said he should be sent on loan but Puig should stay but we know what's up. I rate Nico alot and if given a chance, will replace Busquet well.

The problem here is that Nico is injury prone and his defensive actions especially in his own half is not that good. But it's not his fault. Right now he's playing in a double pivot as the more advanced player. At Barca he'll play as a single pivot and won't be advanced at all. This will improve his defensive actions.

Ugarte will cost more than 70m. Solid player but unproven in my opinion.

On Romeu, yes he plays like Busquet but Barca should give Nico chance instead of signing him.

andrew444:
3 players 120 million ?

Oo common ,why we no go get financial issues ,even mancity can’t try this nonsense

Normally No team should be able to compete with Barca financially but bartomeu said No ,man deserves a life sentence

Dejong earning almost double what KDB is earning is just criminal.

Bartonomics is/was a real cancer...God forbid!

andrew444:
I will take Ruben neves over amrabat ,but I won’t take him ahead of zubimendi

The only player we are linked with that I will take ahead of Zubi is kimmich and brozovic

Ruben nevez is not a better passer than zubimendi ,more stronger more robust but not a better passer

I rate amrabat highly at the World Cup ,but when I started monitoring fiorentina I began having some doubts ,take your time and watch this amrabat guy and see for yourself ,man lack technicality ,pure gidigbo footballer

If we end up signing amrabat I will surely support him and I pray he proves me wrong

My ratings for these guys below in order
1 : Kimmich
2: Brozovic
3:Zubimendi
4: Ruben Neves
5: Amrabat

Brozovic on a 3 year deal won’t be bad ,he is just 30

No wahala bro. I'll take Nico Gonzalez ahead of Zubimendi.

Yeah Brozovic would've been perfect but he's injury prone and of course Kimmich is world class.

It seems we're gonna end up with Oriol Romeu or Dani Parejo as pivots because again Zubimendi said he's staying at his boyhood club to help them in the UCL. He's been saying this all season.

Barca should look for a DM. No be only Zubi dey market. And for 60m plus we should find a solid DM at that price

Kilishihunter:
I just thank we've wrapped up the league because wetin my eyes see yesterday from Eric my hands no fit type am, ferran and fati have to go also, And I hope we don't bring any Ruben neves in, na only quality ballers we need to participate in the UCL

People talk about Neves like he's playing in the Korean Division two league.

Ruben Neves is better, more experienced, more robust, stronger, better passer(long and short) than Zubimendi. In terms of defensive action, he beats Zubimendi. Zubimendi is only better in positioning, even Eric Garcia is better at positioning. I'll take Amrabat ahead of Zubimendi sef but I'm not Xavi so there's that.

Portugal is blessed with so many quality midfielders but Neves; a Wolverhampton player is a nailed starter and you think such player is a slouch?

I'll be happy if we get Neves. His long passes will release our wide players like Dembele and Raphina alot. Also, he's an excellent free kick taker who's also extremely good at shooting from range something we're very bad at.

I don't think he'll join because I heard Xavi doesn't like him but he's a good player that can help Barca if given the chance.

Android17:
God in heaven.

🤣🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Protect us all. Na wah oo

nateevs:
You what is funny about this statement? You guys will keep saying this over and over until Pep creates another Barca out of City. Then the story changes.

Always rated nateevs

Twale Baba!!!

popizaino:
Ancelotti accepted Everton. No coach is bigger than Chelsea not even rtd SAF. Stop capping.

Ok sir 👌

Taguchi:



you begged him to come, you even welcomed him..a wise man warned you



be careful what you wish for




“When the Gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.” – Oscar Wilde

Omoh, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Em warm am, e say e no go gree.....

All what he wished for, Pep gave him wototototototoo!!!

Emaprince:
Let pep come coach Chelsea, let's see how he will fare.

Oh I forgot, he had the opportunity to clinch the job, but he ducked because he believed the club needed to buy 10 more extra players... something only Arab money can afford him.

Even in his first season in EPL, he was disgraced and went trophyless until Arab money splurged on marquee signings the next season to earn him the league.

At Chelsea, he would have been sacked after that shameful first season.

After City, he will move to PSG to continue his dominance aided by money or availability of brilliant players (like in Messi's barca).

May be in the past but right now, Pep is levels above Chelsea and there's absolutely no need for a step down.

You don't expect the chief engineer at NASA to step down and become the H.O.D at Unilag engineering department, that won't happen.

On request, the chief engineer @NASA may visit Unilag engineering department for some Pep talk but unfortunately, football just doesn't work this way and Fraudiola wouldn't want to help Chelsea in anyway.

We're some hours away from the inevitable guard of honour from the Blues to the kings of England. Pep is a genius, walahi.

God Save The King!

Ibime:
Pep is not going anywhere. He has never had control like this before. Usually he gets tired after 3 years but he's got his two best mates running City and has all decision making within his hand. They even own a restaurant together in Manchester

I really hope so chai....

madrid5:
oga Dem go beat am next season, probably Bayern or madrid sef,u think to win ucl back to back na beans, remember when Bayern flog Barca 8-2 people come dey talk say Dem go dominate

We'll all have to wait and see. Make em win this one fess!

raumdeuter:
Make Pep win CL and Mourinh win Europa so they can meet in Super cup

Should I tell you what will happen if they meet? Or should I elaborate on the excuses that will come up if they meet and the expected happens.

We'll all have to wait.

I want Roma to win provided Citeh wins UCL!

madrid5:
I really doubt city can win this competition again,talkless of "dominating" it like epl

That's the beauty....

We'll all have to wait and see.

They said he won't try it in England, he's now cultivating the league. The hardest one is always the first one.

Make e win fess then we'll see 🙈

Sportsweb:
EPL celebrating Man City failures last season is normal thing. Same way La Liga people will Pop champagne as city thrash Madrid. That's normal.

What am against is people always saying Madrid UCL wins are lucks and undeserved

You don't win the UCL based on pure luck but in cup competitions, luck plays a role.

Look at Inter Milan for example. I don't think they would've knocked out PSG, Bayern and City to get to the final but their draw was good enough so they're in the final. With a little bit if luck, they may win it but of course I hope not.

A001:
I don't have time for argument without head or tail. When two big teams meet, some people can consider one team as favorites. That doesn't make the other underdogs.

No dey mention me anyhow.

No p, go through my post and check if there's any mention of "underdog".

The post is clear and city were the favourite.

raumdeuter:
Tim Wiese former Werder Bremen keeper

Yeah, now a wrestler 😎

He's our sample DM for today. That's how we want our DM to look like.

Physicality and gidigbo!

A001:
You've not made any single sense so far. So a team with 14 titles at the semi-finals coached by arguably the best manager in the tournament isn't the favourites, but another one with zero titles are.

So Madrid was the underdog yesterday abi? Check what underdog means in a dictionary before quoting me unnecessarily.

Nothinham Forest has more UCL(2) than City who currently has 0 UCL. If they were to meet today in the UCL, who'll be the favourite?

Also, let's go up a level. Manchester United has 3 and Milan with 7. If these teams were to meet city today, who will the bookmakers tip as favourite? You already know I guess.

The bookmakers knows this that's why they gave City 1.65 and Madrid 6.2 odds to win.

City were favourite yesterday Chief!

Mikeal09:
The thing tire me. It's like expecting Zidane after all he's done, to suddenly choose to manage Elche or Burley.
It was a privilege to start from the very top, and with all the pressure that comes with starting from the top, if a coach still manages to stay at that top, Oga, give him his due.
First, they said he can't do it outside La Liga, he went to the Bundesliga and owned it. Then, they said it was a farmer's league, he went their and completely uprooted it. Now, the new story is that he goes for big teams... The truth, all the big teams in the world would kill to have Pep.
End.

Na hate, leave them to continue 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bluelines69:
This guy no dey just ever gree sha, e go drag the matter till you tire , abeg how them Dey know robust DM, na body size??

You were not informed too?

If you get this body size and you play DM, gbam, you're a robust DM!

Exonerate1:
Omo I was surprised, Ibime praising our ninny

Ibime knows how to come back pretty well and I respect that.

I also respect the fact that he is always very clear when it comes to Messi(Argentina), Barcelona and Pep. He didn't want City to win and didn't shy away from coming out plain.

He's also currently a fan of Inter Milan and you know why...For me, that's cool because I love clarity.

Unlike some folks here hating on Pep and hiding under UCL Aura and hoping Madrid will beat this current city team.

We tried to explain to them about City's home form in the UCL and their H2H against Madrid but no, aura wins UCL.

If Pep wins this year's UCL, I can see a period of real dominance from City in this competition.

Just like he's doing it in England, he can also do it in Europe 🌍

Agba Pep 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jokerman:
Rashford go bench Alvarez for Man utd

Is this why you named yourself jokerman?

You're comparing a world cup winner, who's also most likely to win the treble with a player whose biggest achievement is being compared to Mbape by "some" deluded United fans.

Rashford's football brain is pea size and I'm not even trolling!

It's ok ooo

Mikeal09:
The biggest clubs in the world suppose go for the biggest coaches in the world. Pep's induction into the coaching job wasn't like the others you listed.
He was entrusted with a big team as Barcelona, many upcoming coaches might crumble the team but Pep did an outstanding job, evening sinking the SAF you mentioned.
From there, what would you do expect of Pep, Osasuna, abi na Cardiff?

An engineer at NASA should leave NASA and come to Unilag engineering department to prove himself.

Logic of Pep haters. Nah em Sabi ooo

AImiron:
I sight you my bro, that's the spirit cos it's not over until it's over. Yea, City go win Treble this season, Man United [/b]go wan do agidi but dem go suffer at the end and [b]cry blood

I'll be there no matter what lmao 🤣