Recent content by kaempen

Lucas Hernandez is one of the best and has been for about four years, rarely mentioned in these discussions.

Yes, I misread one of the lists. However, their revenue kept increasing after Ronaldo left, despite their worsened CL performances in addition. Thus, there was no real hit to Real Madrid’s revenue when Ronaldo left. Only now during covid has it taken a hit, like we’re seeing at every club. In...

Yes, it would just come from other players and other investments. How hard is it to understand? Madrid were number one in the world in terms of revenue in 2020. Don't be ridiculous.

Not like Real Madrid were suddenly making 15-40% less revenue when Ronaldo left. These are just excuses trying to justify Messi's greed and Barca's stupidity. They would easily find that revenue through all the other players they could buy when freed from Messi's wage.

Absolute nonsense. United's squad is vastly inferior to Spurs', slightly worse than Chelsea's and a little better than Arsenal's if Pogba and De Gea stay.

Top 6 is a realistic goal. Sacking Solskjaer should only be considered if United fall out of the top 6. Top 4 would be quite a feat, but it's unlikely and it's unreasonable to put that sort of expectation on the squad. What people must understand is that a football club is not the exact same...

I disagree with everything you just said. Banega and Romero are very mediocre. This is a great international era, but a historic draw in the World Cup made Croatia reach the final. They weren't the second best team in the tournament. Uruguay were easily better than Argentina on paper in 2018...

Why are you listing mediocre players like Banega and Romero? They reached a World Cup final with Messi, which doesn't happen often for them. It's a much bigger achievement than a Copa America or Euro win. They were also much more stacked in 2002 and 2006, but failed. Uruguay have the most Copa...

It's about overall squad quality. Messi can't make Argentina win against stacked world class teams, when Argentina play a defence and midfield from the Argentinian league. I am disputing that these managers are more important than players like Messi and Ronaldo, not normal world class players...

Put Ferguson in charge of this United, and they might finish third or fourth. If you put Messi in, it's a comfortable top 3 finish, since he adds 35 goals and 15 assists. Football is still decided by the quality of the squad. What great managers do is that they develop and improve the squad...

There is simply no way that Pep, Sir Alex or other such historic managers are worth more than players like Messi and Ronaldo. The type of impact of a manager is different as well, because managers cannot win titles right away with an insufficient squad, but they can develop and elevate a team...

I don't see it. He can get a very high wage where he is.

Why would he leave for any of these clubs? Only City and Liverpool would have a realistic chance, if they wanted him.

United lose primarily because they lack quality.

Don't you understand? This is the level of United today. Next season United can be better, but they can't magically be superior to City with this squad just because they're United.