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Man City haven’t really failed to get a top player that they wanted (probably illegally and off books) but money means more than Bayern and Juve. It’s been a while now since Juve bought a player in the quality that City shop in.

Anderson. Had a very likeable style in midfield, great dribbling and ball control and good tenacity. Still maintain that if he’d stayed injury-free he could have been a top player. But ultimately have to admit he wasn’t that good.

Not a very Pep player though was he, played for one year, was dropped, fell out and was sold.

It depends on the team though too, Man United historically have underachieved in the Champions League you could say, relative to how big the club was. To only win 3 Champions Leagues, which is half of Liverpool’s total. Meanwhile Liverpool having 7 CLs instead of 6 wouldn’t mean that much legacy...

That is completely contextual and to do with the draw, you can win the FA Cup without playing anyone good either. City won the 2019 FA Cup beating Rotherham, Burnley, Newport, Swansea, Brighton and Watford. Atalanta won the Europa League beating Sporting Lisbon, Liverpool, Marseille and...

I would have said the opposite, the Europa League has gone up a gear since there was Champions League qualification with it and there have been some great matches in it in the latter stages in recent seasons, whereas in the years of the old Uefa Cup, the FA Cup was as big as winning the league...

Champions League Premier League Europa League FA Cup Club World Cup Conference League League Cup I think the Premier League is the most important in a way because as the United legends and Fergie said, it's your bread and butter. The cup runs and trophies are a bonus, but if you're doing it...

Ancelotti team is pretty hard to pick, could pick 4 or 5 teams tbh by this point that could win the Champions League. But two others that would compete with him would be Luis Enrique and Del Bosque. Enrique would have Busquets-Xavi-Iniesta Barca except also with Neymar, Ter Stegen, Suarez, then...

The real question is could Pep win a league with this team? Bravo Rafinha - Dante - Ake - Mendy Nunes - Rode Cuenca - Nolito - Hleb Bojan ('worst XI' that played more than 30 games in a season for Pep)

I don't think Busquets was ever in contention for being the top 10 best players in the world, never mind the best. He was never in the top 20 of the Ballon d'Or and never proved himself at elite international level without Xavi or Iniesta (never got a Euros, World Cup or CL final without those...

Dias was better for Pep than Kompany I’d say. Also not really been mentioned but Jerome Boateng was arguably as good as Pique/Puyol, just the stain of being destroyed by Messi on the biggest stage - although you could see the same happening to Pique if he ever played against peak Messi.

Rodri over Busquets, De Bruyne over Villa and put Iniesta on the wing or have KDB as a wide creator type. Busquets is not the best DM in the history of the game, Rodri this season has had a better season than Busquets ever had. Better range of passing, better physicality, better goal scoring...

They lost 2-1 to Brighton, not 4-0. McTominay didn't play the 4-0 loss to Brentford either, was Eriksen. Martinez played that game too and was crap.

Casemiro last season, was a lot of comparisons to the likes of Cantona and Keane. But it was a ‘short fling’ that turned into a tempestuous relationship with everyone now wanting rid.

Agreed, he also has a role in the squad for big games. You really trust him in one on one battles with top wingers in a way you wouldn’t with most full backs.