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God, it's really hard to figure out what the players are saying on their own and what Mendes is telling them to say!
For the Spanish speakers
He tore a muscle(in his thigh, IIRC) in the quarter finals.
Think he only pulled it but they probably said it so he wouldn't make it worse so they could sell him. I'm guessing that at least.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/right-...st-soccer-player-on-the-planet-221912441.html
Perhaps a tad exaggerated, but still.....
Perhaps a tad exaggerated, but still.....
As long as it brings us back Ronaldo in January, I'll let Mendes sit on my face!
Torn was what they were saying at the time, there was talk of using stem cell treatment on him.
Maybe, it's just don't torn hamstrings usually take like 3-4 months to recover from? He was back playing after about a month so it was probably just a pulled muscle.
Edit: I think I remember it saying he tore a few fibres in his muscle, so wasn't as bad as a torn hamstring, just a minor one.
I'm glad he's earning the wages he deserves (in comparison to other players ofcourse, as footballers' wages are ridiculous) now and is playing for a board who'll hopefully appreciate what he does.
Florentino is a class A donkey.
Florentino is a class A donkey.
Yeah, torn muscle, as you say probably a minor one, and in the end, good for us that he didn't play anyway.
Can Modric ask for a wage increase next summer please?
If di maria (and maybe ozil too) have good seasons and he is impressed by what he sees perez will make 120 million bids for both of them declaring that they are "just the type of players Madrid need" and that they were "born to play for Madrid". He will then place kroos and james on the transfer list at 10 million each.
Out of interest, do you think it's worth sacking off this system when we are yet to try it with our two first choice wing backs, new centreback and two new midfielders? I'd say it's jumping the gun a little (a lot) to say it's not working because our second string players struggled with it.
Di Maria: "Here [in England] isn't like in Spain, where you lose three games and you get sacked. Van Gaal will have time to work things out"
lol, we haven't lost 3 games yet!
lol, we haven't lost 3 games yet!
For what it's worth, I feel like van gaal long term always viewed a 4-3-3 as our main formation, just he doubted we'd bring in the players he wanted or quality like di Maria out wide. We'll see what he does now that we have everyone, but the 3-5-2 was struggling because we were missing half of our starting players (which also kind of forced us to play a 3-5-2 and no option for a 4-3-3, given we didn't have fullbacks).
Think he was speaking hypothetically.
I wouldn't mind it, but how will he use Di Maria in this system? I just don't want to see him as a wing back.
You do realise Louis van Gaal is a master tactician? Don't worry about it, I'm sure his plan will work and if not, he'll correct it.
IMO our strongest team (on paper, so "potentially") is:
DDG
Jones - Evans - Rojo
Rafael ----------------- Shaw
Blind
Herrera ---- Di Maria
Mata
Falcao
That's my preference and it's open to a lot of changes with the players available to come in and offer something different. Also worth noting that 4 of those are yet to play for the club and two have less than 90 minutes. Jones - Evans - Rojo
Rafael ----------------- Shaw
Blind
Herrera ---- Di Maria
Mata
Falcao
To say it's work in progress is an understatement but we have the right man to find the best team and system and with the quality available, I dot think a title challenge is out of the question.
I think the team would look a lot better if you took out Evans and put in Rooney or Van Persie.
Fair enough, personally I think that system would provide more width, space and protection for the attacking players and in turn, balance than a hugely attacking 4-3-3 would.
Rooney/RVP at centre half? Come off it. I know that's not what you meant.
I thought it was more that they didn't want him to aggravate his injury, but whatever suits his agenda. Hernandez' tweets have gotten even more negative towards Madrid in recent months, I wonder why? 10 must hurt.
What do we think Angel feels about being at United?
Falcao has been very excited and open but he seems a little pissed at Real still
Falcao has been very excited and open but he seems a little pissed at Real still
I think both are city/Chelsea style signings. I dont believe it's either of their 1st choices
We will know in a few weeks if they have a good attitude or not. Will they be ozils or agueros?
Yeah what on earth would Di Maria not playing have to do with Messi winning it? If anything it lowered the chances of Messi winning it.
I am not sure. Falcao seems quite happy from what he has said. To be fair Di Maria hasn't been miserable, he just seems to be rather annoyed at Madrid and what went on.
I suppose...maybe due to Falcao joining from Monaco which is basically like Shakhtar in a far nicer place to join
Utd is certainly a big upgrade. But di Maria was a key player to Real Madrid and European champions, which let's not be silly is a downgrade
Don't think there's been anything wrong with Ozil's attitude tbf.
He's just that type of player that goes missing on occasions especially played wide.
I think he looks like he has a horrible attitude. He in my opinion is miserable with how things have turned out.
I would say he isn't even 50% of what he is capable of if motivated
Well leaving Real for United, Madrid for Manchester, sun for rain, Spanish for English and all that, especially after the season Real and us had can't be easy.
Plus it's also a lot of politics, RM have been trying to argue for ages that it's him who wanted to leave (to justify it to their fans who wanted him to stay) whereas he/his agent want everyone to know that Perez isn't telling the truth and Di Maria was pushed out.
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