He did that or close to it for 6 years and has one league title to show for it.
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He has Barca to compete with
Barcelona were a indomitable force for 2 or 3 years of that. The rest of that time, they were a "normal" top club, the type of clubs we will be competing with ourselves.
Barcelona have comfortably been a cut above anything that the Premiership has to offer for quite a while now. Even under Vilanova they got 100 points which is the highest number of points amassed in La Liga (only Madrid the year before them got the same amount) and got to the semis of the CL (and this was considered one of their poor seasons and when people began to talk of a decline which shows that even when their level began to drop, they were extremely competitive). The following season they challenged for the league until the last day, lost to CL finalists Atletico in the quarter finals of the CL and got to the final of the Copa del Ray and lost to double winners Madrid.
Those two seasons that I just described were considered poor for Barcelona which shows the high standards that they are used to (because those seasons would certainly not be considered poor by any Premiership club. Far from it in fact). In comparison, poor seasons by Chelsea and City in recent years has seen them drop out in the group stage of the CL (twice in City's cases) and not even challenge for the title. There has been nothing "normal" about Barcelona in recent years and if they are "normal", then City and Chelsea are shite in comparison.
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Would love it and they'd never sell, but one big name leaves each year so you never know, but its highly unlikely
The possibility of getting a player like Varane is why we need to hang on to DDG for as long as possible this window, any deal for him has to be done after, or as part of any deal we do for one of their players, the longer we hold out the more chance it could happen imo.
As soon as DDG goes all our bargaining power goes with him, and imo Real may well blink first because they know full well we can afford to keep him, and risk losing him for free if needs be.
As soon as DDG goes all our bargaining power goes with him, and imo Real may well blink first because they know full well we can afford to keep him, and risk losing him for free if needs be.
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I am not sure what is your point really. I never said Chelsea or City are as good as Barcelona. I said Barcelona had only 2 or 3 years when it was acceptable to just go "fair enough, they were something else". The other seasons they were poor by their standards but they were still a top team. I agree that their poor seasons were still very good for Chelsea or City but that's irrelevant to the point I am making which is simply that Real Madrid cannot claim they were facing an out of this world force of nature for 6 seasons straight to justify their failing.
The problem is that Real will probably just wait a season and sign De Gea on a free next season. If we start playing hardball too much, they're gonna just carry on with Casillias for one more season and then take Dave for nothing. As much as we want to get as good a deal as possible, I don't think that we are in the strongest postion to negotiate, especially in terms of trying to get someone like Varane.
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My info on Man City and Patrick Roberts at Fulham is an initial £5m bid has been rejected - so still some way to go #mcfc #ffc
Tbh i'd rather that then , if Real will only pay a fee way below his true value, or won't deal with any of their players then we may as well keep DDG.
There is a chance he could do something great for us that wins us a trophy, or gets us top 4 again, which far outweighs any fee Real will give us now, plus a year is very long time, he may split with his girlfriend and decide Madrid isn't for him, or another keeper might take Madrid's fancy, you just never know.
think about our sh!t fans, you know the ones who are busy ranting on the game threads every time we're not 3-0 up and smashing someone by half time. Or say buy xxxx player for £50m as it's "not my money".
It's those type of fans.
Yeah I agree. Especially as someone like Varane is an absolute pipedream in my opinion.
Other than Bale he is the player I would want most form Madrid's squad.
Varane's current level is overhyped on here, though he has great potential.
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Of course the Mail say we'd have to pay more for Fabinho.
So potentially we could sign Fabinho, Felipe Anderson, Roberto Firmino , Schweinsteiger, Otamendi, Schneiderlin, Cillessen(?) all in one summer? I think we'll be putting in some youth players in the first team squad, to fill the home grown quota.
And they are right.
You know how this works surely? Also you've missed out Gaitan, Sneijder and Garay.
not forgetting a certain Ruud..
Who was recommended to Fergie at that time by Darren Ferguson who played for them in that period
This confirms it. Taylor's up there with the best. None of the journos really have any clue whatsoever about what we're up to.
Er he turned us down! We didn't go for jones ahead of him.
You're right, they don't. Not a bad thing. Probably a bit frustrating for us though trying to piece it together but the best way is for the club to do their business on the quiet.
We will know if we've succeeded in signing our #1 targets by the start of preseason. Not such a long time to go. 
He will want some signings in for when they return to training to go on tour. If any at the Copa America, then they will be in later. We have to be up and running for the PL and CL qualifying.
That's what I read. At the time we signed Jones, Varane was also available and we could've easily got him. Chose to sign Jones instead.
Could turn out to be an absolute bargain signing for Spurs!
So we're linked to three brazilians right now?
I guess we won't sign any.
I guess we won't sign any.
We agreed a deal & Zidane had a word.
Hope we get him, certainly has potential. Loan him back out to a Championship side or for six months to a Premier League side with the option to extend it provided he's actually playing. Even if he flops he'd likely still have a respectable resale value so he's worth the punt in the hope he develops into a good player.
Somehow, this will end up with us overpaying for Otamendi and underselling DDG while Mendes, Lim, and Florentino laugh themselves silly
I can see this happening.For the love of God can we just be officially linked with someone, anyone..
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