The Skipper

If there was any team Ibra would've joined in the PL it would've been us I think. He just fits the CFC image IMO.

Yeah, me too. Never wanted him to begin with but he was signed so I supported. However, I'd much rather his spot in the squad went to someone like Boga.

Salah is not on Sturridge's level, please.

I was reading it and I saw DF's point. His point was that it's much better to have a WC player like Reus in the squad instead of wasting a non HG spot on Salah who doesn't even play, and I fully agree with that.

Reus is still one of the best players in the world, your argument doesn't really add up tbh. 100% would I sell Salah if we could get a WC non HG player in at our RW.

He's so good. Really hope he makes it here.

This is one of the greatest posts on here in a while.

You do realise that profits and losses are just simply carried on from the previous years right?

How have you worked that out sorry? If we're in a profit of £18.4m it means we've made £59m more from 2012/13. There's no loss at all...

You do know Bale plays on the right for Real?

So this is without the Luiz, Lukaku, Ba etc. deals... Very, very impressive. We're going to be caking in profits next season.

Truly love Mateo but we don't need him here. Would block the path for some of our promising CMs.

Can't believe some would genuinely say no to Reus at £19m because they're scared for the PL... Incredible. I wouldn't even say we're that dominant. Not our fault City keep slipping against teams they should be beating. United will be back next season with smart spending - Arsenal are still in the mix of they sort a few things out... You seriously can't rest on your laurels because you're on top. That's how decline starts.

Would love to see Luis - Azpi get an extensive run, but Ivanovic has been great (in general, a bit suspect defensively though here and there) this season. Can't drop Branislav.

Lampard, Ballack and Essien in their primes were all also a Ballon D'or type of players... All three were real superstars as well. I love Yaya but you're overrating him if you think he was a lot better than the former mentioned.

I actually agree. Love Oxlade and think he's being underused at Arsenal, very underrated due to injuries and irregular playing time. I think he'd be fantastic on the right here.

Behave. Guessing you didn't watch football when the likes of Ballack, Essien and Lampard (in their primes of course) played here.

Whatever happens with Ryan would be good for us tbh, but we don't need him, he should leave for his own good. Good thing is that he'll fetch us £10m when he does leave, which is good enough for me. Always said that he'll be a solid left back, he's done very well.

Next Lahm?

I'll say it again, best CDM in the world, quite comfortably as well.

Koscielny is one level up from Cahill I think. A lot more comfortable on the ball and a lot more proactive too. Faster as well.

Shouldn't he be back soon?

If we wanted to we could afford to have 1 or 2 players on 200k. We've slashed our wage bills massively so there's definitely space. We aren't as far behind United, Real and Barca as you're trying to make it seem. Just because the club are being smart with contracts and transfers doesn't mean we don't have the capacity to offer Reus £200k+.

We're not struggling with FFP at all, especially after the excellent business we did this summer.

It would be absolute hell on earth if we lost to these lot.