The Skipper

I'd like him. One of the main reasons is that he's versatile; he can actually play with Lukaku and wouldn't hamper him as much as a Cavani would. It'd be a steal for £20m-£25m as far as I'm concerned.

Agreed. Would love him here, his potential ceiling is so high but he's good enough to start for us already.

Del Nido said: "The bid wasn't sufficient. The idea is that he continues growing here at Seville, just like he did last season. "There exists an obligation that if a formal, written offer of over six million Euros arrives then we must accept it and sell him, or match it and keep half of his economic rights. But they haven't done it in writing, which they must do." Basically we need to buy the other half of Kondogbia's ownership from the Doyen group, which means he'll cost at least 12m euros.

It's fewer games.

Van Ginkel isn't a DM.

Very impressive. Well done Scolari.

That was mostly down to SAF's astute management. Alex Ferguson knows that the PL is a squad game, not who has the better first 11, and that's why when they rest players they can still pick up points because their squad is of high quality, even the back ups.

Beast.

Still don't think he's that good and I stand by that because I've seen him in quite a few more games than just the Confed Cup. He's a good player but not a phenomenal one. Jack of all trades if you ask me. He'll be a good signing for Spurs who I presume will get him but I wouldn't lose any sleep over him.

It really is unbelievable.

Too harsh. Torres and Mata both had bad games but so did Pique, Ramos, Casillas, Xavi, Arbeloa. Practically the whole team under performed. You going to say that all those players should never play for Spain as well?

Be there in a bit... Going to borrow Roman's private jet.

I WANT TO BE IN BRAZIL TONIGHT.

Brazilians fans are fucking amazing. I love your passion. If it's like this in the World Cup you guys have a very, very strong chance of winning it. The crowd will carry you.

David Luiz trending number 1 worldwide on Twitter.

That's why Mourinho plays Diego Lopez over Casillas.

Lol. Can I borrow your crystal ball?

WORLD CLASS FROM MY BABY BOY DAVID LUIZ!!!

12 against 11 at the moment, crowd is electric. Kudos to the Brazilians for the magnificent atmosphere.

Brilliant article Barb. Refreshed my mind a bit over our situation in the midfield last season. Looking forward to part 2.

Even if we did buy him for €70m in one payment (lol), all Chelsea have to do when they reflect it in their accounts is amortise it over the period of his contract, which would be €14m + wages if over 5 years, like you said. Same with Real or City. They could easily afford it if they really wanted to.

Why are people still feeding the troll?

Brilliant.

Odds don't mean anything.

Thing is, no one here is saying that it is the primary factor. It's just a stat, that if constructed correctly, could help people see how effective a player is to his team. That's all.