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Its ironic because I'm sure when he was a youth player at Real Madrid he used to play as a striker.

Didn't Xabi Alonso and his father not praise Illarramendia recently? Read quotes somewhere on twitter that were said to be Alonso and his fathers.

Hes one of Real Sociedad's best players by a mile. He'd be a very good buy I think, he wouldn't cost 20-30 million plus so he'd be good value for money. Hes still young so he has plenty of time to improve as well. I think its fair to say Sociedad will expect to lose his sooner rather than later as well and he'll have plenty of suitors and I'm almost positive Arsenal are one of them after him as there was talk before of Vela staying at Sociedad and Griezmann going to Arsenal. He is more of a proper winger, will beat opponents and swing it in unlike a few players we've been linked with (Ronaldo and Hulk), only problem if you want to call it one, he doesn't score a lot of goals.

Give him a few years yet. Hes only 21 but he has bags of potential. Wigan haven't rushed him, he was in about their first team squad for a while just he wasn't given a chance. Apparently Brendan Rodgers is interested in taking him to Liverpool.

Think since Bielsa has changed Bilbao from a 4-3-3 the whole team has suffered. Martinez was also a massive loss for them and not playing Llorente is suicide for them but the rest of the team has suffered. Muniain especially, plus I'm sure there is a Muniain thread somewhere. If he can get his career going again I believe he will be a special player.

Wow man, if Ronaldo signs what about Rami? He wont be number 7 anymore

Hes suffered a lot this year for several reasons. 1) His proposed transfer to Spurs didn't happen as Newcastle wanted a lot of money for him 2) He has suffered from a lot of injuries this year 3) Newcastle haven't been this good this season and finally 4) he admitted to suffering from depression earlier in the season. He'd be a very good buy at anything under 15 million if he could pick up his form. Surely with the likes of Hazard, Mata, Oscar and potentially Cavani making runs he'd provide ammunition for them. No doubt

Di Maria > Schurrle. Technically Di Maria is very good and can play both wings with relative ease. He offers variation as hes more than an ordinary inside forward winger, he is good at crossing and is also good at shooting. Hes a better player all round compared to Schurrle. The only question is how much do Real want? Will Bale actually go to Madrid? I dont think he will, Beckham will be the last player from Britian to play for Real Madrid for a long time imo. Real should really give Jese Rodriguez a chance rather than buying Bale. Also apparently Juventus have interest in him.

I said he has some similar attributes to Muller, not that he is the same as Thomas Muller. I thought raumdeuter was Muller's nick name, doesn't it not mean instigator of space or something?

De Bruyne's agent (De Koster) says nothing will be decided before #cfc have new coach and KDB says he's signed nothing. (Die Welt) from that John Chapman @BelgoFoot guy

Going to be honest, not been impressed with him in the last few games. Sure he broke the record and congrats for that but his general play has been quite poor. Slowed a few attacks down tonight, eventually ended up going backwards due to Benfica recovering and that.

Hahahahhaha does this whole forum hate Jorge Jesus? I honestly hope so hahahahahahahhaa

are we wearing the new kit for this one?

Was actually impressed with him in the second half. When he started running at defenders he caused problems. Rafa's not made him the 30 goal a season beast he was before but hes slowly improved, hes a bit stronger, a bit faster and a bit sharper. He was probably our best player. Sure it doesn't make up for the piss poor career hes had here but still, he scored when we seriously needed a goal. If we waited any longer Benfica would probably have eventually scored (how the fuck did they only score once btw hahahaha?) and it would have been a different game.

We are gonna get Jose, get Cavani, get a few other guys and pummel this lot. Make them see that we weren't just lucky to win the CL. Honestly hate Pep. Hes so overrated.

Lets beat them, fuck Arsenal, can't afford to have stupid CL qualifiers, would be a pain in the arse!

What a fucking header man. Had an upsy downy season but that goal makes up for every poor game hes had.

Good player. Better than I expected.

We aint got no history I see all over twitter from Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs fans. Hmm I believe we join an elite group of teams that include Ajax, Barca and Juve as the only teams to win the Champions League, Europa League/UEFA cup and Cup Winners Cup. Making history as we speak. The future is very very very bright here with the right coach and right additions. P.S Arsenal no trophy in 8 years, wheeeeeeeeey

CHAMPIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, FUCK YOU BENFICA!!!!!!! WOOOOOO Anyway 11 trophies, 10 years, 9 managers, fuck the system.

What the fuck Chelsea?

Fuck it 17-5 will do!

Possibility Mourinho wants him maybe? I think their was a few rumors about him being interested in him when he first went to Madrid but I don't know how truthful they ewre.

Hmm, interesting. I personally feel the biggest battles will be between Torres and Luisao/Garay and Cardozo vs Cahill and Ivanovic. Also I expect Mata and Matic to be another key battle. When we played you guys last year Torres' pace caused a few problems for yous so I'm hoping he actually plays a bit better than what he has done recently and causes you lot a problem!

Has Rodrigo had a prolific season?