Sir Mikel OBE

He was decent at it today. Just missed a penalty, but that isnt the sum of him as a player any more than Oscar's missed free header against Mexico in the olympic final is his sum as a player.

BBC just said he hasn't had a shot on target this entire tournament :/

I think fabregas coming to take on the creative load will do wonders for his game. Watching him today and it was still clear that he can't provide the creative spark that a traditional 10 will give. It simply isn't a part of his game.

Once again he looks a valuable asset to have. This made me smile in real time

wide open net and he takes an extra touch. The fuck is wrong with this guy?dont bother coming back here.

Put together one of the great individual World Cup performances today.

And most of the people who trash the deal are too young to remember how highly rated he was when we got him.

He had to make Neymar the key playmaker though. That gives Brazil the best chance at winning because Neymar is literally a once in a generation type of talent. Who in that squad can break down an offense like Neymar? Maybe Hernanes when hes in form. Hulk once in a blue moon. Big Phil did what he had to International football usually comes down to that "one pass" or presence. Other than that goal in the panama game he was full of intensity in a game that was lacking it from the brazil side.

If Willian was far from impressive the recent game then Oscar was a trainwreck, and was even worse the friendly before that. If Willian hasnt taken his spot after the croatia match then it will only be because Oscar has drastically turned it around.

It's not an opinion at this point. It's a fact. His heart is probably back home with his wife and new daughter.

It was after he scored a goal so you know it was a long time ago

His daughter being born would explain why twitter is saying he has not been training ahead of the Serbia match.

He played like shit mate what were you watching? Hopefully he's taking it easy for the tournament.

If an insane offer comes in I wouldnt be surprised. This world cup will be very important to see what happens though.

Lol we Sold Mata when he was our best player the past 2 previous seasons. 75m is an insane amount of money.

Did he just do the old man celebration again? Lol class

If we sold Mata while Oscar was carrying an injury, then something is really wrong.

Mourinho said, before selling Mata, that he wanted to keep him too.

He could spend the season here, and his wife could live in France. Pretty sure Eto'o did that with his wife and kids while here and in Russia.

What an awkwardly worded post

Ran on the pitch and allowed varane to laugh in his face.

I wanted Di Maria to come with Jose here.

Wow this thread got moved fast.

Lol He'd have a monster world cup for anybody to pay even half of that after the way he ended his season here.

He's 21, and showed more than enough potential to improve in both sides of his game.