Jase

Despicable.

Nothing is stopping you from marrying a woman footballer...

Well, Abraham seems a goner at this point. So, his exclusion, while a tad harsh perhaps, is kinda irrelevant. Having said that, the bigger question is why do we have 2 left backs/left wing backs on the bench?

What's interesting? He was there too on the bench in the previous CL games.

Someone asked about this the other day, right...?

Hope for the best. Ready for the worst (I think!).

The lineups are out lads...

Guess it depends on how much they get for selling the first big player.

Or 14 hours away from huge disappointment. lol

A lot of reports saying it's both. They basically need to make up the €80 million. Reducing wages as part of selling players will help obviously but the bulk of the money will have to come from a sale and Inter reportedly only one eyeing major sale.

Mikel is a two-time Premier League champion, three-time FA Cup winner, a Champions League and Europa League winner.

What's with all the former Dutch players coming out to criticize Tuchel over Ziyech? Ziyech is not that good to "force" a manager to have a system for him. Is it a new thing that players who come from the Eredivisie tend to struggle in the Premier League? Or better yet, is it any wonder that players who play in a specific system like at Ajax are struggling elsewhere? Van de Beek is barely getting used at all at United. Frenkie de Jong has had his own struggles at Barcelona. De Ligt has also been found wanting at times at Juventus, especially when he first joined.

And then, there's Barcelona looking to get Aguero, Depay, Wijnaldum as free signings and likely pay them big wages too...

Exactly. Managers and others tolerated with his lack of workrate because of what he could produce in the final third but if he can't do that anymore, then what's the point of having Hazard? What does he have to fall back onto? Also, haven't people been saying a reliable goalscorer is all that we are missing? Why are people wanting to bring back Hazard and Hazard is this current state no less? It's worth noting or remembering that ever since we last had a goalscoring striker aka Costa, having just Hazard got us nowhere. Sure, we won the FA Cup in 2017 and Europa League in 2018 but we fell way off the pace in the league and were rubbish in the Champions League. Whatever happens in the final tomorrow, Tuchel has got us in a good place right now. We should be looking to fix some obvious problems in the squad and not buy players because of nostalgia or nonsensical reasons.

Since his situation was somewhat similar to Hazard's, it's worth remembering that it took like half a season for Bale to get back into some sort of decent shape back at Spurs and even when he did get back into shape, he only managed some goals here and there against terrible sides and ultimately got Spurs nowhere but the Europa Conference League. Heck, even Bale admitted that he joined Spurs only because he wanted to get his fitness back for the Euros. Wasn't bothered otherwise. And not to mention, Spurs wanted Bale last summer because they wanted a big name player, they wanted good PR but as mentioned, it got them nowhere in the end and probably got them a large medical bill.

The Hazard of two years ago? No. The current one? Yes. It's nice to go down the nostalgic route with Hazard and bring him back but the quicker people realize this Hazard is NOT the same Hazard that left the club two years ago, the better! But what if Tuchel sticks with the back 3 system? I also don't even know why Kante and Kovacic are mentioned there when Hazard doesn't even play in midfield! If we stick with the back 3, he would be competing with 7 other players for 3 positions, which is totally overkilled!

Even if it's only a loan, taking the current Hazard back would just be stupid and a waste of space. This is not the same Hazard that left the club two years ago. Since he went to Madrid, he has suffered like 5000 injuries and has barely been able to string together any sort of consistent performances. In fact, in the two years at Madrid, he has made only 43 appearances or played only 2,441 minutes in all competitions. For context, that's less than 12 of our players who have managed more this season alone. Heck even our own player who is susceptible to injuries aka Pulisic has managed to play 2,428 minutes this season. Given all those injury problems, his advancing years and the lack of care for his fitness as well as wellbeing, it's very likely he is way past his peak and is no longer able to play at a high level and at the level he was used to. On top of that, how many attackers do we need? If we are not going to sell any of the attackers and gonna go buy a striker this summer, there are so many attackers that we could have and try to keep everyone happy and even more so if Tuchel intends to stick with the back 3. Then there is also the fact our attackers will need game time to develop, to improve and that's not going to happen if they are gonna be in and out of the side. Adding someone like Hazard would just complicate matters because he would just be taking a spot from Havertz, Werner, Pulisic, CHO, Mount or Ziyech. For all the faults of those players right now, they will contribute more than this current Hazard and especially in this team, this setup that Tuchel has going on with us. If we want to sign an attacker, we should focus on getting a striker only and then use the money to upgrade other areas in the team like the midfield and defence.

We criticize the club for buying shit players and now there's people just brushing it off like it's nothing. Midfielder? If Hazard comes back, he would essentially be taking a space from Havertz, Werner or one of the attackers. How exactly does that inspire confidence? People need to realize that the current Hazard is not the Hazard that left the club 2 years ago.

Am sure Neville, Scholes etc have criticized the players before but otherwise, is it really a surprise that they don't go after Solskjaer aka their mate? They would rather go for the obvious/easy targets in Woodward or the Glazers. Solskjaer is basically having United play like they did under Mourinho and the only reasons why he has been getting away with it are because he hasn't upset people - in or out of the club - and that he's a former player of the club. He has been their manager for 2.5 years and he has won zilch and goodness knows exactly where they are heading. Van Gaal and Mourinho got sacked for less than this.

His actual quote here...

A neither here nor there response. lol

Best course of action is probably 'hope for the best, prepare for the worst'.

Juventus are a confused club. They got rid of Allegri because they wanted to move to a different playing style but are gonna him bring back because they couldn't go through the process of change with Sarri, Pirlo or someone else.