VargasVee:



Robinho flopped at city, so did Jesus navas, negredo and borjan at stoke. The only ones that made a mark Is Deco, Eto'o barely played, barca didn't make Sanchez, he was top notch right from udinese days. Toure and Costa yes.

Falcao was banging goals at Porto before joining Madrid, we all know he flopped in England.

EasyWork001:



Noted. I'm removing Liverpool from that ignoble list. But when last did u carry the cup? I'm talking lately, not centuries ago

Sanchez01:

For how long did Puyol play for Guardiola with 'his old age'?

Could you share the names of Guardiola signings while I list Rijkaard's?

When Rijkaard left, did Ronaldinho not become a part of the team that won the League?

Perhaps it never occurred to you that Guardiola had some personal issues with the players he sent out of the club. The persecution has not stopped with Toure that he chased out. He had tons of personal issues with Deco which saw the latter move to England.

Van Bommel won four trophies with Guardiola before leaving and Giuly won three. I could go with the rest but it doesn't really make sense since you lifted your opinion from God-knows-where.

Besides, why has the 'genius' not replicated his feat since he left Spain? Care to share?

Ximenez:


His points: Madrid bought Ronaldo from Manchester united after Fergie coached him from being a skinny little boy to winning the world best in 2008

It was Arsenal who gave Fabregas the time and opportunity that he didn't see in Barca that he developed in England and even became their captain, before Barca bought him back.

Barca also snapped Henry from Arsenal after he became a cult hero for the club and Mascherano from Liverpool


Bale came from Southampton academy playing left back to Tottenham still playing left back to being a deadly winger before Madrid broke the transfer record to sign him.

Madrid also snapped up Luka Modric from Tottenham and Alonso from Madrid .


Liverpool used the fraction of money Chelsea gave them in Torres sale to get Suarez from Ajax, Suarez came from being a winger to one of the world best striker before Barca bought him.

We all know Madrid has been romancing with Hazard and De Gea for some time now while Barca is looking to prey on Liverpool once more for coutinho.

Those are the few ones I remember now.

dabossman:


And you think Mourinho doesn't know how to navigate the Champions League? Maybe you should check his record. He won the friggin UCL with Porto. PORTO!

Porto and Inter Milan, Bruh. Porto and Inter Milan.

P0intBlank:


1) No team scores this much goals playing horribly. If you need to refresh your memory, watch 2011/2012 season highlights again


2) Between 2003/04 - 2008/09, Real Madrid had 8 coaches in 6 years. Mind you these coaches coached star-studded teams with some record signings (Zidane, Ronaldo da lima, Figo, Beckham, Van Nisterooy, CR7, Kaka and Co) and could not reach the Semis since 2003. In fact they went out in the 2nd round 5 years in a row. So Real Madrid more or less was a paper tiger living on past glory. So taking them to three consecutive semis was significant progress. Even Perez admitted that Mourinho left Real Madrid much better than he met it.The coaches that came after Mourinho built on his work. It's easier make a team that's already good enough to make the semis, winners than taking one not good enough to make the quarters to the promise land

Ximenez:
Lol, the same thing he did at City sending Hart and Toure on exile. He couldn't reveal his regret out of pride when Bravo started conceding every shot on Target. And had it being he didn't recall Toure, maybe they wouldn't be in the draw today.

Sanchez01:

For how long did Puyol play for Guardiola with 'his old age'?

Could you share the names of Guardiola signings while I list Rijkaard's?

When Rijkaard left, did Ronaldinho not become a part of the team that won the League?

Perhaps it never occurred to you that Guardiola had some personal issues with the players he sent out of the club. The persecution has not stopped with Toure that he chased out. He had tons of personal issues with Deco which saw the latter move to England.

Van Bommel won four trophies with Guardiola before leaving and Giuly won three. I could go with the rest but it doesn't really make sense since you lifted your opinion from God-knows-where.

Besides, why has the 'genius' not replicated his feat since he left Spain? Care to share?

Sanchez01:

For sure. Guardiola is quite vindictive as Mourinho and both don't mind chasing after players and humiliating them wherever they go.

For Guardiola, he had his fair chance with fate but I don't see it ever happening again.

He should try winning the Premier League first before coming to talk about winning the Champions League and a possible treble.

Sanchez01:

Is this the point? How many ENGLISH players have succeeded in Spain, compared to the number of those who failed woefully?

cstr1000:

Liverpool is Rich. Coutinho is worth more to them than 135 mill.
They are not selling at any price because they want to make impact. If you want coutinho, then send back suarez. The quality lost has to be replaced.

Sanchez01:

Is this the point? How many ENGLISH players have succeeded in Spain, compared to the number of those who failed woefully?

wristbangle:


Barca has already bid £135m but from what I just read now, they are stubborn to sell him but would be force to in order to buy Van Djrk from southampton for £70m. They should have a rethink oo because all ex LFC players are advising the board to sell him

sonofthunder:
it is actually a very short distance.

00Ademi:


You earned a like from me cstr, but i must tell you L'pool is rich fine n good but don't picture it that way "if you want coutinho send back suarez" No you have an injury prone player worth £135m and you telling me the board wouldn't give it a re-think?

I understand you must be a Reds Fan you don't want him to live but that's the truth bidding £135m for a player that can't play 5 straight matches I'm sure they gonna give it a re-think, in the next 1year he wouldn't worth of that price any longer.

cstr1000:
Imagine Pique publicly stating that coutinho is doing all he can to push a move through.
Fucck barcelona. I hope PSG wrecks them.

cstr1000:

Liverpool should not sell at any price. Coutinho has a very long contract so the ball is not in his court.
These spanish clubs are used to getting their way using unscrupulous means.
They built their recent European dominance using players from the premier league and weakening the English.
Imagine if Ronaldo, suarez, fabregas,modric, alonso e.t.c, and co had stayed in England.
The likes of Real madrid and Barcelona would be nothing more than a paper tiger.

andrew444:


Lol,frustrated Liverpool fan spotted,calm down Liverpool will not sell coutinho to Barcelona,and mind you all Barcelona haters,They gonna bounce back,Madrid is the only team better than Barcelona,coutinho or no coutinho Liverpool remain an average team....ciao

VargasVee:



Robinho flopped at city, so did Jesus navas, negredo and borjan at stoke. The only ones that made a mark Is Deco, Eto'o barely played, barca didn't make Sanchez, he was top notch right from udinese days. Toure and Costa yes.

Falcao was banging goals at Porto before joining Madrid, we all know he flopped in England.

malton:


If what you are proposing were to be the case, those players wouldn't have arrived in England, to begin with.

A terrible team is a terrible team, regardless of the players there. Spanish teams have ideologies that drive their success. How many trophies overall did those players win while playing in the epl?

Speaking of paper weight, more than anyone else, the phrase perfectly captures the EPL teams. Giants on paper, lightweight, toothless bulldogs trophy wise. They have nothing to offer bar the hype.

Sanchez01:


Henry was a pensioner before moving to Spain.

Sheuns:
Group G seems to be the most competitive group o. Any one of them can qualify, no certainty for any team there.

cstr1000:

Juventus, bayern, PSG, and even mancity are better than barcelona currently.

andrew444:


Jesus navas and negredo never flopped at city,how many games did negredo started,he still managed 9 goals,how many England players have flourished outside the EPL? please name 4 and I will name 20 Spanish players who did well in the EPL

andrew444:


How is psg better than Barcelona?i can agree with juventus,so because psg got neymar makes them automatically better than Barcelona?how do you watch football,the season just started,Madrid beat Barca home and away and everybody is already judging Barcelona downfall,many people judging football with sentiment

Ximenez:
I strongly disagree because i could still remember that deal in 2007.

If he was a pensioner at Arsenal then who was Arsenal main striker then?

Why was Arsenal reluctant to sell?

How could a pensioner in Arsenal commanded such fee?

How would an Arsenal pensioner went on to win the UCL with Barca scoring many goals?

It's just like saying van persie was already a pensioner at Arsenal before moving to Man U.

Harbeyg09:
My fellow LIVERPOOL fans

What a sweet group for us

Elnino4ladies:
I want to face Barça #chelsea #KTBFFH