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Quote from: Ayers on August 16, 2022, 06:51:06 PM

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From my point of view, I think that the technical director is the big problem, and that technical director is going to lead Man United to total bankruptcy in terms of football, and it is incredible that the team management has not noticed it, nothing more getting mad at CR7 by not getting him to play is something he should no longer do, he has turned everything into a personal problem and these things are really bad for a team, as I see it, they will continue to lose against teams that should win because they are not so complicated to win, of course this my opinion.

I think that above all, professionalism should prevail, honestly, Man United has disappointed me with how they have handled things.

it has been a joke to watch Manchester United handle things the way they have
just a few days ago, they made some changes to the coaching staff, there is no doubt that the coaches that they have changed did not do a good job at all
furthermore, the coaches that they brought in later actually managed to do worse than the coaches they brought in earlier

there is no chemistry between the players, and honestly, it seems like the players do not even want to be a part of Manchester United, the team did not even finish in the top 4 of the standings last season and i am not going to be surprised if they do not even finish in the top 6 of the standings this coming season

Yes, I very much agree with this, what I have also seen that many teams have closed the doors to CR7, I think this is something that does not add up very well, I know that the players partly affect the whole team and CR7 without doubt always gives a lot to talk about, from what I see he will stay in Manchester next to Casemiro, at least I see that he has a friend there that when they were at Real Madrid, but Manchester is already a team of a very high level and it is necessary for them to be able to get out of that crisis, if the team in general is in a bad way from the directors they will not give good results, I think that the best thing here is that they change the coach, because as I see things they will not obtain good results.

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Barcelona's saga of selling players continues. This time, Miralem Pjanic got an offer from Sharjah FC in UAE Pro League on a three-year contract. It's up to Miralem if he accepts or not. A bit weird to see Barcelona want to sell Miralem since I always thought he would be a sub for Sergio Busquets in midfield since he is quite old. Tho moving down from La Liga to UAE Pro League seems okay for Miralem too as he also isn't young anymore.

Why do you call it "weird"? Both Busquets (34) and Pjanic (32) are old players, so Pjanic isn't the right option to replace Busquets.
I think it is the right decision to sell Miralem Pjanic because Barcelona has Franck Kessié (25) and Frenkie de Jong (25) who have the same position. Franck Kessié and Frenkie de Jong more deserve to be the sub of Sergio Busquets or play together with him in the midfield. However, Barcelona only has Busquets as a pure defensive midfielder. Although they have Franck Kessié and Frenkie de Jong that can play at that position as well, I am sure they may plan to look for a new pure defensive midfielder in the next transfer window. Except, Franck Kessié or Frenkie de Jong can perform impressively as a pure midfielder.

Pjanic-Arthur deal was actually a move to settle the books for Barcelona, Barcelona even under Koeman weren't per se interested in Pjanic as he doesn't play doesn't seem to fit into the system, He's already surplus to requirements so there's literally no point in having him around and allocating some extra budget to cover his wages.

I don't think Barcelona will be looking for a pure defensive midfielder in January, in case of any rotation De Jong or Kessie will likely cover for Busquests until the end of the season, the club had enough difficulties trying to register every player they obtained in the summer window.

first of all Pjanić, he is not young anymore
secondly, if Barcelona can sell this player, they will be able to get a good amount of money, obviously going down from playing in the La Liga to playing in the UAE is going to be a major downgrade for the player, but i don’t think Pjanić should mind at this moment because i believe that he is looking for a good retirement plan right now, and going to UAE where the competition is not big and the money is good seems to be a good retirement plan for any player

But this is something that can be degrading on the one hand but very gratifying on the other, obviously for money the player leaves and will be very happy, something that will enter each game and obviously it is a very good deal for Barcelona that a lot of money has been spent, it is something that they have to assume, on the other hand, the player will have more minutes on the field playing official matches, because I do not think the level will drop, now Barcelona has acquired many good players and this has made the majority of people bet that Barcelona can even win the UCL, then it is possible that this is not a bad thing.