Liverpool 8 points back from United now for that last CL spot (Assuming City win this week). 7 matches left to play.
When arsenal is on they are spectacular to watch... Which was unfortunate for the Reds bc they were totally outmatched. Oh ya markovic sucks.
Lothar Matthäus just said he has sources telling him Mats Hummels will be sold to ManU this summer for 45mil €. Mirror also had a source saying Hummels told his team mates about moving to EPL this year. Also, I read that Hummels made some comments after today's game that made it sound like he's gone after the season. Seems it's true and he'll move to ManU, Dortmund really screwed up with their pathetic transfers after Lewandowski and Götze left. Spent 100mil for utter trash.
Can't say I feel sorry for Watzke and Klopp. But some of these transfers really leave you scratching your head. I mean...I can see the potential in Mkhitaryan, and Aubameyang seems worth it to me, if for his speed alone. But Kampl? Ginter? Immobile? Ramos? The funniest thing is that Bayern didn't pay a transfer fee for Lewy...and they spent tons of money on these four guys :grin:.
Hummels would be a good grab for United if it goes down. If they hold on to their CL spot, and they are in a good position right now for that, then this will likely be a huge transfer window for them. Last season they had the money, but the lack of CL football had the players not wanting to join. This next season they will likely have both, plus LVG will likely have an even bigger green light than last season now that he has proven he can get it done.
I know, think they've become extremely arrogant after their titles and felt like they'd be the new scouting/transfer gods. Got extremely lucky with Lewy, Kagawa and now thought they could grab mediocre players and turn them into stars. But the transfer fees are insane if you think about it, 100mil for Mickey, Immobile, Ramos, Aubameyang, Ginter, Kampl and other no-names. For that sum you could've bought three real stars out of Spain and England. Them bringing back Sahin and Kagawa was also sad and showed how far from reality they are now. Watzke and his minions really thought they could bring these two back and they'd instantly recreate the magic of the last years, such a desperate move. They really have to think about letting go of Klopp now, this season has finally revealed that this guy only knows one strategy and can't implement a plan B, even if his team is in desperate need of victories and was last place for weeks. So great how Pep played defensive football last night and beat Dortmund with their own tactics, when Pep plays with 5 defenders against you and let's the team wait for counterattacks it says a LOT. Can't believe Klopp is still regarded as a great coach.
Okay so I checked for the real Armenian pronounciation, here's the audio: https://soundcloud.com/h-g-91202/henrik-mkhitaryan
I use him on my Fifa hybrid Bundesliga / Netherlands team. The announcers seem to say it like Mik-tarian. That's a tough one.
Maybe I'll be wrong on this but I don't think he leaves unless Klopp steps down or is sacked. I think he just wants to put pressure on Watzke, Michael Zorc (and Klopp to an extent) to bring in better signings in the summer(as you all have mentioned the generally poor performances of last years signings). I think it was mentioned earlier here and I've read some interview with him somewhere in which he states his desire to be to Dortmund what Lahm is to Bayern. (Even though he was a Bayern youth iirc). I would think Subotic would be the one that more teams would be trying to pry away because his ties to Dortmund aren't like that of Hummels(as I don't think Subotic has a desire to play for just Dortmund and end his career there) so I doubt he would feel much remorse if he got bought by a bigger team or need to take ages to weigh his options, and Subotic's agent is based in Manchester(The agent that took him to Mainz-if that's still his agent) so if United did choose to look his way then things wouldn't be that complex to get him-compared w/Hummels.
