Charles N'Zogbia joins Wigan Athletic for fee believed to be £6.5m

[junkhead]

Cesc will surely start more than one game at the world cup, and he'll be first choice by the time of the next EC.

 

Man, can't believe all of a sudden we have so many world class players from midfield onwards. I'm watching Mallorca - Sevilla and thinking that Valero is having a very good season too and in years past he would surely be in the running for the squad. Yet he has not a chance.

Do you rate Silva?

 

I'm not watching Spanish games that often but I'd have him in the squad instead of Xavi..

[Village Idiot]

Xavi's undroppable. Really, he is one of the best midfielders in the world and even if you think that Silva or Cesc are better (I don't) his experience running games at the very top is unvaluable.

 

The problem with Silva is that he is way better through the middle than in the left, but he started as left winger so for now I'd put in there. We play a loose diamond anyway, so our wingers aren't really wide men.

[Fugazi]

Xavi's ball-retention is awesome, obviously his vision is unreal aswell.

[Ishmael]

Dropping Xavi

[Flip]

Dropping Xavi

[Ishmael]

No wait.  That smiley really doesn't do it justice.  Let me try again:

 

Dropping Xavi :spit:

[Segun Oluwaniyi]

Maybe it is just me, but it seems like the entire idea of naturalising players playing in a nation's league to play for the country is a ridiculous advantage to European teams and countries like Qatar with ridiculously lax citizenship standards.