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Only other thing I'd say is that where you have Balotelli is an intriguing discussion on its own. He is so talented you almost have to have him in your top 4 or off the top 10 IMO. He's so good as a 20/21 year old when he's 23 he will have either gotten it and become amazing or he will have worn out his entire welcome and probably be back home at someplace like Napoli pissing people off.

you do know there's no united kingdom team, its england, scotland, wales and northern ireland. they all have their own teams when it comes to soccer. they do compete as the united kingdon when it comes sports like the olympics but not in soccer..

Nah they are only doing that because the olympics are in london, after the olympics they will go back to their separate federations. they will never compete as united kingdom team in the euros or future world cups.

Goalies can play into their late 30's or early 40's so Buffon could still play for Italy. As far as Hulk goes, he is good now and will be a very good player in the future but not sure a top 10 forward. The other guys I listed are all better now and still pretty young.

One interesting thing is that Spain has like 10 very talented forwards in the 19-22 year old range but they need 2-3 of them to really break out in the next year. Will Bojan Krkic ever blow up.

How lethal can Pedro become?

One other guy left off the list is Angel Di Maria. He's 21 now I believe and bordering on excellent already. He could be A-mazing in 27 months.

They have a kid name Iker Muniain, keep a close eye on him. Amazing talent.

They both do, with Javi Martinez

Benzema is not going anywhere, he's starting to become one of the best in the world. I think Higuain is out this summer tho

Higuain should go to PSG. They are going for a South American (read Brazilian/Argentine) flare to their team. He also has citizenship and family in France. With Pastore being the starting AMF for Argentina it would up his value there by playing with him in club season.

I read PSG already has ~42K a game at their stadium fan wise. It seats like 46K. So they have their fan base captivated. Next year with a few more good additions and more hype built they'll sell out every game and get massive tv revenue. I say all that to say I don't think they needed to make a publicitiy move like Beckham. 2-3 more known, good players and they'll be winning in front of big crowds.

If they add Kolo Toure, another defender, a really good MF, Higuain they'd be contenders for the Elite 8 in the Champions League (I know they don't call it that).

Yeah, only one team in Paris. People loves PSG out there, I've been to a few matches when Ronaldinho was there, can get pretty crazy.
I think they're looking at one, maybe 2, world class striker like Higuain, Pato, Cavani...They also want another MF like Kaka or even Hamsik. And then some young talents like Lucas Moura, Ganso... They can really become something big

Yeah, I'll do too probably. kaka has some risk tho, guy has been injured alot, Hamsik is also younger. But you're right, Kaka is a leader, Ancelotti knows him well.

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