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Kimmich was very mediocre last year against Psg, especially in the return match. In general, the only thing he does really well is spamming long balls; in everything else, he's always been mediocre. Pavlovic is a good defensive midfielder, but nothing exceptional. There's this fetish that was born with Busquets (who was extremely overrated anyway), that all tall defensive midfielders with decent technique are great midfielders or the next Busquets. They're not.

Bayern have a weaker midfield than Arsenal, PSG, Barcelona, ​​City (especially if they get Enzo in addition to Bouaddi) and even Real Madrid on pure players quality, even if Real's midfield is poorly assembled.

Even the defense, despite Upamecano being highly hyped (he seems like a very athletic but not so intelligent defender, Kvara joked with him last year), is not that great. The full-backs aren't good, Davies is always injured.

Neuer, even if he's not finished, is still not among the best in his role today in my opinion. But honestly, for me, he's finished.

I’m not British or ever even been to England so I don’t know the ins and outs of your culture but online it seems as if Manchester city is hated universally, why is that if they’re your most successful club? Usually in most countries the most successful club is the most beloved and popular. Most countries don’t hate their greatest club.

Personally, Diomande, for me, is an improved Doku, if all goes well. I don't like him; he dribbles a lot because he's very explosive. But in my opinion, technically he's mediocre. His passing, his shooting, his first touch are suspect. In my opinion, Barcola is technically a much cleaner player. I think he has the potential to score 20 goals in the league. He needs to improve his finishing, but few attackers in the world have his movements.

He is on FIRE, and he is showing no signs of stopping these insane numbers even as he gets older. Plus he doesn't rely on pace anyway, so I fully expect his game to age gracefully and I expect him to still be performing barring injuries (god forbid).

With that said: how much longer does he need to stay at the club and what else does he need to do to become a club legend ? If he doesn't win the UCL with Bayern but still performs great and wins domestic trophies, is that "enough"? He is rumored to be extending til 2029, so from 2023 to 2029 is six years + seasons, 23-24 to 28/29.

I want to watch a lot of the iconic UCL games that happened in the past like Madrid v Bayern 2016/17 or MU v Bayern 1998/99 and I mean full 90 min matches not extended highlights.

Please tell me a website where I can find most of the games played in the past in full

Several games to choose from.

His World Cup was mediocre; in the big UCL games, he was very good against Real Madrid. In the first leg against PSG, he had a lot of space because the game was open, but in the second leg, he disappeared. He's vastly overrated when people put him ahead of Kvaratskhelia. Kvaratskhelia showed him who's better in the two-legged tie. In general, his UCL big matches were mediocre up until the match against Real Madrid. Desire Doue has more talent and more potential than him. He's more explosive, better at dribbling, and has more variety in his play. Considering that Doue plays out of position and hasn't reached his full potential. Some people compare him to Yamal, but then again, Yamal is a different bred and much younger.

how is this?

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I think everyone considers 2022 as mbappe prime so I am not going to rant about how good he was etc.

I am just going to show you stat to actually grasp how truly insane he was

He played 56 games

Scored 56 goals

And provided 17 assists

He scored 9 and assisted 3 in just 8 ucl matches and also scored in every ucl match that year. Was unlucky to get knocked out

In wc 8 goals and 2 assists

A mind blowing 73 g/a (which is more than years such ronaldo 2016 or messi 2018 )

He also completed 196 dribbles (3.5 per game)

With 114 dribbles in ligue 1 (most that year in any league)

Also completed 27 dribbles in 8 ucl matches ( just for comparison olise has most dribbles this ucl with 44 in 14 matches )

And 25 dribbles in World Cup ( which is 2nd best wc dribbling no since 1990 with only messi 2014 topping it )

And now you know that mbappe was great dribbler and scorer but what about playmaking?

27 big chances created (2nd most that year)

103 chances created (most)

56 passes in the final third

So he was a good playmaker too

In big games?

Scored 2 vs real Madrid ( lost cause of donaruma mistakes)

Ofcourse the hattrick in wc final

Assist vs morocco

Completed 7 dribbles vs England in quaters

Scored 3 and assist 1 vs man city

So mbappe was

Great goalscorer

Great playmaker

Great dribbler

Great big game player

And also consistent during whole year

Mbappe 2022 is better than any player peak ( who were 1994 onwards )

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