Rafinha

He was a good player.

I was going to when he left because he kind of lit the pitch up like nobody, you know, since Rafinha.

He did.

He'd sit

During the World Cup, it felt like he had a chance to maybe lose it if Messi won, just because it was probably going to be the last time that Messi really had a chance to win it.

Whereas Jamal and Rafinha always felt like they were battling each other since they were on the Barcelona team together.

But with Kane, it's like he's an amazing player.

But even at Tottenham, like young men's son would outsell him for similar cards.

It felt like there wasn't really anybody out there whose cards would have gotten a significant bump from winning the Ballon d'Or.

Yeah, I mean, I guess Jan Diamande, but even then, he was so far down the rankings, he probably wasn't going to move up that much.

But of the top five, Rafinha probably would have experienced the biggest bump.

But even still, it's weird how little this award means nothing to the hobby.

Because Villa like to move their line quite high at times, even though they can sit quite deep.

So he could be really, really crucial, especially with Rafinha still coming back.

I think they need, and obviously everyone knows how good the man is.

I think they could do with Aston Villa.

And like you mentioned, I think a lot of sides in La Liga this season are better when it comes to in-position game.

And as for Levante, out of position, they actually had a plan against Barca and I think Barca... defeated them because of their quality, and also because of the fact that Barca had a little bit of luck, especially with Rafinha's opener of that game, but they were so good, man.

Kev, what are some of the things you think Atleti should watch out for, given that they will obviously become multi-plan, as teams have done for Atleti, given that Atleti have been predictable in and out of possession, Kev?

Well, I think Kev, a lot of it, really.

But I think we're blessed at the moment with so many options.

I mean, obviously Rafinha had loads of injuries, but if Rafinha stays fit and Barcelona was to win La Liga, win the Champions League, you know, in a non-World Cup year, in a non-major tournament year, you'd think he'd be in with a shot next time around.

And, Look, the thing is, the thing is biased anyway, because, you know, it's kind of you're never going to get a goalkeeper or very rarely.

You're very rarely going to get a defender.

And the coach, his name's William Stagner, and he said that after...

Jacquet made his debut for France in the international break he called him up and says oh you know just wanted to say congratulations Jeremy very impressive you know all very good and Jacquet kind of just replied to him said oh no I missed two passes I'm not happy with myself so like there's the sense that I don't think he's letting it go to his head I think he's really grounded coming through that system at Rennes where they've brought through so many of like the top players in the game at the moment have either come directly through that system, Kamavinga, you've got Desiree Due, you've got Ousmane Dembele, Doku spent time there, Rafinha spent time there, you've got Truffaut, who's excelling at Bournemouth.

He came through the academy system as well there.

So he's got that grounding and he's got that education.

We saw it.

After Rafinha's goal for the next 20 minutes, they got into their gear.

If you don't get scored by that time, and if you, better still, you score, like imagine if that Jude Chancellor scored or we scored another goal there.

That's how you kill Barcelona.