Sadly I agree with Collymore. He's no doubt a talented player but his temperament is not good enough. There'll be the usual "changed attitude" and "different person" garbage but he'll go out against a team who'll wind him up deliberately and he'll be off again. Not good enough. Leave him home as he's not able to play in the groups. Doesn't deserve the (third) chance as far as I'm concerned.
Not just El Clasico. European games between top English teams and their european counterparts used to be a big event, because that kind of clash only occured about 10 times a season. Now they seem like they're every other week. Too many teams in tournament - and therefore too many matches that take the shine off of those clashes. Too commonplace.
However, give me an El Clasico over Premiership football any day. How anyone can say that La Liga teams wouldn't cope wit...