Every fan of a club with a young Catalan superstar fears the warning signs. The player begins to give interviews speaking of how Barcelona are 'more than a club' or how he has Barcelona DNA. Before you know it, he is celebrating yet another tournament victory with the Spanish squad when someone just, for a laugh- we're all amigos here, pulls a Barcelona shirt out for them. They doth protest too much and eventually agree - for a joke remember, we're just celebrating - to throw it on. Within months they're juggling footballs in the Camp Nou for photographers.
Well, the question now is, have Manchester United dispatched David de Gea to try convince Thiago Alcântara to sign for United from Barcelona? After Thiago's hattrick in the final of the U-21 European Championships last night, he got all of his teammates to sign his ball. Somebody signed it 'Nos Vemos en Manchester' - 'We'll see you in Manchester.' Y'know, for a joke like. Expect Thiago to start talking about his Manchester DNA any day now.
H/T @CheGiaevara
