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Ronaldo, I was sad but felt like it was an exciting time with bale, benz and Isco ready to step up and asensio rising. I thought the drop off wouldn't be too bad and everyone else would get a chance to shine.
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Benz, it was time and with Saudi calling it felt right for him to leave on a high.
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Bale, personally top 3 favourite for me (alongside kroos and carvajal) but glad the drama was over. Will always have a special place in my heart.
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Casemiro, the anti bale, him and varane were ALWAYS called underrated to the point that they weren't underrated anymore. Great player but I was only mildly worried seeing him leave, wanted one more season of his.
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Kroos, ABSOLUTELY devasted. This is the worst thing that has happened for me since I started following football. I wish it hadn't happened but I understand its best for him. Atleast we knew there was a chance since he always said he wanted to go out on top.
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Marcelo, sad to say I was glad he left. It felt like he overstayed. While most of the team recovered from the post 18/19 slump, Marcelo wasn't the same. He was a liabily on the pitch against any level of opposition. Especially with Mendy showing exactly what Marcelo's weakness had always been later.
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Ramos, the only one I was as worried about as I was with Ronaldo. Alaba did well to fill in his boots but noone can replace all of Ramos' qualities.
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Varane, the timing was bad and hence I was worried. But still thought it was OK that it happened. In the Casemiro camp for me.
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Isco, felt like it was overdue. Although since I always loved both Bale and James I had a bit of a bias against him. Looking back I may have underappreciated his peak, but the player he was at the point of departure was one that didn't deserve to be a starter (or a bench player tbh). Loved his revival this year.
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Navas, what a valuable guy he turned out to be, forever undervalued by his clubs in favour of star players. Wtf was that video of his that just got leaked. I really really wanted de gea so took me a while to warm up to him, but once courtois was here .... the writings were on the wall.
The rest were mostly squad players or players here for not all 3 years.
Would love to hear which player hurt the most for y'all.