To be fair I don't like the fact Afellay is at Barca, he is such a talented footballer - better than Pedro for me, even as a wide player, despite him being better through the middle. Afellay was thrown on as abit of a joker card against Real in the Copa del rey final, rather than with any intent to really go and get an equaliser for them.
Nuri will fall in with the likes of Granero (once bitten, twice shy - clearly not!), Pedro Leon, Canales, Drenthe, Hunterlaar,Garay of Real Madrid, youngsters who shown they have everything they need to make it as a top player, if they are given the chance to grow as players every week.
Nuri is good enough to start for most teams in world football, it was clear he was going to be a class player when he was playing for Feyenoord and Turkey U19's, he was linked with Juventus during the week, that would be a good move for him - probably even better than our Alberto to be honest. Sahin is the kind of player who could perform in a 4-4-2 diamond formation, a flat 4-4-2 and 4-3-3, its very obvious why Real Madrid would want him from a selfish perspective.
Sahin is a better footballer than Baros 2, but obviously away from home at Valencia, you can't play Nuri and Xabi together, those are the kind of games he would be starting for a Sevilla or even Villarreal (better than Borja Valero?).