this is what i have been saying all this time. Madara wants Sasuke to take Itachi's eyes for Sasuke to have the EMS. Then Madara will try to kill Sasuke taking his EMS. Well we now know that will never happen bcause Sasuke will fight Naruto at the end. Just hope that Kishi never said it or he will change his plans because it just gets too predictable when Sauske is fighting because we know he will not die.I remember a while back in one of the previous manga. That when Madra was at the summit talking about his plan for the moon or something ( i forgot what its called ) but he was like he is trying to collect up on some good eyes. I kept wondering to myself what does he mean by that and why is madra so pressed on sauske using itachi eyes. Well after seeing this latest manga, I realize it has something to do with Izangi. I think that when madra lost the fight to the 1st hokage he used Izangi to survie the battle. Thats why you see him wearing a mask with only 1 eye showing. And thats why itachi called madra just a shell of a man of his former self. Then also itachi said madra was the only person to unlock the sharigan final secert.