Rumor: Mission Impossible: Replacing Infinito ∞ | The 2018-19 Transfer Thread

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  1. Viscaelbarca

    Viscaelbarca Moderator
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    Barcelona
    Spain
    Aug 31, 2007
    MELT01
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
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  2. evil_allan

    evil_allan Member+

    May 3, 2004
    Turtle Island
    Sport is claiming that Barca will go for Christian Eriksen if they can't sign Griezmann.
     
  3. jfcule

    jfcule Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 4, 2005
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Griezmann is easy, as he has a release clause.
    Eriksen is much, much harder. Levy is a very good negotiator. I can't see him moving for less than money Coutinho.
     
  4. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Sooo if we don't get Griezmann and the front three is Coutinho on left , Suarez through middle and Dembele on the right...

    Guess the perfect player to accompany Messi and Busqs in midfield is Chelsea's Kante ..
     
  5. unclesox

    unclesox BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 8, 2003
    209, California
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Depends on how much Chelsea is asking, if indeed they're willing to let him go.
     
  6. Rana catesbeiana

    Mar 11, 2008
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    I wouldn't start planning from the assumption that Valverde plays the season with a three-man-attack that doesn't include Messi.
     
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  7. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    I must admit I didn't watch alot of Chelsea matches this season, but did Kante learn how to pass the ball in the last year? He's a great stopper but I never saw him as a Barca-type. Pretty much the complete opposite, in fact.
     
  8. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    He's actually very talented but it's slightly overlooked due to his energy , tackles , interceptions..
    He's about 3 times faster than Rakitic so that's a plus - hasn't got Rakitic's long pass but then again Rakitic is too afraid to use that skill anyways .
     
  9. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Yeah, I didn't mean to suggest he isn't very talented. Just think that he's very pragmatic. Not sure he's suited for a team that has the ball most of the time. I know Barca have kind of moved away from that possession-obsessed style already, but going to essentially a double-pivot full-time would really be a change in approach.
     
  10. Trillz

    Trillz Member

    Jul 16, 2009
    Bay Area
    Club:
    Club Santos Laguna II
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    Has Kante been rumored anywhere? If so, I'd snap him up in a second! Uses his speed so well. Covers tons of space defensively, and is useful with the ball at his feet. Isn't scared to take players on, as we against Barca.

    That beings said, doubt Chelsea is making him available. He was arguably their player of the season (according to my Chelski fan co-workers).
     
  11. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    He strikes me as one of those players that looks so solid in England but may be a total donkey in the more skilled Spanish league.

    Even if he was available, he’d be sooo expensive and defensive midfield is already a strong point of this team. We’d have to convert him to a CB like with Mascherano, imo.
     
  12. unclesox

    unclesox BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 8, 2003
    209, California
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Still, it's good to bring up his name now so that if the team fails next season we can mention how much better the team would have been had the clueless board not gone after him during the summer. :rolleyes:
     
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  13. evil_allan

    evil_allan Member+

    May 3, 2004
    Turtle Island
    Diego Costa on Griezmann:

    “He is taking a little time to say what is next for him and I think there is perhaps some doubt on his part,”

    ”What I’d say to him is that you have to be happy and you must feel that way because a happy player will keep getting better. But if you think you must move to be happy, then you will have to leave as players need that comfort and happiness.

    ”He knows that we love him very much and that he is the figurehead here, a very important player. If he stays with us, that would be brilliant.

    ”If he leaves, we also must be happy because he’s given us a title this season but, in the end, I think he’ll stay.”
     
  14. TitoTata

    TitoTata Member+

    Jun 26, 2014
    Nice from Diego
     
  15. evil_allan

    evil_allan Member+

    May 3, 2004
    Turtle Island
    Thiago rumours are heating up. Bild says Bayern want to sell him because they are overloaded in midfield and their new coach doesn't fancy him. and Sport says important Barca players are pushing the club to move for him. Bayern want €80mil but Barca want to bring that down to €50mil. Bayern signed him for €25mil.
     
  16. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    LMAO!!!1! Who are the idiots that sold him for 25 million Eurrrrr..... oh wait.

    Never mind. :(
     
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  17. Gilmango

    Gilmango Member+

    Jul 20, 2006
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Whereas our own Rakitic had a great year playing a bit more of a stopper role in our 4-4-2 lineups where he was Busi's lieutenant if you will, and also knows how to pass, shoot, move, etc. in Barca's system. And he is just as good in a 4-3-3, esp. if Messi and an attack minded fullback man the right side, he is great at providing defensive cover on that side when in the wider 4-3-3 role. I love how every year folks think we can improve our team by replacing Rakitic.
     
  18. celito

    celito Moderator
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    Palmeiras
    Brazil
    Feb 28, 2005
    USA
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    An easy deal to play hard ball if Barca really wants Thiago. He doesn't convince me.
     
  19. celito

    celito Moderator
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    Palmeiras
    Brazil
    Feb 28, 2005
    USA
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    I bet one of the things that would be holding Griezmann off is looking at Barca's lineup and thinking ... sure starter at Atletico vs going to a team where he will be in a rotation system.
     
  20. bronx_bull

    bronx_bull Member

    Sep 23, 2004
    The 442 is killing dembele. To get the best out of our squad now,we need to play a 4231 or a 433

    Rakitic is a player who cost 18 mio euros and his output so far has been fantastic for the cost but he is not automatic Barca starter material.

    He should stay on and start some games, subbed in or out of some games and provide something different. But I feel we should sign Thiago alcantara and Arthur soon. Once we do that, we have a great squad which can play in many ways.

    Players like Denis Suarez and dembele will benefit a lot from just two signings, Arthur and Thiago. No need for griezzman at all. He can indeed come but not at the cost of dembele. We can sell Suarez and buy him.
     
  21. Rana catesbeiana

    Mar 11, 2008
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    I think Thiago would be a good signing. For one, I think Arthur is far from being a player who we can slot in and expect decisively great performances soon. He is promising, but not at Barca starter level yet.
     
  22. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Well the rumor is that Dembele would go on a one year loan if Barca get Griezmann. That would guarantee Griezmann a spot in the regular XI.
     
  23. IniestaDaHomewrecka

    IniestaDaHomewrecka New Member

    Barcelona
    United States
    Mar 12, 2018
    why though? why loan out such a talent like Dembele... let him get his hard knocks with his dream club barca... every one knows how much talent he has it's just getting it slowly to show. Valverde just needs to take more risk in developing our youth players instead of overplaying the same stars. You can't rush a world beater like Dembele.. let him grow slowly and let him learn from his mistakes because he is still very young. Messi and co enjoy playing with him as well so why loan out a player like Dembele just to appease someone like Griezmann who has ALOT less loyalty to Barca than Dembele. Dembele is living his dream and should be allowed some time to develop along side his idols... don't crush him by loaning him out only a year after getting him.. that will play on his confidence and i think in the end will be detrimental.

    The nightmare that could end up happening.. like Eto'o was a nightmare for Real Madrid... because see RM didn't know what they had ... but in this case with Dembele we know what we have and it would be foolish to let him go on loan. He is not a loan player.. he is a promising star/superstar in the making.. do not let Dembele leave at all...
     
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  24. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    I generally agree. I don't think we have too many forwards even if we did get Griezmann because players like Messi and Suarez shouldn't be playing every game at this stage in their careers. They shouldn't even be playing 80% of the time if we want to finish the season strong.

    But that's all theoretical. In practice, you can't really bench Messi if he wants to play.
     
  25. unclesox

    unclesox BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 8, 2003
    209, California
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
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