Out With The Old & In With 7he New - Transfers, Rumors, & Lies Thread

Digital · Apr 15, 2019

Hendrix22 said: ↑

But I do agree you need to have some actual knowledge of the game to be able to predict outcomes before they happen.
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Yes i suppose you do , in order to predict what you “think” might happen

Saeta Rubia · Apr 15, 2019

Eriksen and Pjanic "wait" for Madrid if Pogba fails

https://www.abc.es/deportes/real-ma...drid-si-falla-pogba-201904140114_noticia.html

Author wrote Didier Pogba.

Doni · Apr 15, 2019

Pass on Pjanic for me. Decent player but you take our current defensive woes and he’s basically those things rolled into one player. Not the right fit.

YOUNGSTARS87 · Apr 15, 2019

Crimson said: ↑

In a mediocre Serie A and who went missing in the UCL when it mattered most, the only tournament that mattered to them.

Granted, he was young, but still.
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Went missing? I will never forget how he set up Morata to score the goal which knocked us out.

We felt his presence then. Especially considering he missed the first leg.

YOUNGSTARS87 · Apr 15, 2019

Saeta Rubia said: ↑

Eriksen and Pjanic "wait" for Madrid if Pogba fails

https://www.abc.es/deportes/real-ma...drid-si-falla-pogba-201904140114_noticia.html

Author wrote Didier Pogba.
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Eriksen shouldn't have to "wait" on anything.

4x4s · Apr 15, 2019

robertocarlos3 said: ↑

I like how in these social media/internet days it's so easy to take a single event and present it as the center and most remembered event for that person.
Here's one for you:
Perez sold makelele because the player was not needed and Perez said that he replaced a player that scores goals with a player that never scored goals.
There you go, worst president ever...
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That's not even Valdano's brightest moment. This is somebody that pretty much said that Messi is better injured than any other player in the world (including Ronaldo) is healthy. When he likes a player, he's perfect. He said about Valdano if you have him in your midfield, you can rest easy and never need to worry about anything.

Romanero · Apr 15, 2019

MaxY said: ↑

I think that literally 90 % of this forum agrees on a Hazard, Pogba/Eriksen, Jovic/Felix kind of transfer window. Any variation of that and none of us would really complain.
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not much to talk about, this pretty much sums it all. We have two equally good targets on both midfield and striker position, which means we have both A and B options, looks like an easy sucessful summer

Prit Javier · Apr 15, 2019

4x4s said: ↑

That's not even Valdano's brightest moment. This is somebody that pretty much said that Messi is better injured than any other player in the world (including Ronaldo) is healthy. When he likes a player, he's perfect. He said about Valdano if you have him in your midfield, you can rest easy and never need to worry about anything.
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Valdano knows more about football than most of the so called American journalists

Prit Javier · Apr 15, 2019

4x4s said: ↑

Valdano called Mascherano the best midfield player in the world and the man quit playing as a midfield player right after he said it.
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Valdano is argentine and is a smarter man than a lot of the likes Ballotelli

Crimson · Apr 15, 2019

YOUNGSTARS87 said: ↑

Went missing? I will never forget how he set up Morata to score the goal which knocked us out.

We felt his presence then. Especially considering he missed the first leg.
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If anything we felt Morata's presence more and I wouldn't pay 150m for him either lol

meringues · Apr 15, 2019

Doni said: ↑

Pass on Pjanic for me. Decent player but you take our current defensive woes and he’s basically those things rolled into one player. Not the right fit.
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Yeah I don’t get the Pjanic rumors. Good player, one I’ve always liked, but nothing to get excited about IMO. Just a bunch of BS.

YOUNGSTARS87 · Apr 15, 2019

Crimson said: ↑

If anything we felt Morata's presence more and I wouldn't pay 150m for him either lol
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Without Pogba knocking the ball to Morata two feet from our goal? He doesn't score.

surgeon · Apr 15, 2019

My guess is we're not buying midfielders. Everyone stays only Bale and Kova are sold. We'll buy a striker (let's say Jovic) and a star player, someone who can get things done one on one (Hazard is the easiest choice).

A CB is already signed and I don't think Zidane needs more then the two I mentioned above. That would be net spend roughly 150 million € which sounds reasonable considering the circumstances.

Neymar Or Mbappe, that's a pipe dream. I don't think we're even looking at Pogba. It is wasted money unless we sell someone who has some value (Isco or Kroos) to help finance the transfer.

Nathanial Essex · Apr 15, 2019

Courtois

Carvahal Ligt Militão Regulion

Casemiro Pogba

Felix

Hazard Jovic Vinicius

The above is just very wishful thinking but, on a serious note, looking at our squad for this game, I would get rid of most of them this season.

K. Navas - Good keeper and would be okay with him being our #1. Stays.
D. Carvajal - Crap season but one of the best on this day. Stays.
R. Varane - Doesn't want to be here, sell and get De Ligt - Out
Nacho - Can play along the back line and is content with the bench - Stays
Marcelo - Has had a good run. Time to cash in now - Out
Casemiro - One of the best on his day - Stays
L. Modric - Old and wants to leave - Out
F. Valverde - Stay
M. Asensio - Don't think he'll ever make it here - Sell if we can get an replacement
G. Bale - Useless. Cash in now. - Out
Isco - Don't think he's that good anymore. Weight problem and attitude towards Solari shows he's not serious - Out
Vázquez - Good worker and adds an option FROM THE BENCH - stays
K. Benzema - Can't be our number #1 striker next season. He can stay but we need someone better
D. Ceballos - Needs a fair run in the side - stays
J. Vallejo - Injured too much - out
L. Zidane - Don't care
M. Llorente - Needs a fair run in the side - Stays
Á. Odriozola - Quite impressed so far - stays

Ssr9 · Apr 15, 2019

To make the transition from this era to the next as quickly as possible, we're going to have to be willing to make some seriously brave decisions regarding player sales. In my opinion all these guys should be on the potential chopping block:

- Marcelo
- Isco
- Asensio (loan?)
- LV
- Bale
- Varane
- Mariano
- Nacho

That's 8 players. Any chance we can really change the squad this much in one summer? How realistic would that be?

robnycus · Apr 15, 2019

Players I would get rid of

Varane for De Light -
Kroos for Eriksen
Isco & Asensio for Felix
Nacho for another all round defender.
Bale for Hazard
Marcelo
Mariano
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Get another forward - Cavani? Mandzukic?. to fill a temporary gap .. Felix can become the long term #9 replacement.

janos audron · Apr 15, 2019

Revised list:

SELL: Marcelo, Kroos, Bale, Isco, Nacho, Mariano, Kovačić, James, RDT, Lucas
LOAN: Asensio, Vallejo, Ceballos

Ssr9 · Apr 15, 2019

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kevin-de-bruyne-man-city-let-me-talk

Come on Flo...go for this guy...now that would be a major move!

p.s - Great read.

Zidane05 · Apr 15, 2019

To me, who Zidane is playing right now and who isn't playing is telling us a pretty good idea who is going to stay and who isn't.

In defense, Reguillon isn't seeing the light of day, Marcelo is getting all the playing time. Modric, Casemiro, Isco and Kroos getting the vast majority of the time in the midfield, and Valverde getting the most run out of the youngsters. So you can expect Modric, Isco, Casemiro, Kroos, plus Eriksen/Pogba to be our midfielders, with Valverde as insurance. And upfront, Bale and Brahim are frozen out in favour of Asensio, and even Lucas seeing less time than usual, so I don't see Asensio going anywhere.

Seems Llorente, Ceballos, Reguillon, and Bale are going to be off on their way.

MaxY · Apr 15, 2019

Ssr9 said: ↑

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kevin-de-bruyne-man-city-let-me-talk

Come on Flo...go for this guy...now that would be a major move!

p.s - Great read.
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Damn, that's a great read.

MaxY · Apr 15, 2019

Zidane05 said: ↑

To me, who Zidane is playing right now and who isn't playing is telling us a pretty good idea who is going to stay and who isn't.

In defense, Reguillon isn't seeing the light of day, Marcelo is getting all the playing time. Modric, Casemiro, Isco and Kroos getting the vast majority of the time in the midfield, and Valverde getting the most run out of the youngsters. So you can expect Modric, Isco, Casemiro, Kroos, plus Eriksen/Pogba to be our midfielders, with Valverde as insurance. And upfront, Bale and Brahim are frozen out in favour of Asensio, and even Lucas seeing less time than usual, so I don't see Asensio going anywhere.

Seems Llorente, Ceballos, Reguillon, and Bale are going to be off on their way.
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I don't rate Valverde one bit. Llorente, Ceballos, Kovacic, Odegaard >>>> Valverde.

Zidane05 · Apr 15, 2019

MaxY said: ↑

I don't rate Valverde one bit. Llorente, Ceballos, Kovacic, Odegaard >>>> Valverde.
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Llorente is by far the best and most useful out the bunch, but he's also the oldest.

Valverde impressed me a lot in preseason, but I haven't seen much out of him during the season.

robertocarlos3 · Apr 15, 2019

Perez won't invest heavily. He got a roof to build.

robnycus · Apr 15, 2019

robertocarlos3 said: ↑

Perez won't invest heavily. He got a roof to build.
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If we are able to get rid of some players we dont really need to invest much to rebuild

Excape Goat · Apr 15, 2019

Perez promised Zidane and said it in public. He is not going to eat his words, is he? I don't think he meant Eder Miltao only. At least, he will buy Hazard.