I agree about Havertz being the player we should be going all in for but my comments was related to Hazard being a Pulisic replacement and thinking that Sarr would be much better option and fit the mold of a perfect replacement who could be even better then Pulisic and is only 20. Nicolas Pepe is also an option but based on reading what Lille is valuing him at (60m+) and the types of clubs that are interested then I don't see Dortmund being able to compete for his signature. Imaila Sarr, on the other hand, can be gotten for probably less or equal the Hazard money.
An easy example I could think of was the assist to Stindl in this recap (at 1:18): https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/...gan-hazard-plea-bobby-wood-fantasy-517555.jsp Seeing the player in real time, and seeing how to get the ball there, plus then delivering it. If you give him a second, then he can find something to do. Alcacer is different in that he doesn't need a second. He responds instantly to the situation, but I don't think his creativity increases if you give him a second. I think we have Reus and Alcacer for flick ons, dummies, etc. I think Hazard gives more in the next slower tempo (his strike that begins that same highlight is another "give him a second" moment, but I think many other players can hit that shot, and it is an obvious thing to try). Though that is the first highlight that came to mind, it fit with how I already thought, so I think I could find others.
@MtnGardener chances are we get Hazard, gotta hope he is more than a 40 million Philipp or Wolf type of signing. Yes but it's not like we can go to a store and buy them off a shelf after deliberating whether to pay more for the added value of a smart TV. Havertz has to want to come here and he will get more exciting offers than Hazard.
Le Parisien says Leipzig will be Weigls last match with us. That was believable until it said the fee is 25M.
I wonder if we will get another defender. Toprak out with a muscle injury for weeks. DAZ Lacks training. Akanji not back until March. Balerdi playing in the SA U20.
Instead of wasting money on another short-term CB solution why not just move LP to CB and play Hakimi, Schmelle, Guerreiro, and Wolf at full back until DAZ and Akanji come back?
Oh gawd. I don't want to see Schmelzer on the pitch. No I'm in agreement. We shouldn't get another defender. I'm fine with LP playing CB.
Ridiculous at we should be aiming for triple that fee and at the very least double it. However, Weigl should not be sold at any price this January. Watching Bayern and I just don't think we have the quality to hold them off and fight in other competitions. I really hope I am wrong, really really hope I am wrong, but without a signing I just don't see the quality in this squad.
I don't think we have the quality in the squad either. Apart from Reus, Sancho, Raphael, Witsel and Akanji we don't have genuinely good players in this squad. Burki needs to win us games and Paco needs to deliver when playing a full 90min. Also Diallo needs to be consistent. Everybody else is average at best.
I wouldn't say everyone else is average. Hakimi and Zagadou have amazing potential, but we are well short of the quality that other top teams and even most last 16 CL teams have. Ironic, that Crystal Palace have two players, who would take this team to the next level. Wan-Bissake and Zaha would make this team one of the best in the world and serious CL contenders, but sadly it would cost the best part of 100 million to get both of them. Sadly we will get Thorgan and it will end like Yarmolenko, Schurrle etc. Thorgan strikes me as a player playing at his highest possible level and even that is not amazing at the moment. Brandt and Havertz played in Bosz 8/10 hybrid position. They weren't perfect, but it is clear they have so much more ability and potential than Hazard. In the right, with the right coaching those two could become world class. It saddens to see the club make, whats seems to me, a huge mistake.
Zorc confirms that Weigl is staying. Zorc-Interview: "Reus fehlt wohl maximal zwei Wochen" #sportstudio @DieRotenBullen @BVB #RBLBVB pic.twitter.com/xfWsjDSmwi— ZDF sportstudio (@sportstudio) January 19, 2019
I can't blame them if they don't. It's a shame, because we have such great talent in central midfield and central defence. The trouble is keeping them all happy. I still have a lot of faith in Weigl. He just needs to show more fight like Delaney and Witsel. Yesterday he played defence, but showed the bite needed. We are three very talented players from being one of the best teams in Europe. So close, but so far. Full Back: Wan-Bissaka Left Winger: Brandt, Zaha Striker: Werner, Jovic Those are just some of the options, but I think that's the quality we need. It won't be cheap either, it would probably cost the best part of 100 million. Realistically we would need to win the Bundesliga and make at least the Cl semi-final We would also have to sell the following to raise finances: Rode Toprak Toljan Kagawa Philipp Schurrle It's possible, but highly unlikely and would take the perfect season. I know it's hugely unlikely, but why not dream.
I wonder if it would be wise that the club try to sign Rebic as an alternative for the CF and AM positions? Moreover - he can play on the left, albeit not his best position. With the shortage we have in attack and Paco being injured quite often, it could make some sense in the summer.
For the best. I don't think Rebic is the right move. I think the board are right. There focus is on strengthening the first team, not adding depth. All of the players we have been linked to whether it be Zaha, Hazar or Werner, strengthen the first team.
Isak is in the lineup for willem today. Would love to see him do one of two things. Play well enough to be useful for us....or increase his value so we can sell him off.
Thomas Doll, the coach who was replaced by Klopp, has been hired by Hannover. The guy was a tool. We've been coached by two Thomas's and Peter's each since 2008 interspersed with a Jurgen and Lucien.
If you're wondering how awful of a signing that is, just check out the comments to the club's twitter page announcement. You'll need to translate a few things here and there but you'll get the gist overall.
I kind of wonder if Dortmund would not have been better off bringing in Piatek for 35mil, and pushing Paco out to the left ?
Yea, I certainly think Dortmund missed a trick on this one ... it would have killed two birds with one stone, in the sense that it would have finally provided depth for the striker position, while at the same time solving the winger crisis with Paco able to deputise at either wing. Well, I guess we can only cross our fingers and hope management has something up their sleeve ...
So we are apparently in talks with Ajax over Hakim Ziyech. He likely will not leave this winter but since De Ligt and De Jong are leaving he sees no point in staying. I would prefer to take him over Zaha and most definitely over Hazard. He is Moroccan it might convince Achraf to stay as well.