Rumor: Yea or Ney-mar - The 2019-20 Transfer thread

Yeah ..

My preference would be that team but with Malcom in place of Suarez.
I’d play Messi in the centre flanked by Malcom abs and Dembele

 

Meh.... I hate to defend Neymar, but does the author of that article not know that Neymar didn’t play in that 1-7 loss or the 2016 Copa disaster? And in 2011 & 2015 they lost a penalty shootout to Paraguay and this time they won a PK shootout v Paraguay. At home.

 

I’d rather the cash plus Suarez and Rakitic ..

 

Well, Rakitic could be that 'other player'. But have to be realistic. If PSG lose Neymar they need someone to fill the hole that he leaves. Hence, Coutinho or Dembele. Or they get someone from another club, but then Barca will have to provide way more cash.

Coutinho is useless if we have Neymar. Heck, he's useless now.

 

Coutinho could have a great season , he appears to be buzzing again and full of confidence.. gawd knows how long it will take Valverde to spoil him again though

 

He only played well against Peru from what I saw. I'm not convinced that he's back. It's not like we will miss him if he leaves.

 

The other night he was one of the best players .. he actually looked very lively , pacey and super confident.
We haven’t seen that Coutinho for over 6 months

 

Yes, one good match every 6 months sounds about right. Next one scheduled for January.

Like I said, we won't miss him.

 

The amount is clear but could simply be an issue of coming up with that large chunk of cash.

 

Well, I guess the difference is that Griezmann’s transfer would be a buyout so all the funds need to be paid up front. But yeah... how Barca can afford both AG and Neymar was never clear to me either (other than if PSG dropped Neymar’s price).

 

Well, then Barca would really be suckers. Another reason his price should be lowered, in addition to his age and injury issues.

Most 6-figure transfers these days are paid in installments. Juve was given a year to pay for Ronaldo, Barca paid for Coutinho in four installments, and Atlético is paying for Felix in installments (hence why they paid more than his buyout clause)

Either way, installments are appealing if you’re trying to make two huge signings at once. Probably not feasible w/o them. I suspect Atlético are holding out for more than 120me since Barca can’t pay everything up front for the same reason they themselves had to pay above the buyout clause to get Felix.

 

Moise Kean is entering the last year of contract. Seems like he could be a good fill--in for Suarez for quite cheap. Averaged a goal like every 70 minutes played last season (albeit not of minutes to assess him fully).

This all assuming we don't blow 2 years worth of budget on Neymar.

 

Well he is valued at 40M by transfermarkt, and Juve just rejected a 30M bid from Everton. So unless he is willing to play out his contract, he may not be very cheap. More likely he signed a new deal with Juve with a higher buyout, longer length, improved salary. Unless he goes all Rabiot on Juve (in which case he could be a great signing next summer on a Bosman) I don't see a great bargain. Also, he is represented by Mino Raiola, please steer clear of all his clients, yes, even De Ligt.

 

How on earth is Raiola negotiating complex contracts for De Ligt , Pogba and Ballotelli at the same time ??

 

welcome to the best club

 

how are all these attacking players going to fit? Is Suarez benched?

 

probably not. maybe messi will play deeper i think.