Building A Team For The New Bernabeu - The Summer Transfer Thread

If Florentino actually wants him Hakimi will be back.

If Florentino wants him, he will make us his only destination. Price isn't something Inter can inflate for a RB they can't even pay and probably still haven't paid us for

 

If we spent crazy money on Mbappe and failed to address midfield and RB we'd be in a horrible situation. We simply need a good RW and things are very different for us. The other issue is our speed of play, we need to much quicker and direct.

 

Anyone else is big downgrade compared to Mbappe. RB isn't a game changing position unless it's an all time great offensive talent (Hakimi can be at least as a wingback so far). Mbappe and Benzema together will make our attack deadly. Carvajal - Lucas RB rotation I can live with if it means we sign Mbappe and Camavinga for 230-240 ME.

 

Apparently Chelsea and Liverpool are interested in Sancho. He's likely to go to PL given he's English. Wonder who could be our plan B if PSG doesn't sell Mbappe or if he renews until 2023 with a clause to leave next summer. Maybe we can convince Haaland to force a move like Dembele did then. Dortmund will demand 150 ME in such a scenario though.

 

exactly, if we simply (it hasnt been for us) had the right type of player playing in the position which is a natural fit rather than constantly shoehorning we'd be in a much position going into next season. If Alaba is truly coming that is a great utility player but we still need a midfielder, a RW, a RB and CF.

 

Haaland won't solve Real Madrid's shite offense. Benzema just had a season scoring 30 goals in a defensive minded team and the club were trophyless because the 2nd best scorer was Casemiro with 7 goals.

Benzema is a Ballon d'Or candidate and hasn't shown signs of decline.

 

Benzema also indicated he wants to stay at Real Madrid while still in his prime as a starter instead of riding the bench & collect money as a dead weight.

https://tribuna.com/en/news/realmad...en-to-extend-karim-benzemas-contract-to-2023/

Benzema's game isn't reliant on pace and he takese excellent care of himself. He can easily still be a top class player for 3-4 years.

 

I have seen Aouar mentioned a few times in here, and tbh he has had a very disappointing season this year. Rudi Garcia is a donkey, but its still concerning how instead of pushing on from a very impressive season last year, Aouar cant even start consistently.

I do agree though that we NEED fresher younger bodies in midfield. I want to see Valverde starting next season, hope he can keep fit for longer stretches than he did this year. Camavinga is a must too, especially with his contract situation. I like Blanco and I think he is ready for a promotion. I think we should move on from Isco, but we should look to get someone as a creative option to replace his (expected but mostly lacking) output. Odegaard I am indifferent towards though he fills that need, probably best to cash in and get Kubo or someone else.

 

I 100% agree with this.

 

Just sell hazard , Marcelo , isco, varane , Mariano, asensio,

Let Lucas, Ramos (free) go, bale

Move Migual, Marvin, arribas, Duro, victor to first team

Bring back odegaard kubo, brahim

Hope Alaba is already set to come.
Buy ;
1. Forward
2.RB
3.defensive midfielder back up for casemiro
4.RW/LW

 

Haha no. If our plan is to hold on to Karim for another 3 years We fail to plan and plan to fail.

 

If Benzema still performs at his current level 3 years later and Real Madrid still fails, then others player haven't stepped up.

 

Rightly said we need solid forward to compliment Karim.

 

ℹ️ If by August 1, PSG are not able to renew Mbappe's contract - they'll be open to a sale. Kylian wants sporting guarantees if those are met, he'll renew. [@lequipe] 🇫🇷

— Infinite Madrid (@InfiniteMadrid) May 23, 2021

Already getting tiresome for me.

 

We'd be making an essential mistake if we go into next season with Vinicius as the starting LW. If I'm being honest here, and I really don't want to sound like a pessimist here (I was always high on him), I have never seen a young talent being provided with as many opportunities as Vini has had at the club. The club has been doing everything within their power to develop him into the star they expected him to become. He's still very young, but I see the same shortcomings that he's had when he was playing in Brazil and in his starting days at the club, i.e. lack of football IQ, mediocre decision-making, major shortcomings in his basic passing and shooting technique (as in, it seems he simply doesn't know how to pass or shoot. He always seems to stumble over his own feet when attempting a pass or shot). This is different from, let's say, a Higuain who needed to work on his finishing, but possessed the absolute basics and only needed that final (ketchup) push from Ruud. This is more substantial.

Let's be clear – I really like Vini. He works extremely hard, wants to succeed at the club, doesn't get himself into any off the field nonsense etc. But at the end of the day, we need to strive towards a situation where our starters are within the best in the world in each position, and he sadly is far from that (and the question is whether he'll ever be). I think the club didn't want to throw him into a starting role this soon, but unfortunately Hazard decided to just retire altogether.

Having said the above, I'm probably not opposed to keeping him as a supersub for next season. He's terrible for any fullback when he's on and can provide some spark from that role.