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

No he’s definitely faster than those two but his positioning isn’t as good IMO. My issue with him is he seems like very good fit as the right sided CB in a back three, where he can roam a little forward but I’ve not seen much of him in a back four admittedly. The one to look out for from that team is Bastoni in my opinion.

 

Shame. He buried himself in Paris

 

He’s stuck in prison until 2026. At that point he’s 26 and younger superior players will be out there. He had his chance here.

 

He would have been the perfect upgrade over Dani aswell

 

He isn't better than Dani at this time, Dani has a far better all round game, no upgrade there

 

Hakimi is a baaaaaad defender. RB in 4 man backline and he’s a disaster. Can only play in 5 man backline or pushed up as a RM.

 

Yea, I doubt a FB will endure the kind of pressure Mbappe dealt with from PSG management. Hakimi will get Rabiot/Cavani "in the stands" treatment if he doesn't renew.

 

My concern as well. He's only played as a RWB at Dortmund and Inter for 3 years. And he was a defensive liability at Dortmund even with 3 CB set up giving more cover.

 

Hasn't he played RB in a 4-man lineup every game so far this season? Guess we will see how he does there this year.

 

Yes and no. If he proves to be the best at his position at that age surely there’s a way back for him.

But as others have said he’d have to improve a lot defensively imo.

 

Disagree.

Hakimi has more to his game going forwards and judging by CA tactical setup, we're now more attack minded than we have been in several seasons.

Given that we have Valverde / Casemiro / Camavinga, we can compensate the defensive side slightly.

 

Still very early, but currently we have the most goals conceded in the top half of the table (by two goals no less), probably not looking for a way to go more offensive right now.

 

Sandro Tonali; he seems one to keep tabs on.

 

Indeed, we need balance, can't be just all out attack and devil may care when we don't have the ball, Hakimi reminds me of TAA, deadly going forward, where is he? or, what was that? when opponents attack, some fans already berate Carva when he's not fully on his game, and i firmly believe he's better than Hakimi, imagine Hakimi in that spot.

 

I think the key is balance, if Mendy is playing LB a more adventurous RB could work.

But Hakimi can't use that as an excuse to not continue to develop the defensive side of his game, and he needs a lot of work there

 

We all know where Hakimi plays and why he won't be near our jersey again. His name should not be mentioned in the next three seasons here.

 

Instead of Goretzka/Pogba; we should really look at Declan Rice. Only problem is he's English who tend to fare poorly outside of Britain.

 

Eduard Romeu, vice-president of the economic department of Barca:

"It is possible that Real Madrid could sign Mbappé and Haaland. Madrid is a great club and has a very great strength. If we had done our homework in recent years, we would be in the same situation. Florentino Pérez has a club management that you have to take your hat off. At an economic and business level, no one is going to match Mr. Pérez. I have great admiration for him on a business level and on a personal level he has been very kind every time we have met. I can only give words of praise to him. "

Barca's current economic condition:

"The present and the future condition us a lot. We already took the reins in March and in six months we have done an immense job to improve the situation at a structural level. We have to continue working, but we intend to return to business as soon as possible to be at the competitive level. We have to put the salary and expenses of the club in tune to be able to return to the world of transfers and compete face-to-face with the best clubs in Europe.

https://www.marca.com/futbol/barcelona/2021/09/17/6143c192268e3e733f8b45d3.html

 

What's wrong with making the tough decision to move somewhere you can get playing time and improve the way that only real matchtime can, while still dreaming of moving back to your home club when the timing is better? (He couldn't have predicted just how much time Carvajal would miss.)

And it's not like Mariano is staying just because he loves Real Madrid so much.

 

Also it's not like the club "had" to sell him and then give Lucas Vasquez an extended contract to take up the exact same role in the team (versatile right wing player). Hakimi would have been a big upgrade on LV at any point the last couple of seasons as far as I'm concerned and that's a mistake that's on the front office.

 

I will agree with that analogy insofar as you do sound like a jilted lover

 

Hmmm, i thought it was only once that he asked to leave, if it's true that he has asked to leave 3 times then what is he pining for, the opportunities were there.