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

Fully agree with this, but surely that also implies that if we can improve our bench options we should be doing it as well, correct? It can’t be that difficult to improve on Asensio/Mariano/Mayoral surely. I think it’s an almost necessary insurance policy if you will, specifically if we’re sticking to the the 4-3-3.

 

You have to get rid of some bench players before you bring new ones in. That’s easier said than done, and that’s the problem the club is working on at the moment.

 

Is Dybala not better than Asensio/Mayoral?

 

Does anyone know who our substitute was for Cristiano Ronaldo back when he was at his peak for us?

 

idk

but we had so much talent back then (Benz, morata some years, James in form, bale in form, Isco in form, even chícharito did his thing lol

 

Problem with the Ronaldo comparison is that he was at the peak of his physical powers. Benzema for all his great play, is old.

We have one high level substitute each line for defense and midfield. We have the almighty Mayoral for the attack.

 

Sure, we had more cover at CF/AM in some seasons, but then we had no midfield cover and one injury to Modric derailed our season.

Now we are stacked in midfield and no cover up top. The club can't cover every eventuality so I have no complaints. What are the club's options? Only Mbappe would have balanced the squad out, and the club did everything they could for that deal. If we'd got Haaland and Vinicius got injured, I guarantee some people here would be whinging about how we should have got some cover for Vini.

I personally think the midfield reinforcements are top class, the defence is much improved and only the attack is weak. We just need one signing to fix the attack, and I would rather wait to get a top class option than to panic and get a new Mariano in now.

 

Why worry about Vinicius' backup? We have Rodrygo.

 

If there is that much belief in Rodrygo with regards to being Vins backup why no belief in him starting and being intergral re our attack?, I am just not understanding all the worry, especially as i can't see a viable backup for Benz out there at this time, i'm sure if the club can find someone they will get them as long as we can get some players out,

We've won 5 trophies since 2019 with Jovic and Mariano as back up for Benz, neither of whom IMO have been any better for us than i imagine Mayoral will be, and with Vin only really finding his feet last season, i keep reading all these "what ifs", 3 seasons of them ( i admit i've been a part of them before but not this season) , i for one certainly believe we have a team that can win.

 

Attack will be Benz, Vini, Rodrygo, Asensio, Hazard and Mayoral/Latasa it seems. We are likely to play 4-4-2 a lot given our quality depth in midfield. If Benz is unavailable, Rodrygo should be false 9. He has more quality than any back up No.9 we can find on the market.

Looks like Bayern will be playing whole season with Mane as false 9. Liverpool also did the same since February last season. So Rodrygo filling in for Benz is not some crazy idea or anything.

 

Who said there was no faith in Rodrygo being an integral part of the attack and as a starter?

 

Peter will be 20 years old next week. Arribas is about a year older. They are both older than Camavinga. Higuain was 19 years old when he scored against Espanyol in 2007. Rodrygo and VJ already contributed to the team at their age. If their hype are real, both need more first team action next season, but I don't expect much of them until the end of the season. Rodrygo will be the main player on the right. Lucas, Fede or Asensio will get the other minutes until either of them steps up.

By summer of 2023, Asensio will be gone. We might have a much clearer picture of them at that point. Then, we can see if we need to reinforce the right wing. We only need one of them to pan out and become a super sub in the 2023-2024 season.

 

Benzema is like fine wine though

 

Pretty boring transfer window but after the incredible season we had im not complaining.

Tcouameni and Rudiger are still great additions to the team.

 

🚨| Anything can happen from now until the end of the transfer window but Real Madrid’s idea is to take a break and wait for the winter market & the Brazilian passports to arrive. @marca

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) July 18, 2022

🚨| Real Madrid are only valuing ‘long term’ signings, that’s now the criteria. @marca

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) July 18, 2022

 

He is. But its also a World Cup year.

 

And what about marquee ST signing that all wanted? What happens if Benz gets injured midway through the season?

 

if someone says we do not need an urgent ST backup that that person is not a true fan. Mayoral or Mariano are not going to the US or maybe going after some time but how do we assess them with the least time we have and why not a temporary solution if we do not have a long-term solution
Benz at 34 he is bound to have some downtime and we should have planned this much before, also never had plan-b on mbappe transfer as he is not signed any pre-agreement this is a clear fault line in our transfer policy.

 

So marquee ST signing will come to be bench warmer if Benz stays healthy like he has throughout his RM career? *touchwood* Don't know any marquee striker who's so low on self esteem.

If there's a serious injury, there's winter market. We got Adebayor in Jan when Higuian had a serious injury. He came because he could get minutes due to the injury and wouldn't have come if it was "what if Higuain got injured and then I could get playing time" situation. Maybe World Cup will offer a breakout star like Ozil or James whom we signed soon after. I'd rather play Rodrygo as false 9 if there are injuries given many underwhelming options in the market right now.

 

why only long-term signing if we have no long-term replacement why not a temporary solution to address it before we have identified a long term target