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

I would be very happy with Salah for the right wing if the finances work. The other names being discussed are all super meh for me.

I would rather have Rodrygo backed up by Hazard for the right wing, than to do a Barca and start stockpiling mediocre attackers for the sake of it.

On those saying Rodrygo should come inside more, he doesn’t stay wide right all game. Many of his goals come from him turning up in the centreforward or inside left position.

I’m quite content if we get Tchouameni alone. The only problem then is injuries, and there’s no way to really build the squad this summer to cover for injuries to Vinicius or Benzema - we will have to just suck it up.

 

This is kind of the problem - he's not a natural/comfortable on the right side (not his fault obviously), and he's cutting onto his weaker foot. But with Carvajal's aging, we need a lefty to own that right wing, and if his tendencies are to find goals drifting in from the left or up the center, those spaces are already occupied by Benzema and Vinicius.

Our attack isn't some fluid system where Benzema/Vinicius float over to the right for Rodrygo to interchange. Benz/Vinicius both prefer coming in from the left already.

 

the one who knows the Brazil market, there isnt a player who much like Vini but RW that we can buy?

 

Ziyech?

 

Yeah, this is all speculation. Not sure how this is any different than someone speculating about Lewa? It’s been said he’s looking for a 3 year deal in various reports, so I didn’t make it up. When it comes to Ron, it looks like he’s suffering - the loss of his baby, Manuere struggling, and the reality of no CL. For those reasons I could see him compromising his wage demands and working for part of the team here Madrid. Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s all speculation.

I made a point on how I see we could address the back up Forward spot for least amount of money (transfer wise) with the least amount of long term commitment possible, with a player who could probably score 15 goals for us which is a reasonable expectation. And hes familiar with the club and a portion of the players.

Is it ideal? No. I wish we had Haaland, and I think anything we can do to set up for a move for him in two years should be our strategy. That’s why I picked Ron scenario.

Lewa is a better player but I don’t see it happening and the 3 year deal and Nkuku is also not my preference as it’s another gamble like Jovic.

Being pragmatic is a sensible thing if the market is not favorable right now.

 

I think I read someone saying that Vinicius and Rodrygo should roam more behind Benzema.

I think his movement is good already. He can play wide and dribble and cross. He is not a genuine winger but he can cross well and he can also come inside well.

Unless there’s someone available who is world class, I’m fine with him playing at right wing.

 

No. Super League will make things worse if anything. There just needs to be genuine FFP. Literally 2/3 ********ing up everything for everyone else.

 

All of this , also it's not like we have some big 9 that we need to aim crosses at in the box on a constant basis anyway, Benz can get on the end of them but that's not the main feature of his game, as we all know he likes to play on the floor more, come out interact with his midfield and his partners upfront with short accurate passing and movement, Rodrygo's game is actually perfect for this, and we've already seen the fruits of that.

 

Not so sure about that -- weren't they interested in Camavinga?

And regardless of what ultimately happened, keep some perspective we did come impressively close to signing their best player away from them, despite him being French and entering his prime.

 

A different perspective and another good point.

 

We can't win against PSG on the market, they will always outbid us, and even if we win they will force us to pay crazy money. All I'm saying is there are plenty of fish in the sea, so I don't see why we keep getting fixated on specific targets when we could probe the market.

People who are shocked by this probably haven't seen him. If Tchuameni costs 80 million, then 120 million for Leao is pretty adequate.

 

This is what I have been saying.

People also are ignoring we also play KCM+V a lot as well. We don't desperately need to buy just to buy.

Yeah any additional transfer for the RW would make us better, however that doesn't mean we should do it.

 

I do think Rodrygo's ideal position isn't RW but he's getting better there. LW, CF and SS are all roles I think he can do well in now and we'll need to see if he can continue to adapt to RW.

 

Chelsea are among clubs interested in RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku, who won the Bundesliga Player of the Year.

The 24-year-old is in contract negotiations with the DFB-Pokal winners but the Blues believe they are able to disrupt the talks and take advantage.

Real Madrid are also monitoring the situation, although are reportedly prioritising the signing of Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, who is also a Blues target.

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Nizaar Kinsella who covers Chelsea wrote this. Looks like Nkunku won't renew at RB if top clubs are interested this summer.

 

Indeed, Vin took time to get to where he is, Rodrygo has shown promise and has also been crucial for us playing there in the title and CL runs we've had, he may not have been a RW before he got here but he's always been an attacker, he just needs to get more fluid on the other side, he can do it, we've seen it

 

I would even take Arribas in Asensio's place. Kid has been lighting it up for Castilla.

 

Why not? Why not even Arribas?

It's odd when people clamor for youth to play but then forget that whenever the summer "season" comes along.

What we need is assurances behind Benzema or someone who can play wide and in the middle. Not another wide player just because.

Believe me I wish we would have gotten one of the gems but we didn't... panicking and getting another good but not amazing player moves the needle but not enough to bet the immediate future on it because we know we have financial limitations.

 

I would rather buy quality now than hedge and bet on hitting the jackpot with a generational player like with Mbappe. Being at the whim of super entitled personalities, it can easily backfire, as it did, and money should be used to reinvest in the squad not hoard it for god knows when. We can develop these players. We developed Vinicius and Valverde, and Rodrygo and Camavinga are developing quickly. There are gems out there, players like Tchuameni, Leao, Doku and a bunch of others who can become superstars at Real Madrid.

 

Leao and Doku is literally a gamble attempting to hit the jackpot and both are redundant because they can't play CF and we have two young wide attackers already in our side.