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

so we put our head in the sand and pretend we don’t need help in midfield? You must be one of the KCM loyalists.

 

Still haven’t offered anyone as a suggestion…. Waiting.

 

There are countless possibilities at affordable prices. Tchouameni, Tielemans, Soler, Gravenberch, Aouar.

I don’t know what you guys are worried about. A 1 year Modric extension isn’t going to block pursuing a new mid

 

Tchouameni will allow us to rest Casemiro a lot more and Camavinga will be able to play in his best position in upcoming years as a CM. Signing Pogba means having an injury prone player who is declining physically (he's not the Juve Pogba who was taking on players consistently) and doesn't have the workrate in this era of intense pressing. Pogba Kroos Case will be a bad fit as well. You can't replace Modric in the starting XI with someone like Pogba who's workrate in a long club season isn't close to even old Modric.

Not to mention Casemiro won't get any rest if Pogba is our midfield signing. Everyone who was on Pogba train in 2016 has moved on and club was never on it anyways. We are not investing 25 ME gross wages per year on a player with injury issues already from his age 29-34.

 

I had such a vivid dream/nightmare that Mbappé signed an extension at PSG because the Qatari government threatened to kill his family if he didn't. We signed Haaland instead.

 

I'd fight tooth and nail to get Bellingham if we could, i wouldn't have a problem with the club spending to get him, and he can grow with us with Toni Case and Luka, but, you did say available, not sure he is or if he'd want to come to us or rather head to England

 

We ALREADY have help for the midfield, called Fede and Eduardo, you may not believe in them but i think both will eventually be very influential for us, seeing as with the KCM loyalists utterance you seem to rule out anyone else

 

If Fede and Camavinga are so good, why aren’t they starting? I mean I know they are good for the future, whenever that may be. But they are not good enough yet to compete for a starting position as long as KCM is around and that looks like next season as well.

I’m not interested in Pogba for monster top wages, I think he’s delusional if that would happen, but if he’s actually interested in resurrecting his career Madrid is his best option with the support of the French contingency here.

Honestly, I just want an improvement in our midfield as KCM is not the path forward. It’s time to retire them before it’s too late. Kroos has looked much better this season, so I think if he’s rotated more he could stay on for another 1 year extension. But Modric needs to go, and frankly so does Casemerio.

 

Because IMO right now even though older Toni and Luka are better, and i don't know any coach who doesn't want to play his best players, i might be in the minority but i have no quarrel with Toni, Luka and Case starting at the moment, tough games and we need to win, and right now we are winning, Fede and Eduardo will start at some point i am sure

As for getting rid of Casemiro, madness

 

Gravenberch will be moving this summer. Contract only until 2023 and is a Raiola client.

 

You talk about Pogba being 29; when Kroos is turning 32 and Modric is 36?

 

🎙| Cafu: “Vinicius with Mbappe? Big cracks have to be together.” @elchiringuitotv pic.twitter.com/kIKKgSmkQb

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) December 7, 2021

 

Possible starting 3

Vinicius - Mbappe - Rodrygo

Has RM had a fully black frontline before?

 

Probably not and who cares?

This hadn’t even crossed my mind until you mentioned it.

 

Exclusive: Antonio Rudiger is moving closer to leaving Chelsea as a free agent next summer.

His brother, who is also his agent, has an informal agreement in place with Real Madrid.

A meeting with Bayern Munich was also held last week. #cfc https://t.co/oBvieCTKR6

— Tom Kershaw (@trlkershaw) December 7, 2021

Informal agreement with Rudiger

 

im 50/50 on the Rudiger transfer.

On one hand he has been great in the past year or two but on the other hand he is going to be 29 next season and he is a high profile CB who would not want to be on the bench for Militao/Alaba and i dont see these 2 accepting a bench role for him either.

I prefer a younger CB with a world class potentiol who will accept a rotation role with Militao/Alaba......

 

Signing Rudiger is odd to me as well.

We need depth at the position. Vallejo cannot be counted upon and Nacho could be headed for the exit...

But, Rudiger will demand high wages and I don't understand how we could bench either of Militao or Alaba at the moment.

Also, while Rudiger has been fantastic under Tuchel, I think questions remain for his quality in a back 4.

He is a free transfer and we seem to be taking advantage of those types of deals, but he won't come cheap if Chelsea aren't meeting his demands.

 

Marvel from our academy
A real talent kid and doing great performance in Juvenile A.
BTW, we have some great potentials:
Marvel
Bugarin
Andy Gundyonsen
Reyes (the son of jose Reyes)
Bruno Iglesias
Peter Federico

 

Just for facts here, we’re going to shed 20% of our entire wage bill by Bale, Marcelo and Iscos contracts expiring. Add in Hazard, that gets to 30%. If by some miracle get Maranio and Asensio sold, that’s gets us to 38%.

Add in the capital we’re saving on a transfer fee for Mbappe, we are acting like we can’t afford other top players? We’re not Barca FFS.

 

Only makes sense if Alaba is moving to midfield. Still not really sold on Rudiger regardless.