How Do You Replace a Legend? - The Transfers, Rumors & Lies Thread

Lol you wouldn't even give J-Mezzy eye contact if you ever met talk much me so keep your tough internet nationalist bullshit to yourself.

As far as "banter" is concerned your greatest legend didn't like the "banter" Materazzi gave him so spare me your bullshit. People who talk like you tend to be the most softest and sensitive yet bark loudest.

 

We’ve spent big money on our past legends that have walked through the door in the past. Figo, Zidane and Cristiano. Those guys cost a lot of money, inflation today compared to back then just means we pay more.

As Perez once said, the most expensive transfers end up being the cheapest.

Regarding Mbappe specifically , we’re giving him the money we’d offered PSG. He’d still be on the same weekly wage as Jude and Vini are on now. He just gets more image rights, bonuses etc.

We could chase Mbappe for another 5 years and we’d still be in a better situation than Barca both on the pitch and off it.

I do agree, it’s dragged on since he was 17-18 years of age but you don’t pass on a player like him if there is a chance to sign him.

 

I don't believe that. Camavinga is African and already pretty adored by fans.

 

Of course, I just don't think him being African is preventing fans from appreciating him and if he stays with the team for over a decade and wins CLs, he'll get there.

 

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Tebas celebrating the Mbappe signing as being 99% occurring just makes this entire scenario even more disgusting.

The man who couldn't grow the league with Cristiano and messi is now happy the club he loves to deride has found away to bring another star... even though said star said no a bunch.

Anything to make him look good and make the most under the table money; all while doing as little as possible.

 

But what about if he stays with the team for over a decade and continues to be a key player in a multiple title and CL winning team? He already has 1 CL where he – at 19 years old – was a key element in RM winning. I see him becoming a club legend if he continues his current trajectory.

 

This seems pretty straightforward to me, I mean, how else do you become a club legend, and how is it about a players origin?, I’m really not sure what this particular discussion is about…….. or really what point is trying to be made

 

OK, then we don't need to go into this further, as I'm not sure what point you're trying to make (well, I have an idea but I'm not going to entertain you).

 

We haven’t really had a huge selection of African players in the team so it’s a bit of a weird topic. Diarra will always be a bit of a legend to me though for that 2006/7 league win

 

I haven't been closely following the ongoing debate regarding African or Black players over here, but I've expressed my opinion on this topic here before. A few years ago, somebody mentioned that Real Madrid would not accept the fielding all Black offense with Mbappe, VJ and and Sancho( being considered as a potential right winger for our team in the discussion there). I felt uncomfortable with the direction of the conversation was taking. Since then, I've been observing the representation of Black players on the team. Currently, the majority of the team consists of Black players, with only Dani, Fede, and one of the goalkeepers as the main or potential starters who are not Black. Brahin, Lucas, Cebellos, Fran Garcia, Nacho or Joselu are more of backups than potential starters. If we sign Firmpong and Mbappe next summer, we can field a starting lineup of 10 Black players and the goalkeeper. For this season, I have not counted the number of Black players on the same filed at any given moment. Eight Black players on the same lineup are probably a realistic option, but I don't think it ever happened due to injuries.

GK, Dani, Rudiger, Alaba, Mendy, Camavinga, Bellingham,Tchouamneni, one other white player, VJ, and Rodrigo. Did it ever happen? I don't think so.

 

This is exactly it, unless the poster is trying to say we don’t recruit African players period for whatever reason, but of course we have, Essen, Adebayor, Geremi, Diarra, Etoo too, and others, unfortunately none have had a really long stay at the club or have been Cristiano or even Kroos like, and that’s got nothing to do with origin, but we have had them,

As noted already the only way for most to become a “ legend” (which is subjective in itself, how is this actually determined) I believe, although it may vary from person to person, no hard fast rules here, is many years performing at the highest level, if we went to penalties in a CL final and Lunin stopped every one, some “might” consider him a legend, others might consider him as being really good in a pen shootout that one time and props to him for that, still don’t get the point trying to be made……. well I do, but…..