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

Totally lost respect and I am a HUGE fan of Ligue 1.

In a sense though, if they stop playing him, it's to his advantage. He can play both the Euro and Olympics and Real Madrid should be ok with it since he's taking a vacation from March to June.

What nonsense though. He was on pace to break all the records in France. He would have had over 50 goals in club play and likely 20 goals with NT in one season (or at least 15). 70 goals total would have been out of this world. Now, he's been stopped for no good reason.

 

Lyon is my favorite team in the league, I'd pay to watch the women and men play. And I think the league has been developing a consistent pool of talented players but unfortunately for Ligue 1 they move on.

 

About the defensive converns for the RB prospects.

All I can say is the club could only go for the best available options. And unfortunately, Dani and Lucas are getting up there and would be needing replacements soon.

 

Haaland on his future and Real Madrid links: "I'm really happy, especially with the people I'm surrounded by. The manager, the directors, the board, I am really happy I have to say. I say this now, it will probably be a massive headline, tomorrow you never know what the future…

— Sam Lee (@SamLee) March 5, 2024

I don’t expect he will ever be a Madrid player if Kylian comes, but I thought this quote was curious.

When you're at Madrid it is very difficult, if not impossible to hear 'I don't know what the future holds for me'. You're already where you want to be.

 

"Football can only survive through a competition organized by me."

And people wonder why the SL was a failure haha.

 

Maybe Flo is not talking about Madrid alone but everything outside of the EPL, the reality seems to be if the players do come to Madrid it’s not because we can compete financially with some EPL clubs in terms of what we can offer as a salary ( from reading more informed posters it seems we cannot a point you yourself made awhile back whilst claiming we’d fall behind in terms of the best young talent because “prestige” no longer matters to younger players they just want to get paid) but because they want to come and play for Madrid ( Jude, Cama, Tchou, Kylian if he comes) but you and your sidekick have all the knowledge when it comes to Flo and how much of a hypocrite he is, unlike me, so who am I to question your views

 

I literally lold here. Thank you.

 

Haaland is a relatively mediocre footballer, ability wise. Great goalscorer but I’d prefer a player that has more to offer on the ball. Sadly, the likes of Benzema are very rare.

 

https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/psg-kylian-mbappe-draw-monaco-ligue-1/blt14c7532ab55b08ef


This stuff is all worrisome with regard to the question of what kind of drama the turtle will bring. This isn't David Beckham level professionalism under Capello.

 

I like players like Haaland and even Joselu who are just there to put the ball into the net and that's it. I prefer them over players like Rodrygo or Endrick who can be easily marked out of games through height.

 

Thats a serious hot take. If Haaland is mediocre, I’m dying to know who you consider elite.

 

Like Hazard?

 

Tbf I did say relatively mediocre. So comparing him to players in his position. He is of course fantastic in putting the ball away. But if you compare his link-up play, passing, vision, dribbling, ability in small spaces and the like; he comes up short imo. Like look at how Benzema did those things and compare to Haaland. Or even previous City strikers like G. Jesus or Aguero. Or other strikers/attackers around Europe like L. Martinez, Kane, Mbappe, Griezmann etc.

I find those names to have more footballing ability on the ball than Haaland. Which is not to say he sucks or is awful. Just that I find his footballing ability relatively average compared to other top attackers.

 

Kaka?

 

I think he meant Haaland is elite - but not a creative-attacker like Benzema, Griezmann, David Villa, Messi, Robin van Persie, etc. He's a pure goal scorer like Ruud v. Nistelrooy, Diego Milito, or Robert Lewandowski.

So he puts him on a lower level compared to the creative-attackers.

 

Kaka and Hazard were mentally out of the game due to their injuries. In my opinion, they would both have succeeded if they had stayed healthy. Same for Bale and even Woodgate. I'd risk saying Bale would still be a starter for us, had he had an injury-free career.

 

Not Kaka in my opinion. Sure, he wasn't the same anymore, but I always got the impression that he kept putting in the work and really wanted to get back at a high level. You could also see at times that he was devastated by how it all went. I truly felt for Kaka, and that wasn't only because he was one of my favourite players!

Hazard was a different story; he came in in terrible shape, putting himself at a disadvantage during pre-season and exposing himself to injuries. Afterwards, and particularly after his 'major' injury, he just didn't seem to care that it all went south for him. And hearing him now, I think we can all establish that, in fact, he indeed didn't care.

 

I disagree. I think he would get in shape eventually and play well. Of course, he would not be a star here due to his lack of self-care, but he would eventually play well as the seasons went on. People look back in frustration, but Hazard was talented and had a rocket of a shot.

Also, ZZ seemed to be a big fan, and I believe he would try everything for Hazard to succeed here if Eden remained injury-free.

Aside from the financial loss, everything ended well. We won La 14, Carlo unleashed Vini, and Hazard realized he could no longer play for us and left.

I can agree Kaka cared more than Hazard. But he also looked scared on the pitch, afraid of making certain moves to avoid injuries, making him a completely different player from his past self.

The same happened to Hazard, but I agree, Kaka seemed to try harder to get back to his former self.

 

Scoring goals is totally overrated.