Too many attackers,Kroos left a huge hole in the midfield and the defense look like its an injury/bad form away from having Vallejo again ......seriosly why are we fn around for 20 million euros its embarasing .
Yea sadly u cant find any young CB and not give adleast 50-60mil. Rafa Marin like i said before was our best and most reasonable option on market. Instaid we chose to chase Yoro and sell Marin cheap and now both options are gone , same with Gila who as media says broke his foot recenly and said hes staying in Lazio. If we want world class CB Saliba should be our main guy to go, but that will happen in 2-3 years... But for now on current market i think Inacio,Hincapie sound like the guys to go. Not huge price tags , young , promising and would satisfy as backup...
This is great because Tchouameni is a player people complain about playing midfield and he's... yep our 3rd or 4th CB. Basically. In the end Tchouameni may move to CB permanently if he continues to play there better than he does in midfield. That would actually solve our problem with finding a way to play the FOUR (Jude, Fede, Cama and Tchou) in the future.
Well therein lies the crux of the matter. I personally consider Tchouameni one of the best DM's in the sport and don't want to see him converted to CB permanently. But if that is the club's plan (and keeping the roster as is would be an indication of that being the plan), then yeah we do have enough cover.
So as it stands, Vallejo steps in for Nacho. The rest is as you were. The only worry is Vallejo’s injury record. I didn’t follow him last season, does anyone know how he played? I think 4x CB’s are fine for a long season considering they are rotated when needed. I think we’ll be in the market for a CB until the window closes and if we make a move, it’s to replace Vallejo again. So: Militao Rudiger Vallejo (or someone to replace him) Alaba Tchouameni (if needed).
Last point.. If we had spent €62M on an 18-year old CB with one year remaining on his contract most people here would be shredding the club along with the media and possible government employees and politicians from around Europe. We spent €40M on a Brazilian wonderkid attacker and they accused us of destroying the fabrics of society FFS.
Yoro chose money over glory and that's fine. I don't see this as a failure on the club's part. What I don't get is the management's blind confidence in landing Yoro that they went ahead and sold Rafa Marin. Now other clubs know we –realistically– need a defender and will jack up the already inflated prices.. We are pretty thin at the back. It is impossible to induce that we'll be ok at the back simply because we did well without a striker this season (shoutout to Jude who saved our butts there). Also, Tchouameni or Mendy are no CBs. Lord Vallejo is a joke. These options shouldn't be on the table while we have the financial means and time to get a CB.
Well he needs to show that yet, so far at Real Madrid he dint show that potential. Camavinga done much more so far with less pricetag.His best games i seen him play in Madrid was on CB.
🚨JUST IN: Real Madrid have an alternative to Leny Yoro. @TheAthleticFC pic.twitter.com/WrDnynAygB— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) July 17, 2024 I hope it’s that Calafiori from Bologna. Would be insane if we made a push for Saliba!
Vallejo has played less games in La Liga in the last 3 years than I have fingers on my hands. He wasn't a viable option even for a relegation club. Apparently he was diagnosed with depression back in January after breaking up with his wife and didn't show up to training for half the season. The guy cannot be considered a piece of this squad. I would trust a Castilla CB over him.
Nah we wont push for Saliba this year, he just sign new contract and got huge pricetag .He is happy in Arsenal and he wont leave this season for sure. If we would somehow make a bid it would need to be minimal 120mil for them even to consider...
.@Romain_Molina: "Leny Yoro's entourage did well during the transfer. Curious to know what the player will do when he one day learns why some people around him did everything to tell him to go to United." pic.twitter.com/V2dZMZkfKd— Madrid Universal (@MadridUniversal) July 17, 2024
Pogba, Alexis Sanchez, Di Maria. Everyone who chased Utd money are irrelevant. While Militao who clowns here bash already helped us win a CL.
The Mbappé drama last summer exhausted me on RMBS. I ain’t doing all that shit again for a CB this summer. We have a window to get someone, if we don’t then what will be will be
Saliba plays for a top-5 club in Europe right now and has a contract through 2027. Don't spend even one second thinking about him. If you're thinking about him wearing white, you'll need to wait a while, it's not happening anytime soon.
It's strange because with the midfield and attack we often seem ahead of the curve. We bought Camavinga and Tchouameni well before KCM needed to be broken up. We bought Endrick knowing full well we were going to chase Mbappe. We bought Guler even though we had Brahim and Rodrygo. We bought Jude when it seemed it would be a logjam in the midfield. And yet with the backline, it seems the opposite approach.
Brother you was confidently posting about that guy and how much leverage we got in the situation, don't give me the sour grapes now. We just got beat for one of our transfer targets. It happens.
Yup, we've missed out on players before. Shit happens. I trust the clubs judgement ultimately so I'm not worried. Stay positive!
HE ONLY WANTS US! HAHAHA HIS LITTLE CLUB CAN DO NOTHING! I'm honestly glad this happened, should bring some people back down to earth.
Dude couple of years ago, people here were complaining we only sign defenders after Alaba and Rudiger signings And that it's Mbappe or nothing for attack.