Barca was fcked in either case considering how much of their operating budget is eaten by wage bill. Ours is sitting bellow 60%. Much easier to deal with situation.
Hazard/Vinicius - Halaand/Benzema - Rodrygo/Asensio Valverde/Kroos - Casemiro/Camavinga - Odegaard/Isco Mendy/Reguilon - Ramos/Militao - Varane/Nacho - Hakimi/Carvajal Courtois/???? In: Halaand, Camavinga, Odegaard, Reguilon, Hakimi - 130M Sold: Marcelo, Odriozola, Modric, James, Bale, Mariano, Vazquez - 75M Loaned: Jovic, Lunin, Kubo, Ceballos, Brahim, Reinier Poch would make each of these youngsters world class
Really? I was unsure of this, I remember him only having a year left on his contract when we loaned him, but figured we worked something out extension-wise (like we did with James before he went to Bayern). I read some headline recently where he said Madrid was home and that he'd love to succeed here. But maybe it was cherry picked from a longer quote about wanting to be a starter. He could get minutes here, I would say the split would be 65/35 Mendy. If Hakimi came back, I'd think the split would be closer to 50/50 with Carvajal.
Hakimi was on chiringuito last week via webcam saying that there has been no contact between him and the club about a possible return. He said that he'd like to return, but it's not the only thing he's thinking about. If it doesn't work out, he wouldn't mind playing elsewhere. Dortmund have also said that we haven't reached out to them either. I think the plan is to see when a possible transfer window will happen at all.
Are folks convinced he is going to play RB? He has been more effective as a winger hasn’t he? I would like for the club to sign another RB entirely albeit not sure who exactly because Dani has been bad more often than not and Hakimi/Odri/whoever doesn’t fill with much confidence.
It’s a nice team but two things stand out for me. One being that you have Kroos and Valverde fighting for one spot, after the season both have had they will be both starters for me, easily, not only have both been good but they (along with Casemiro) complement each other very well. The other being the RW. One one hand I want to see Rodrygo get as much minutes as possible but on the other I don’t think he’s ready to be a starter. What I would do would be to shift Hazard on RW and leave the LW for Vinicius, then have Rodrygo as the first choice winger after these two. Asensio as the fourth choice. I don’t want Hazard blocking the LW and stagnating Vinicius’ progress. Especially when Hazard has played RW for Chelsea (and Lille), so whilst not ideal for him, it will benefit the team this way imo.
He also said he feels good at Sevilla it's part of the same quote. Apparently they reached out to strike a deal with us. Its in Zidane's hand and almost nobody thinks Zidane likes the player, apparently he was OK with Reguilon joining Juve last summer but the player didn't like the idea.
If I were to draw it up, I would say Valverde/Kroos/Odegaard would rotate evenly, and Isco is only there for emergencies. I would put him on the sell list, but he doesn't appear to have any interest in leaving. Hazard on the right sounds like a good idea, to let our other two develop. I just don't see it happening in practice (I guess same could be said about benching Benzema). He's the highest paid player at the club (I think?), and our Galactico signing. Can't imagine the club saying we're putting two 19 year olds in his natural position. I could also imagine (if Rodrygo ends up starting), a 4-3-1-2, where Hazard plays the Isco role, Rodrygo/Vinciius plays the Ronaldo role drifting off the left and Halaand is the true 9. Asensio would act as the Isco of midfield, basically there for emergencies. Rodrygo/Vin development is more important and their ceilings appear to be much higher.
No doubt RW is flimsy, just don't see any other options? If Halaand and Camavinga are the targets, that's going to be a lot of money and I don't think we're getting much for our outgoing guys this year. Their salaries alone are going to be a tough pill to swallow for other clubs. I also included Isco because I think he's refused to leave at every opportunity. I thought he had joint custody of his son in Madrid and if he left, he wouldn't get that, so he's staying put. He'd only be there for emergencies.
#mufc are ready to rival Real Madrid for Erling Braut Håland should he leave Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund expect to keep hold of him for at least another season and do not want to lose two prize assets in Jadon Sancho and Håland in the same window #mulive [espn]— utdreport (@utdreport) April 1, 2020 United expected to battle Madrid for Haaland
Hazard behind two attackers in some sort of free flowing role would be really nice as well, similar to the one he had played under Conte when Chelsea won the league. Same United which Haaland has already rejected to move to Dortmund. If we go in for him I wouldn’t think competition from them would be a factor.
I'd be surprised if united would want to deal with his agent. Not that I think there's much genuine interest by our club.
Utd still gonna be an Europa League club as things stand. Haaland would probably stay at Dortmund than go there without CL.
James Rodriguez is certainly leaving Real Madrid this summer, a number of clubs wants him including Arsenal - but his preferred destination is Everton. The Toffees are the option that appeal to James the most with his former boss Carlo Ancelotti already there. [@Marca] pic.twitter.com/gTrjqq1yAJ— Infinite Madrid (@InfiniteMadrid) April 2, 2020
I don't think we are after Igor Gomes. He's 21 so older than the 3 Brazilian prodigies we signed. Sounds like a rumour without substance like when we were linked with Paqueta who also in his 20s and eventually moved to Milan.
Yeah, I believe that is all agent and clubs pushing his value higher. If they lonk Calafat and Madrid, the offers will pour in.
Real Madrid wants to complete the signing of Lyon's teenage sensation Rayan Cherki this summer and then loan him back to Lyon for at least 2-seasons. Cherki is also open to that idea, Zidane's a big fan. [@le10sport] pic.twitter.com/BuLlCo4O2Q— Infinite Madrid (@InfiniteMadrid) April 2, 2020