Rebuilding Madrid, One Pass at a Time - The Transfers, Rumors & Lies Thread

Hold on! Where did you hear this? Or just a feeling?

Coz this sounds soooooooo much like Florentino i feel like this isn't as far-fetched as some might think. He likes Allegri a lot and the Luka thing makes so much sense. If Xabi was indeed JAS' guy i think the next guy will be Florentino's guy and Allegri + Luka holy shit this feels like its coming straight from Florentino's playbook.

I mean, we could do a lot worse.

Personally, i have no idea who would be the right choice at this point in time. Usually most of us have a list of 2-3 people who would be good here but with the way the squad is, the health of the squad and how we are stuck in between old-fashioned vs modern approaches. Just a weird time for the club. Not the kind of crisis i thought would befall us. But you have piqued my interest with the Allegri + Luka thing. If i was a betting man i would bet a cheeky $20 on Allegri next summer. He had the job once before and he backed out at the last min citing some bullshit excuse.

Of course it can be won. In my humble opinion that needs two things, we sign a starting level CB (could also be just a loan) and a midfielder (could also be loan) AND the players buy in and start working hard again starting with their fitness levels.

The first thing won't happen because of,................... reasons. If they didn't move last winter when the crisis was worse then i have no hope for this January. Such a silly thing too. I don't get the issue here. What is the club so scared of? If it only revenue then lets ger creative like you said, teams are willing to send good players on loan every window, less so in January in know but there are certainly good enough players to be had. If it was me i would even sign one veteran player knowing he wouldn't play many mins but has off the charts intangibles like leadership or locker room guy but that's just me. You know someone well respected and near the end of his career......... like David Alaba. Lol

I think we need someone to come in and kinda change the vibe. I thought our last coach would but couldn't and i have no expectations from Arbeloa who has been given such a tough task in the middle of the season with no experience at this level and not a personality like Jose or Zizou who can just win a room over. Has any team every been successful without player buy-in which is one of the first or second things every new coach establishes and Xabi, bless his heart, he tried the way he knew but failed miserably to connect with them.

 

Same as always.

 

The problem is we're not creating depth through scouting and development, even there we're hunting for big game. We never seem to sign a young prospect that will become a solid contributor, it's always "this guy will be THA BEST".

Kind of weird to me. Create the mid level player you lack the pockets to sign.

On the other hand other clubs love going fishing in our youth program for talent.

 

I haven't seen us being linked with any midfielders lately other than the Wharton and Kees Smit lightweight links coz the whole world is in on those players.

I guess a lot depends on who the coach will be in the summer. Smh. Last couple of years with the injuries have devastated this team. Just never hitting our stride. I hate that we have to be in a holding pattern concerning the squad for now because we need 2 signings if we want to challenge for the league this season. It's winnable.

 

I'm confident that even though Spanish clubs push players along each other with loans and bit part deals, we're practically shut out of this market by basically burning most of our bridges with Spanish football, be it with TV deals or other vetos we've pitched in recent years to leverage things to our advantage.

It wouldn't surprise me if that would have been a stumbling block with Zubimendi where Real Sociedad might have received an offer and asked for the entire buyout clause, cash, straight ahead.
When an arsenal or a Liverpool comes along, they enter negotiations but with our fractured relationship it's "you're a billion euro business, you've got the money, right?"

 

People celebrate when German clubs would rather sell abroad than gift players to Bayern but when it comes to this happening to us in our domestic market they are bad people.

The truth is you have to grease the wheel and sometimes act a bit less to your advantage to maintain these relationships. Trying to turn everybody to dust has sort of positioned us at a place where Spanish clubs would rather not deal with us at all unless the situation is totally advantageous for them like with Fran Garcia.