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

Just a small remark: there is no way you considered a player like Alaba a backup when he joined. The rest, with perhaps the exception of Rudiger (who joined to fight for a starting spot and had the ability and contract that reflected it), I think are fairly inarguable.

 

Who is the missing piece Perez will buy?Olise?Enzo?Rodri?one more signing I expect..and few more sales/loans

 

Olise and rodri

let’s get it done Tio

 

City will be motivated to renew Rodri on 3 year deal probably. Doubt they are seeing Bouaddi as starter right away for a team aspiring to compete for CL and PL. He will be a rotational player.

If Rodri wants to leave and RM shows serious interest, maybe City won't stand in his way for the right fee. As things stand, renewal at City is more likely.

 

He was saying the opposite just before the final lol. Mario has been on fraud watch this entire summer. Kept saying Tcho is on the market without a clue that renewal was finalized and took sudden U turn when that got reported.

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Bouaddi had one truly impressive game and it was vs Carlo's midfield, the kid was average to below average in the rest of the games..no way he becomes a starter at City for at least 2 seasons..

 

Yeah Brazil made Norway’s midfield look like prime Xavi and Iniesta, wouldn’t put too much weight on his performance against them. Kid looks talented though but I haven’t watch much of him admittedly. The price quoted seems excessive either way.

 

Don't know about Tchouameni, sell Valverde for Rodri..I don't rate him as a CM and don't see him wanting to play RW long-term without causing problems..we already have the box-to-box covered with Bellingham..

 

Pretty sure it will be Tcho - Rodri double pivot for Mou if we sign Rodri. In a fictional scenario where Rodri is sole DM and Tcho gets sold, don't think it can work defensively as Fede will have to cover so much ground. Would put a lot of stress on Rodri's legs as well.

 

Rodri this summer and Olise next summer if Vini doesn't renew makes sense from a balanced team building perspective. Rodri, Tcho, Fede midfield has bases convered in terms of workrate and tempo setting from Rodri.

 

Rodri and a top CB..Konate, Rudiger and Huijsen is playing with fire..

 

I think renewal agreement is done as he's key for Mou. Hawkins, Romano reported and JFD and co too agreed after taking a U turn.

 

All jokes aside (I agree with the point you're making), Di Maria was an excellent, top-tier player. However, from having seen both players fairly often, I do think there is one major difference between Olise and Di Maria (for me): Olise, apart from being a technically more gifted player (Di Maria was no slouch btw), seems to be way less wasteful in possession, making him a more valuable player in certain set-ups. Admittedly, my impression isn't backed by numbers, just my own eyes. Then again, maybe I just like (false) wingers that provide a bit more to the overall game than just score and assist. It's one of the reasons why I preferred Ribery to Robben back then.

 

Contrary to most I don't think Dumfries will just be a backup either

True but from what i've seen, both with the national team and Bayern,IMO Di Maria worked harder, all game long, Olise can be too nonchalant at times

 

Definitely, the willingness to work hard for the team was actually one of Di Maria's strengths.

 

Di Maria was such an underrated player both at club and NT levels..

 

It seems we are all in agreement about Di Maria being a spectacular player and underrated. A unique situation on RMBS!

 

One of the shrewdest signings we ever made.

Reasonable purchase price at the right age, improved, won with us, and was sold for great money.