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

He would be a great replacement for Vinicius.

 

Will he be back this year?

 

What about Diaz?

 

Vinicius will not leave this year.

Or if he wants to leave.

They just signed Diaz and hes not the flashy type Florentino gets a boner for. But he would be amazing too.

 

Kvara could have been an option had he stayed at Napoli. Now impossible with him at PSG. If Vini renewal situation goes south, don't see a proven world class option in 100-150 ME range being available.

Paz is one of the better options. A striker alongside Mbappe in 4-4-2 might make sense if Vini & Mbappe continue to lack chemistry. But Osimhen is the only obvious option then. Kane will be 33 and happy at Bayern apparently.

 

Indeed. No point even discussing it.

 

We put all our eggs in the basket called Vini.

 

Xabi has to find a way to make the midfield tick when both Jude and Arda are on the field. Because if we think Paz is better than Arda, then we’d still have that same scenario as Paz and Arda are playing similar roles this season.

In terms of striker partner for Mbappe … and this is obviously impossible for us, but Julien Alvarez would have been sick!

 

Bobby is gonna do great things. Will probably come back to a RM that has 2 less Brazilians.

 

Mariano 2.0

 

Hakimi to Dortmund was a two year loan deal. Maybe 1.5 year deal for Endrick. France doesn't allow buyback clause, I think. We had first refusal option for Mariano.

Endrick has a contract until 2030 so loan deal until 2027 still leaves RM in a good position if he does well at Lyon.

 

I'm not a fan of this deal, as I think Endrick is good enough to be on this team and good enough to have an immediate impact when called upon. But it's of no use to stay if Xabi doesn't seem to need a player of Endrick's profile and categorically refuses to give him minutes, so it is what it is.

 

Yeah it’s good for him

I’m sure he still holds some hope to make the wc so he’s gotto play

I’m glad for him

 

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I’d actually love to see Mbappe and Endrick up front together with a four man midfield behind them. That would be interesting.

If Endrick had moved to somewhere like Chelsea initially, he’d be getting plenty of minutes and going to the WC. He’ll be regretting signing with us at this point even though he did it for all the right reasons.

 

Endrick needs to learn how to play football. In Brazil its enough if you are fast, strong, have good dribbling skills and powerful finish. You dont need to work hard on or off the ball, you don't need tactical awareness, passing or teamwork. In European top level football you need that if you want to make it. Hopefully he learns it at Lyon.

 

I know it sounds like a broken record, but Doku would be an incredible replacement for Vinicius under the assumption we need a left winger because Mbappe wants to stay in the center.

Doku can be Mbappe's wingman that Vinicius doesnt want to be, because hes very assist oriented pass first player. He knows his place in the hierarchy, super humble and coachable personality. He is insanely good at small space combos against the low block and when there is space on the counter he is brilliant at making through balls from the left side to a vertical striker who is making fast diagonal runs. This is a major addition to his game from Pep and it suits Mbappe perfectly. Hes also become very good at the defensive part of the game, pressing and positioning. Also great at keeping possession and makes very few unnecessary turnovers.

All of this is Pep's work and Xabi would love that type of player for his tactics. Basicaly hes the opposite of Vini in that regard while still able to break down defences. Honestly he might be the best winger in the world in the next years and if Vini leaves he would be my #1 choice to replace him.