Summer 2019 - The Zizou Revolution Transfer Thread

Chicharito?

 

Yeah. Those final passes on bench will be spectacular to watch.

 

Real Madrid are done with this transfer window. [@jfelixdiaz]

— Infinite Madrid (@InfiniteMadrid) September 2, 2019

If this is true then Florentino has lost it, how are we seriously thinking about going into next season without a midfield reinforcement?

 

We don't even have a roster spot. Even Mariano refused to leave. If not Pogba, whom were we going to sign anyways in midfield? Pay 50 ME+ for Eriksen when we are keeping James who's similar player along with Isco? Roca would have been the only signing that made sense, but then again, why sell Llorente for 30 M then?

 

Probably due to Zidane more than anything. The club lined up midfielder aftee midfielder and Zidane wasn't even interested. Now we are stuck with 34yo Modric as our starter

 

Start James instead. ZZ has that option. Kroos was never going to benched even if we had signed Pogba. Club just renewed him this summer and he was always an untouchable for ZZ too.

 

What a boring team we’ve become.

This midfield will be torn apart v any decent side and that’s not even getting to the defence yet.

We don’t have Cristiano anymore.

If this is the team we were planning to go in the season with, we should have hired Mourinho.

 

How I see Zizou summer:

Zidane chased Pogba all summer. There was no Plan B.

In the end, Zizou did not get his two main targets that were MBappe, and Pogba. Because it was either them or no one.

I disagree with that mentality, but now he has a season to prove me wrong.

 

I don't think Florentino would ever seriously look to pay the rumored fee for Pogba, especially considering who his agent is

 

• We did a fantastic job early in the transfer market and secured all 'workable' transfers in a remarkable short period of time.
• We covered a very very weak spot in both center forward position and left back position plus not needing to see Nacho as a 3rd CB ... that's huge for me.
• Hazard isn't CR, Messi or even Neymar. But he is a top player that can change games on his own. I think he will be big for us this season.
• Even though we have not signed a midfielder, we have James to provide that 'other dimension' that all our midfielders lack

Now on the flip side:

• Our midfield is weaker than last year. Valverde is not better than Llorente. However, adding James in Ceballos place gives us better options when we need to push and score goals.
• We were supposed to strengthen the midfield and add that extra spark. The only options that were talked about in the transfer market were either too expensive (Pogba) or too average (Eriksen) or simply not good enough.
• If we were to really reshape our midfield, we should have pushed for KDB even if it was for crazy money. But that would never have happened as he doesn't fit the profile that Perez would break the bank for. And the player himself seems very settled in MC.
• Other than KDB, I just don't see anyone inspiring enough to break the bank for.
• RW. I said earlier in the summer that this will be our weakest spot. Bale stayed, and he is playing ok, but we know his injury record. If he gets injured and we are back to VJ or LV at RW position, then we better play without an RW!!

My rating for the summer is 7.5/10 and it's the best summer we had since the summer we signed Ozil.

 

That is not what I am talking about.

My bet is that Flo said what you said, and then told Zidane, "what about Eriksen?" to which he recieved a "if you buy someone I don't want, I resign again"

same for Neymar instead of MBappe.

 

Eriksen too average?

I know it's popular to say spurs reached a CL final by pure luck, but that's ridiculous. he was good enough for 40-60ME instead of Pogba for 200ME.

 

This is just unbelievable to me, how is the club so irresponsible as to go into a 2nd year without addressing one of the major issues we’ve had? First or second to be honest.
We’ve sent all these midfielders out as well, we’re pretty much worse off than we were before in that area, mind boggling stuff.

 

"Everyone was too average but Pogba"

Ah also, I agree 1000%, with you.

 

He is not better than what we have. He won't be an upgrade, just an added player to an already overcrowded squad.
I rate Modrid/James and even Kroos when played a more advanced position higher than Eriksen.
He misplaces a lot of passes, but people focus on highlight material. Overall, I am happy that we kept James and not signed Eriksen. I would have only wanted us to sign him if we were to sell James as Zidane wanted at the beginning of the transfer window.

 

It’s just so stupid, I’d understand this approach had we came off a title winning season but as you know we’ve not won nothing last year we were humiliated on several occasions.

 

City stars are as impossible as PSG stars. Both are state run clubs with plenty of oil money.

 

Let's agree to disagree then.

I personally think Eriksen has more impact than current walking simulator Kroos, and current old Modric.

 

Zidane better deliver La Liga with no questions asked.

He didn’t want players other than those we couldn’t get so he made his bed, now lie in it.

 

Hopefully he gets to play over Isco

 

I can't add anything to what you said. I shut up till the end because I wanted to leave them the benefit of the doubt, but now, it's time to say that it is ridiculous.

 

When Kroos plays a little more advanced role, he is unplayable. But he is average in his deep position. Side passing all day long.

Even though that's true to a very large extent, City are not PSG. I believe that they would sell if a player wanted to leave.
Now the asking price could be crazy, but that's a different story.

 

Wrong imo.

When I trolled them about Sane, I got provided with the infos that City played him because they plainly refused to sell him to bayern, and that's that. Him not getting injured would not have changed anything.

 

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Lol thought Di Maria hated RM? He was bashing the club while at Utd and predicted Ron would join them in 2015. He ended up leaving Utd that summer instead. [emoji23]