The One Where Ramos Renews and De Gea Arrives - The Final Summer Transfer, Rumors & Lies Thread

Hopefully the Ceballos rumours are true

 

I think a world-class CM is always going to be worth more than a world-class GK, and Kroos is a better CM than De Gea is a GK.

I understand what y'all are arguing here, but even putting aside the problems that have already been pointed out with this line of thinking, letting another club essentially hold its own player for ransom would set terrible precedent.

 

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   Transfer Centre (@CentreTransfer)
   36 mins ago
   BREAKING: Arsenal have agreed a £45m deal to sign Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. (Daily Star)

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   Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive)
   3 hours ago
   Arsenal have chartered a private jet to bring Karim Benzema over from Spain ahead of his transfer from Real Madrid. (Source: Sunday Express)

 

45 million pounds would be hard to resist in fairness.

 

Completely agreed.

Selling Benzema for that sum at this point in time would be extremely worrying; would almost seem to suggest we are not in good shape financially, no?

 

I suppose money is no option to a team like Madrid. But if we were to sell him now would have to be the time to try and find a replacement. Reus, Lewandowski maybe ?

 

i have a feeling we will Sell bale in the next 2 days

 

Perhaps this means we're triggering Morata's buyback clause? Not very much of a downgrade as far as I'm concerned, pocket 30+ million euros (?)... good bit of business that would be in line with our seemingly newfound philosophy of stockpiling young Spanish talent.

 

Daily star comes up with news everyday and they hope to be right atleast once . Big hope .

 

That would explain Wenger coming out and saying he's happy with Barca and Real, because every now and then a top top player becomes available to help them in their quest for the top 4 finish.

But it would be very silly to sell Benzema a week before the deadline with no proper replacement in place. A back-up striker is the only thing missing from this squad. Selling your only striker would be therefore be very naive.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...m-summer-Juventus-paid-16m-Spain-striker.html

Not according to most sources.

 

I thought the buyback is only for two years

 

It's obviously not unheard of to win having a player of above average quality in the team. However, given our push for La Liga this season and the competition from Barcelona, we will need all the points we can salvage. A fantastic keeper can easily win the league if the point difference is small. Also, our midfield, unlike Barcelona's or Juventus', consists only of attacking midfielders playing deep, and is not exactly lightning fast. A proper shotstopper in our context could mean a lot.

 

In most cases a world class CM exceeds a world class GK, but in the case of De Gea I see little/no difference in his valuation vs. Kroos. Firstly, he's very young for a GK and that would mean that he would command a very high transfer fee had he been half way into his contract. Secondly, a world class GK is a rare breed at the moment, and the demand/supply ratio will drive up the cost of a top quality GK at the moment.

And it's a bit disingenuous to think that Real Madrid haven't been held to ransom before, there's countless examples I could give you, starting with our dear friend Mr Ramos. It's just the way things run at a club of the size of ours, we're not some mid tier club that will quibble over relatively small amounts.

As I've said before, I think the club will end up signing him at the end of the window.

 

Agreed. It would be very worrying of our financial situation if we had to sell Benzema at this point in time. All this rhetoric that fans talk about us being on a different status vs. clubs like Arsenal wouldn't be quite right.
Personally, I don't see it happening. The Daily Express is a gossip hungry horrendous tabloid monger.

 

Cool so no hard fast rules then, the clamor for a supposedly world class top three keeper isn't a necessity to win trophies, teams win and lose trophies not individuals, completely agree.

 

If that marginal difference amounts to, say, 6 points, then perhaps yes, it would. I mean, we paid 30 million for a RB, and several seasons ago for a back-up LB. I'm not saying we should cave in, but if De Gea is seen as a considerable improvement over our keepers, of which one was on the bench the entire season, perhaps it's worthwhile.