I have to agree with this. He pressed under Pep and presses now under Sabella, and didn't press under Tito or Tata. Coincidence? I think not. He presses when the coach instructs him to.
We do have the money. It's just that there are better ways to spend it. It's half of our supposed budget, and there are areas of the team that need more reinforcement than our attack does.
Give Roma what they want and give him the wages he wants. It's not like Roma and Benatia are asking for sums we can't afford. Do Zubi and co really think we can afford to be stingy here? :facepalm:
Barca 2-1 Real Madrid. Could have been 3-0 for us at half time.
If you mean best match and not the one in which we played the best, Real Madrid 3-4 Barca.
Why the fuck are we being so cheap? We're supposed to have a 120m budget. I don't give a fuck if we overpay, we NEED to get Benatia. And it's not like we won't overpay for other CBs...
Is he better than Masip? Because from what I've read here, he's pretty meh.
If he is better, I wouldn't mind him for like 7m. If he's not, don't even bother.
We don't need a backup keeper that much. We have Masip and if Ter Stegen gets injured, we can sign a La Liga GK mid-season. We should focus on other areas of the team.
btw, 4000th post :D
And don't Sociedad usually ask for the buyout fee when selling players? They did that with Illaramendi, and I remember the reports saying that they'd want the buyout if we went for Inigo Martinez as well.