20 - Dani Olmo

[FCBfan22]

If we buy this guy to play LW, we should shut down the club.

As a 10 he is fine, but we have shitload of players there and should sell at least one of them before getting Olmo.

 

[draconifire]

Olmo has to come. First he is much better than Ferran and has X Factor as you may have noticed in the Euros.

Second, Gundogan is leaving sooner than later. 2 yrs or likely less. Who will play the advance role? Pedri? Unreliable though most likely better than Olmo yes.
Is Gavi playing there? Unknown plus I doubt it.
Is Fermin going there? Over Olmo? No.
Will Guille rise to the top and make it his spot. Unknown.

Basically in a 2 yr span or less we will be hard pressed to do better than Olmo in a 4231 playing 10.

Not to mention he will fit in quickly with a small amount of assimilation. We have to plan for the future in advance because clubs will take full advantage in the market if they know we absolutely need somebody. We can't be lucky with low release clauses for realistic good players.

Nah we don't need him.
We don't have the money to spare, and if a player is not a specialist that fixes our problems we don't need to spend big at least this window.

 

[Andresito]

Don't sign him

 

[Co0ter]

Romano reporting a 55+7mil offer and 6 year deal for Olmo. My goodness, that would be a catastrophe. Good player, but not a priority at all what-so-ever. Laporta has totally lost the plot if they sign him, especially for that kind of fee.

 

[jamrock]

Transfer fee isn't crazy, 60m was his buyout cause, won't get him for less, to be fair.

Whether we need him or not, is a different debate.

 

[BusiTheKing]

He will be comfortably the best 10 at the club if he signs. If Flick wants to play with a 10, then it's not a bad signing. 26 is a good age as well.

The big worry is his injury problems.

 

[Blanco]

He will be comfortably the best 10 at the club if he signs. If Flick wants to play with a 10, then it's not a bad signing. 26 is a good age as well.

The big worry is his injury problems.

Olmo instead of Pedri at AM (if its true that Flick was going to start Pedri there) is way bigger improvement than Nico for Raphinha at LW.

 

[Porque]

We got 60m for one signing this summer (unless big sales).

Anyone got better options as a Nico alt?

 

[jamrock]

The way arm chair SDs are complaining about back up plans.

I except a list 10 deep of alternatives to Williams

 

[Co0ter]

Transfer fee isn't crazy, 60m was his buyout cause, won't get him for less, to be fair.

Whether we need him or not, is a different debate.

Given our finances, he's 100% a luxury signing and I know you and I both agree we have other areas that require attention first. 60mil is currently a ton of money for us, so whether or not it's a fair price for Olmo is irrelevant to me. Would he be a better fit as an attacking CM than Pedri, De Jong, Gundogan, Gavi, Fermin etc....sure he could be, but we have decent players to fill that role already. LW, DM and lastly an efficient attacking FB are all crucial to balancing the team in comparison.

If we really have 55+ to spend on Olmo (due to Nico declining the transfer or requesting ridiculous wages), spending that money on Merino or Frimpong (would likely cost around 65-70 for both) would strengthen the team so much more. The new rumors of Cancelo for 25mil is also worrisome, he's 30 already and can't defend for shit. His attacking output hasn't warranted the liability in defense, it would be a clear favor for Mendes. I rather sign no one than sign Olmo/Cancelo and save the money for next summer; just play the kids.

 

[Porque]

The way arm chair SDs are complaining about back up plans.

I except a list 10 deep of alternatives to Williams

I'd love if we just went out and scouted a potential option which fits our profile though to bolster the squad.

PSV signed Driouech for 3.5m.

A Faye for offense basically. Atleast to lesson the burden of hitting the big signings because we quite literally have nothing for the left wing.

 

[jamrock]

Given our finances, he's 100% a luxury signing and I know you and I both agree we have other areas that require attention first. 60mil is currently a ton of money for us, so whether or not it's a fair price for Olmo is irrelevant to me. Would he be a better fit as an attacking CM than Pedri, De Jong, Gundogan, Gavi, Fermin etc....sure he could be, but we have decent players to fill that role already. LW, DM and lastly an efficient attacking FB are all crucial to balancing the team in comparison.

If we really have 55+ to spend on Olmo (due to Nico declining the transfer or requesting ridiculous wages), spending that money on Merino or Frimpong (would likely cost around 65-70 for both) would strengthen the team so much more. The new rumors of Cancelo for 25mil is also worrisome, he's 30 already and can't defend for shit. His attacking output hasn't warranted the liability in defense, it would be a clear favor for Mendes. I rather sign no one than sign Olmo/Cancelo and save the money for next summer; just play the kids.

Fair enough, I definitely understand your prospective on this, most here would rather we signed a DM for similar money, and I wouldn't argue with that at all.

Cancelo for 25m would be terrible, not gonna lie, but I won't believe that until I see it.

With the injuries we have in Midfield, the club is probably trying to add bodies to the Midfield

Starting the season with

Kounde
Christensen/Cubarsi
Martinez
Balde

Gundogan
Casado/Oriol/Christensen

Yamal
Olmo
Raphinha

Lewa

Is better than a double pivot of casado - Oriol, we aren't going anywhere with that.

When gavi, pedri and de jong comes back, add that to Olmo and gundogan, it's not perfect, Williams would obviously be better, but it's an improvement.

 

[companyofcules]

Get this guy but sell Bumdogan

 

[jamrock]

I'd love if we just went out and scouted a potential option which fits our profile though to bolster the squad.

PSV signed Driouech for 3.5m.

A Faye for offense basically. Atleast to lesson the burden of hitting the big signings because we quite literally have nothing for the left wing.

We've been linked with a few young players, that we missed out on, so clearly there is some scouting going on.

Signing a faye type for the wing, would make missing out on Williams sting a bit less, the squad really needs a winger on the left than can go inside and out.

Maybe that's Olmo for this season (fans will go lock).

 

[companyofcules]

Lewandowski/Tigrino-Yamal/Raphinha
Olmo
Gavi Pedri
Fdj/Casado
Fort Cubarsi/Faye Araujo Kounde
That might get us to a trophy