André Gomes

[gasgas]

The thing is that Gomes was never brought here to be a starter, so the hopes of him turning good are useless as he won't be more than a backup player even he magically learns to play football... Sell this guy to partially fund actual needs of the team...

You don't pay 40 M+ for a backup
Had he been bought to be a backup we wouldn't have rejected three offers for him especially after the season he had.
It's clear that the club (wrongly) see him as a starter in the near future hence the desire to keep him

 

[behindbrowneyes]

Gomes is playing fine for Portugal. Not extraordinary or anything, but well enough to be a starter.

Don't get the obsession with him in here. I know there are still inactive variables in his contract to make him more expensive. Still, Paco was expensive too and there isn't nearly as much hate as in here. By contrast, there are parallels in the performances/situations of these too. Both came late to the team, were young prospects signed for the future, both played bad in 2016 and improved bit by bit in 2017. Not saying that they were great in 2017, but there were times they added some positive things that helped us.

Just saw yesterday's 2nd half. The game was literally over. They tried to maintain their lead and played a bit like Spain in their prime. Always coming out of difficult situations by passes in triangle formations and Gomes' passing game was pretty flawless. Gomes was better than their other CM (I know Gomes played more LM and RM) Silva, who again lost many balls.

 

[MagIX]

pls sell him as soon as possible. Not barca material. We need cash

 

[Messi983]

Can't wait to see him proving all doubters and haters wrong.

 

[defyqa]

He's actually not so bad for Portugal as you guys say. He's at least average, with some good moves from time to time (second half of the Mexico game). He seems a lot more confident with Portugal, than when playing for Barça. Like most of our players, he's better for NT than for us... Lucho effect

 

[George_Costanza]

The upside of dealing with a super agent like Mendes is he will always sell his players as high as possible.

 

[RIZALDINHO]

Can't wait to see him proving all doubters and haters wrong.

thats highly unlikely going to happen going by his performances in the Euro U21 Champs so far

 

[RIZALDINHO]

If Valverde doesn't make Gomes the next Xavi he's really fucked up here. If we can't afford Verratti because we're 10-30m short and Gomes has another Barca B level season he'll be crucified.

gomez is a rubbish player so how is valverde going to make him the next xavi or iniesta barca already fucked up by signing him in the ist place its time barca cut their loses and sell gomez

 

[reaper]

Like with Arda, there is little to no interest in Gomes from other teams, so Barcelona is simply trying to act as if they never considered selling Gomes in the first place to save face. Like with Arda - Barcelona overpaid for garbage.

 

[BarçaBarça]

Can't wait to see him proving all doubters and haters wrong.

In another team, or here at Barca? I can see him be better in a different system, with less quick passes, but I find it hard to see him succeed in a Barca-midfield. What do you think could help him to perform better?

 

[RIZALDINHO]

according to the sun newspaper barca have rejected a £31 million bid for gomez from united. barca should have accepted the offer because after he flops again next season which he will because he is rubbish barca will will be lucky to get more than £10 million for him next season.

 

[mampilly]

Gomez played very well yesterday. hi positioning was so good. because of him portugal defenders become so free

 

[Interlop]

Just sell him and get the funds for Verratti. By some miracle, no matter how good Gomes turns out to be (big IF) he will never be on Verratti's level.

 

[reaper]

according to the sun newspaper barca have rejected a £31 million bid for gomez from united. barca should have accepted the offer because after he flops again next season which he will because he is rubbish barca will will be lucky to get more than £10 million for him next season.

Dont believe it.

 

[Messi983]

In another team, or here at Barca? I can see him be better in a different system, with less quick passes, but I find it hard to see him succeed in a Barca-midfield. What do you think could help him to perform better?

Here. Just playing in functional system/midfield will make him and our other midfielders look much better than they did last season. If we can somehow get a worldclass midfielder like Verratti to play alongside him even better.