Arturo Vidal

[Kul_z]

Alena left, he could leave.
That leaves us with de jong, arthur, busi, raki. Ffs we're doomed. Or maybe ev plays godlike game and puts griez in the am position hahah

 

[Havesaks]

I too believe we can find players like Vidal easily. Let him go and be done with it. I prefer Rakitic. At least he had a high peak and contributed to our treble season, so he is one of the seniors and has something to complain about, even if it's annoying.

Vidals peak was higher.

 

[KingLeo10]

Vidal easily had the higher peak, lol.

Rakitic was world class in 14-15 but MSN, Pique, Busquets, Alves were much more important than him that season.

 

[Havesaks]

Not only higher it was also for a considerable longer period. Vidal has been World class since Leverkusen till his second season in Bayern, Rakitic was it for 1,5 years maybe 2. The guy is in a different class then Rakitic.

Rakitic has been damn lucky with how his career achievements and that's a fact.

 

[JohnN]

I know nothing about Vidal's career outside Barca. As long as he has been here he doesn't seem like he ever was anything special as a player. He might have been but age caught up with him fast or whatever, but as far as Barca is concerned he was never important to us. Rakitic was important to us, even though I don't like his style of play.

 

[Raketa10]

Alena left, he could leave.
That leaves us with de jong, arthur, busi, raki. Ffs we're doomed. Or maybe ev plays godlike game and puts griez in the am position hahah

WTF are you talking about? Why the hell would Vidal leaving mean we are doomed??? Puig can be used as a backup and Roberto can also play in the midfield. We should start rebuilding and even if selling Vidal means we could have thin bench for the next 6 months we should do it! I can't see how selling Vidal could effect us at all this season. We for sure won't win CL with or without Vidal and for La Liga we are fine with the squad we have. This is our last chance to get something for him and it makes all sense in the world to sell him now.

Selling him now (since we have a good offer) and selling Raki in summer is the only logical thing to do not to mention this idiot is suing the club! If this board has any brain left they should start planning next season ASAP. First thing we should do is sign a new manager and clear up the squad. Since we all know we need a new striker, CB and a midfielder we should definitely try to agree those transfers even before summer transfer window opens.

 

[gasgas]

I know nothing about Vidal's career outside Barca. As long as he has been here he doesn't seem like he ever was anything special as a player. He might have been but age caught up with him fast or whatever, but as far as Barca is concerned he was never important to us. Rakitic was important to us, even though I don't like his style of play.

Then educate yourself more.
You can't make such conclusions with such limited exposure on the player

Vidal has been worldclass for quite some years for Leverkusen, Juventus, Bayern and Chile NT

And now is in his final washed up years at Barca

 

[Raketa10]

Then educate yourself more.
You can't make such conclusions with such limited exposure on the player

Vidal has been worldclass for quite some years for Leverkusen, Juventus, Bayern and Chile NT

And now is in his final washed up years at Barca

That's exactly why you don't think twice when you receive an offer for a player who is far from his prime. SELL!

We did a mistake with Rakitic when he had that huge offer from PSG and although this offer is far from huge it's the best we'll get so it should be no brainer at all.

 

[gasgas]

That's exactly why you don't think twice when you receive an offer for a player who is far from his prime. SELL!

We did a mistake with Rakitic when he had that huge offer from PSG and although this offer is far from huge it's the best we'll get so it should be no brainer at all.

I would sell Rakitic and Vidal immediately
And rely on De Jong Arthur Busi Alena Puig and sign Eriksen for the remainder of the season but i guess the Barca office aren't that radical

 

[Raketa10]

No planning whatsover.

Kept Rakitic who was on verge of leaving.
Let Alena go when they knew there's uncertainty with Vidal.
All this while Arthur and his status is questionable as well.

Bunch of blind monkeys making decisions.

Loaning Alena was the right thing to do since he needs playing time. The next six months could provide us with answer if he is a player we can rely on or not. Using him every 5th game from the bench and giving him 10 or 15 minutes wouldn't do any good for him or the club not to mention his role can easily be filled with Puig.

Regarding Vidal and Rakitic. Rakitic has no offers at the moment and even if he had Raquel doesn't want to leave Spain. So the most realistic thing is to sell him back to Sevilla next summer since we refused that huge offer from PSG. Selling Vidal won't do us any harm because with or without him we won't win CL and we have enough midfielders for La Liga. IMHO it's better to think long term and sell him now than to force him staying, have an unsatisfied 33 year old player for the next 6 months and get nothing for him in summer.

People want us to make a transition from this squad but than it's a problem if we don't have enough oldies in the team. IMHO that could bring us only good. Having "only" Busi, Raki, Arthur and De Jong could mean some of our youngsters could get minutes and that's a much better thing than playing Vidal, Rakitic and Busi midfield like we did last season.

I agree with gasgas and I don't even like Eriksen. Eriksen is in his final year so we should try to sign him now with the money from Vidal. If Tottenham doesn't sell now Eriksen will go for free in summer so why shouldn't we try? He is overrated but he is for sure a much better player than Vidal in his thirties.

 

[Barcilliant]

Then educate yourself more.
You can't make such conclusions with such limited exposure on the player

Vidal has been worldclass for quite some years for Leverkusen, Juventus, Bayern and Chile NT

And now is in his final washed up years at Barca

He was world class especially at Juve. Was a beast there.

I have an idea. 16 million plus Nanggolan on loan with option to buy. I know people are going to crucify me but fuck I can't help it. I am sick and tired of seeing a slow, feeble midfield. I am sick of watching less skilled, physically stronger midfield blow us of the park. At least Vidal brings some bite and a few goals. All fucking Rakitic does is safe passes, slower then a snail.

I like guys like Puig but players like him need an enforcer around. Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets was a once in a lifetime midfield. Also football is different now. The ball has to be moved quicker, the players need to be fitter and stronger.

Flame me all you want but I always wanted a more physical midfielder. Fabinho would have been perfect but Liverpool are alot smarter than us.
Nanggolan would be like an Edgar Davids for us.

 

[Vilarrubi]

He was world class especially at Juve. Was a beast there.

I have an idea. 16 million plus Nanggolan on loan with option to buy. I know people are going to crucify me but fuck I can't help it. I am sick and tired of seeing a slow, feeble midfield. I am sick of watching less skilled, physically stronger midfield blow us of the park. At least Vidal brings some bite and a few goals. All fucking Rakitic does is safe passes, slower then a snail.

I like guys like Puig but players like him need an enforcer around. Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets was a once in a lifetime midfield. Also football is different now. The ball has to be moved quicker, the players need to be fitter and stronger.

Flame me all you want but I always wanted a more physical midfielder. Fabinho would have been perfect but Liverpool are alot smarter than us.
Nanggolan would be like an Edgar Davids for us.

Nainggolan is at Cagliari now lol

 

[Barcilliant]

Nainggolan is at Cagliari now lol

He's on loan from Inter.

 

[Barcilliant]

And in pretty good form too.

 

[Raketa10]

Nainggolan is not a player for Barca. He would be another Boateng here. Enough with that "loan old players" shit already and give some playing time to our youngsters!