Arturo Vidal

[Jakabor]

Very surprised at the harsh reaction here.

They sold Paulinho for 50 M, and now they're buying Vidal (a much better player) for 30 M. 20 M would have been better, but IMO that's a good solution.

He won't be a starter in the biggest matches, but he will be a good player to sub in and start the occasional La Liga/Copa match.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Who would have thought the much talked about new midfielder we will be signing is Arturo Vidal a couple of months ago?

This one is on Valverde.

 

[Givenchy]

got a bad feeling we'll be seeing..

--------------MaTS
-----Bob-Pique-Umtiti-Alba
Coutinho-Vidal-Busi-Malcom
---------Suarez-Messi

and yes you are reading that right, Coutinho on the right again

 

[Jakabor]

The guy who said Messi fears him just a few months back? Yeah right lmao.

Ehm, he actually has a lot of respect for Leo.

He is a character that likes to speak. Deal with it.

 

[serghei]

Valverde didn't rest until he got his 30 years old+ player it seems. It had to happen. Segura probably went along right away with this to prove Thiago that we'd rather take his older, alcoholic and not-too-bright teammate than take him back to Barcelona.

But... for a good fee... and not too many years on his contract... not the worst deal ever for sure. Paulinho bracket.

 

[God Serena]

He is a messi fanboy and hates madrid

Spoiler: spoiler

Arda said the same thing...

 

[Hamzah]

A world class workhorse that combines stamina, physicality, defending and skill. A better version of paulinho.

Injury prone and past his prime but exactly the type of workhorse you want in your squad

 

[DonAK]

Ehm, he actually has a lot of respect for Leo.

He is a character that likes to speak. Deal with it.

 

[te amo barca]

Nice. Having a combative midfielder in our arsenal won't hurt us. I am worried that there will not be enough playing time for all the midfielders we have though. If we buy Wague, we will have too many central midfielders. Guess this confirms that EV will deploy his 4-4-2 with 4 cms as often as he did in the previous season.

 

[Hamzah]

This is the type of thug you need in champions league. Roma away wouldn’t have happened on his watch.

 

[DonAK]

Nice. Having a combative midfielder in our arsenal won't hurt us. I am worried that there will not be enough playing time for all the midfielders we have though. If we buy Wague, we will have too many central midfielders. Guess this confirms that EV will deploy his 4-4-2 with 4 cms as often as he did in the previous season.

Damn I hope not.

This is the type of thug you need in champions league. Roma away wouldn’t have happened on his watch.

This is the thug who choked for Bayern in every important CL tie he played for them getting sent off with this thuggish displays.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Very surprised at the harsh reaction here.

They sold Paulinho for 50 M, and now they're buying Vidal (a much better player) for 30 M. 20 M would have been better, but IMO that's a good solution.

He won't be a starter in the biggest matches, but he will be a good player to sub in and start the occasional La Liga/Copa match.

And paying 30m for a bench player who will hardly be used is a good situation?

 

[serghei]

Nice. Having a combative midfielder in our arsenal won't hurt us. I am worried that there will not be enough playing time for all the midfielders we have though. If we buy Wague, we will have too many central midfielders. Guess this confirms that EV will deploy his 4-4-2 with 4 cms as often as he did in the previous season.

We have too many wingers as well. Let's hope there will be serious rotations and we keep being fresh and intense for the full lenght of the season, instead of dropping off a cliff come march fitness wise.

 

[DonAK]

Well Valverde got his players.

FGS please don't play that shitty 4-4-2 again.

 

[Joan]

Don't fool yourselves, Vidal's going to start every match he's ready to.

I'm not against a workhorse signing, but this is depressing.