Barca Transfers and Rumors

[Flavia]

So if Suarez is out you'd move our best centre back to striker position and ruin our whole team, ok.

Why would Suarez be out? The new striker is just to give him some rest, or add something new in games the team might be struggling to score. Gignac is not that player. I'd very much rather keep Munir, than bring players like gignac or llorente.

Munir is a crap option, that's why we're looking for a striker in the first place.

So is gignac. Better save the money. If not Munir, I'd still play Denis ahead of him.

 

[Hamzah]

Why would Suarez be out? The new striker is just to give him some rest, or add something new in games the team might be struggling to score. Gignac is not that player. I'd very much rather keep Munir, than bring players like gignac or llorente.

Suarez might get injured, that's why you need an actual natural nine to fill in, not play Munir or move our best defender to nine position (wtf), he can also rotate in vs small teams.

 

[DonAK]

Gignac is on high wages in Mexico and apparently had some personal issues so he got the hell away from Europe. Think he was blackmailed or something like that?

He won't come to sit his ass on the bench for pocket money and he showed himself to be more clumsy than Giroud at the Euro and I bet you most Frenchmen wish they had Lacazette or Gameiro instead of him there. If the point is just to get a targetman in the box then you could do the same with Llorente, who'd probably cost less, come for lower wages and do the same job. He scored 16 goals for Juventus the same year Gignac hit 20 I believe.

 

[Hamzah]

I'm not actually for signing gignac specifically but i think we should at that type of older experienced nine.

 

[serghei]

Either get a grade A talent at CF. Or get a guy who has actually scored some goals in his career. Nothing in between please. You're either going route A, or route B, not A and 3/4.

 

[Flavia]

Suarez might get injured, that's why you need an actual natural nine to fill in, not play Munir or move our best defender to nine position (wtf), he can also rotate in vs small teams.

Suarez rarely gets injured. Missed only 2 games for Barça in 2 seasons. And if he did, a player like gignac would'nt fill half of one of his shoes. That's not a good solution. Best to put Messi as cf.

 

[Hamzah]

Suarez rarely gets injured. Missed only 2 games for Barça in 2 seasons. And if he did, a player like gignac would'nt fill half of one of his shoes. That's not a good solution. Best to put Messi as cf.

Ok, we seem to be looking for different things. I literally just want emergency injury cover for Suarez, because if he's injured (it can happen to anyone) we don't have a replacement right now. In lucho's tactic you need an actual classic nine to push the defence back. Moving messi there as a false nine would be going back to our old tactic which is out of date.

You want a player that's too good to come and sit most of the time on the bench. You want a guy that's actually capable of competing with Suarez and offering something different, but remember every player that comes even the good one isn't fit to lace Suarez boots because he's the best striker in the world

For me our first team is fine, this window was just about signing backups for rotation and injury cover, because that's what cost us last season. We've done that well so far and only need one position, the number nine.

 

[Flavia]

Ok, we seem to be looking for different things. I literally just want emergency injury cover for Suarez, because if he's injured (it can happen to anyone) we don't have a replacement right now. In lucho's tactic you need an actual classic nine to push the defence back. Moving messi there as a false nine would be going back to our old tactic which is out of date.

You want a player that's too good to come and sit most of the time on the bench. You want a guy that's actually capable of competing with Suarez and offering something different, but remember every player that comes even the good one isn't fit to lace Suarez boots because he's the best striker in the world

For me our first team is fine, this window was just about signing backups for rotation and injury cover, because that's what cost us last season. We've done that well so far and only need one position, the number nine.

I agree with you there, actually. I just don't want gignac, specifically.

 

[serghei]

Ok, we seem to be looking for different things. I literally just want emergency injury cover for Suarez, because if he's injured (it can happen to anyone) we don't have a replacement right now. In lucho's tactic you need an actual classic nine to push the defence back. Moving messi there as a false nine would be going back to our old tactic which is out of date.

You want a player that's too good to come and sit most of the time on the bench. You want a guy that's actually capable of competing with Suarez and offering something different, but remember every player that comes even the good one isn't fit to lace Suarez boots because he's the best striker in the world

For me our first team is fine, this window was just about signing backups for rotation and injury cover, because that's what cost us last season. We've done that well so far and only need one position, the number nine.

Yea, I agree mostly. But in the signings we made, there will be soon at least 1 starter in there. Either Gomes or Umtiti or both.

 

[DonAK]

Wouldn't mind an experienced forward either as long as we sign someone like Gabriel Jesus too. Or at least plan to develop a young CF to replace him and provide Suarez with some real competition in a few years when that prospect is ready.

 

[serghei]

Wouldn't mind an experienced forward either as long as we sign someone like Gabriel Jesus too. Or at least plan to develop a young CF to replace him and provide Suarez with some real competition in a few years when that prospect is ready.

Call me crazy, but I'd develop Munir. There aren't many 20 years old players better than him atm. The ones who maybe are are going to other teams already. So, just keep Munir and give him minutes. Only problem is he is not exactly a CF.

 

[Caramel]

Gignac is on high wages in Mexico and apparently had some personal issues so he got the hell away from Europe. Think he was blackmailed or something like that?

He won't come to sit his ass on the bench for pocket money and he showed himself to be more clumsy than Giroud at the Euro and I bet you most Frenchmen wish they had Lacazette or Gameiro instead of him there. If the point is just to get a targetman in the box then you could do the same with Llorente, who'd probably cost less, come for lower wages and do the same job. He scored 16 goals for Juventus the same year Gignac hit 20 I believe.

You're right, french people were mad.
Gignac is trash.
If France had someone other than Giroud or Gignac they'd have won the Euro
I don't want Gigna anywhere near Barca. He's not even Arsenal level, why tf would we buy him
Keep that
If the only alternative is Gignac or the likes of him, i'd rather have Munir. That's how bad he is.

 

[Xavinho]

So, I haven't seen it reported that Robert has returned to Barcelona yet. Maybe he's in Rio contacting some of the U-23 forwards who are there for the olympics.

 

[God Serena]

Call me crazy, but I'd develop Munir. There aren't many 20 years old players better than him atm. The ones who maybe are are going to other teams already. So, just keep Munir and give him minutes. Only problem is he is not exactly a CF.

Actually, Munir IS a CF. He played as a winger for Juvenil A while Sanabria was here but all that dominance with Adama that earned him his fast-track to the first team was done primarily from the center. This "Not a CF" thing started because Lucho most often needed a sub there. His best performances last season were from CF, too. It's no coincidence that he scored against some teams you wouldn't expect him to while playing as our lone striker. I always thought one of the main reasons he's struggled has been he is not a winger. It's clear he doesn't have the capacity to beat his man on the dribble or make a cross, he wants to be the one to run into the box and make something happen. His tap ins and brief moments of brilliance in the box are no accident. I'm actually of the opinion that if we stop pretending he's "Not exactly a CF" and let him play as a CF, where he belongs, he'd do much better for us.

 

[BarcaJack]

Munir was a goal scorer with some "killer instinct" in La Masia. He may produce a flash of brilliance in the box and score a nice goal, or lose himself in the physical battle with strong CBs and miss easy tap-ins. Don't count on him to dribble past defenders and create chances in the difficult situations - he's not made for that. He's basically our own young version of Gonzalo Chokein and I hope we manage him better than RM did with Chokein.