Swaping players and weaken us in other position(s) we'll need to address to get another forward who will be misused is just stupid. I prefer to keep Griezmann and use money for improving other positions if Suarez will stay (which he will). Then hopefully Suarez will leave in 2021 and the new president will bring us Haaland.
Your proposal having multiple players swap deal is as unlikely as it gets. Even player+money for player swaps don't happen often for a reason. This is not NBA/NHL where clubs have much more power in trades than players (except those who have NTC in their contracts). In football the teams must first agree on the players valuation, then players must agree to join a new team which includes a lot of negotiations between both teams and agents. And in the end it's enough for just one player to reject for everything to fall apart.
I'm not really a fan of either Semedo nor Arthur and would sell them for the right money IF we would smartly invest that into a stronger CM and a CB. Which I don't expect us to do so better keep them. I don't know details of his contract but it seems Betis doesn't want to let Emerson return before 2021 and I don't see any other RB that would clearly improve us available for affordable price.
I like Firpo more than probably most people here and would keep him. Alba will stay a starter like it or not (as will other amigos) and he's good enough for a backup and could even surprise us in a full year under his former coach. Certainly better than signing a PSG reject like Kurzawa on a 5-year contract which we couldn't get rid off in a year or two.
Alena doesn't really have much value and with us likely losing Vidal and Raki I'd keep him as a cheap 5th/6th midfielder.
Cucurella is not our player anymore, Getafe will buy him so we can't really include him in another deal. He would probably fit into Conte's 3-5-2 as a LWB but I don't think he's good enough for them.
You are probably right. I am also against weakening our squad in order to sign Martinez. That was not my idea. Gazzetta Delo Sport was saying it. Now, how much of rumor that can be nobody don't know, but I can assure you one thing. Bartomeu and Abidal are working 24/7 to bring in Martinez. I am not against that. He is one of the best central forwards in Europe at the moment, but very overrated and overpaid. If his price tag was around 45-50 M, I wouldn't mind, but for 111 M, no way.
Man your brain is going to become toast if you are to believe every transfer rumour. Read it, sit back, relax and don't think too much about it unless at least 3 different medias say the same thing. Too much bullshit when football isn't played. Almost half of our squad has been involved in a Lautaro deal, the second half is probably going to be rumoured in the coming weeks.
Swap deals are automatic discard, especially with multiple players.
Swap deal may be discard, but they have happened , so we will see. Martinez to Barcelona rumors are all over the Net this days. From Italy, to England, to Spain and France. It is not only one electronic media writing about it. There are multiple.
Since Barcelona board decided against signing of Neymar, the only rumor that is still circulating is the one for Lautaro. One way or another, Bartomeu has decided to bring him to Camp Nou and we all know that he is not willing to pay 111 M for him. We also know that Konte is open on taking some Barcelona players in the package for Lautaro. Personally, I would love the swap Griezmann for Martinez and most likely that will be the scenario, but as "Messi983" has sad, the Frenchman has to agree to that. It is too bad that the clubs in Europe don't have the power of the Americans.
