Barca Transfers and Rumors

[JamDav1982]

Haaland will score a lot of goals. Dortmund create way too many chances for him to not do that. But what happens when he leaves BVB is another story.

If Solskj?r is still in Manchester in 2021 I think he goes there.

If Man Utd have Martial and Greenwood getting better and better they wont invest what it would take to get Haaland dont think.

Probably end up at Bayern to replace Lewandowski or Real.

 

[serghei]

Real is my bet. Bayern won't pay up. Madrid won't get Mbappe, so they will go all in on Haaland.

 

[DonAK]

It helps having ?degaard there. Depends on if Florentino want to deal with Raiola though.

 

[JamDav1982]

Real is my bet. Bayern won't pay up. Madrid won't get Mbappe, so they will go all in on Haaland.

Bayern will spend money if needed and if Lewandowski goes and they see him as replacement they would pay up in my opinion but he may well move before that anyway.

 

[serghei]

It helps having ?degaard there. Depends on if Florentino want to deal with Raiola though.

He's worth the hassle.

 

[messi2140]

Don't see Real being able to afford Mbappe and Haaland. Bayern might be a worry though.

 

[Messi983]

I've suggested Depay as a potential target before Koeman was officially hired. He ticks a lot of boxes imo.

1. with his contract expiring next year he shouldn't be too expensive
2. he's in his prime years. Can't really count on Dembele (until proven otherwise) and our only other true wingers are Fati and Trincao who are both still pretty inexperienced. At the same time he's also not someone who would have a guaranteed spot in the lineup so Fati would still get enough minutes.
3. he's versatile and could also play as a striker if Suarez (hopefully) leaves.
4. he has failed as a youngster at United so he'll want to prove himself at another big club after getting his career back on track at Lyon.
5. Koeman obviously knows Depay and can get the best out of him.

I wouldn't go crazy about him but if we can get him for around 30m I wouldn't mind him. I like Braithwaite but even if Depay wouldn't be a starter he would still be a clear upgrade over MB and improve overall depth/quality of the team. I assume we can sell him to EPL for 15m so we'd basicaly make a swap MB+15m for Depay which wouldn't be a bad move at all.

 

[FC433]

^
25m should be enough and I agree with you. Sell both Braithwaite and Suarez and buy Depay, seems good.

 

[Messi983]

Also, if Koeman is serious about 5-6 more new players (which I find unlikely) then from a financial standpoint Lautaro can't be one of those (even if we manage to negotiate his price down to 80-90m).

Garcia 15m
VDB 35m+Suarez
Depay 30m
Dest 20m/Emerson 15m

would improve the team more than spending 100m on Lautaro. Wait for him until next year or find a better and/or cheaper target in the meantime.

 

[messi2140]

Depay's season Heatmap

Depay's heatmap of a couple of games under Koeman

Messi's season heatmap

Griez season heatmap:

None of these players like to play in the the pen box or make runs. They all like to roam around the box with the ball at their feet . We were already arguing last year How Griez and Messi will never work and now you want to add Depay to it.

 

[KingLeo10]

Depay's season Heatmap

Depay's heatmap of a couple of games under Koeman

Messi's season heatmap

Griez season heatmap:

None of these players like to play in the the pen box or make runs. They all to roam around the box with the ball at their feet . We were already arguing last year How Griez and Messi will never work and now you want to add Depay to it.

Do these players know we have to score goals to win games?

 

[DonAK]

Lautaro Martinez who people say is not a striker has the heat map of an actual striker lol.

 

[messi2140]

Do these players know we have to score goals to win games?

Exactly.

Here is the heatmap of player we actually need Haaland:

 

[Messi983]

I don't care about heatmaps from players playing in other teams under different systems. They'll play where a coach will instruct them to play, unless they are Messi.

 

[DonAK]

Exactly.

Here is the heatmap of player we actually need Haaland:

Lautaro:

I don't care about heatmaps from players playing in other teams under different systems. They'll play where a coach will instruct them to play, unless they are Messi.

Well, that's the problem. Memphis' natural position is where Griezmann presumably will play.