Barca Transfers and Rumors

[Vilarrubi]

Thing with this season is, we should accept teething problems. At least 4/5 of first 11 need changing and chances of all the replacements being successful straight away is 0%. Hope Koeman has the balls to do it and stick to it if it starts looking ugly.

 

[George_Costanza]

I understand it but what happens when we lose possession in the opponent's half? I suppose you'd say we're playing really high up the pitch and so they'd be forced to hit it long

The 3-5-2 teams usually dominate the midfield with the extra player and use wide players (could be wingers or wide or outside midfield like Coutinho) to exploit attacking space. You could use a defensive triangle or attacking triangle (the formation I have put). The 3-5-2 is a complex setup, not straight forward like 4-3-3, 4-4-2 and you will need an experienced wide midfielder more than young winger to make it work.

 

[SeloBarca]

Atal is a beast. He would be first pick for me.
Griezmann as a winger is a big no, especially LW.

Cant believe i forgot Fati /facepalm
Should ofcourse be playing instead of Griezmann, which should be sold imo, but wont be

 

[Jay Jay]

Thiago and Alaba for around 70M....

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Alaba still our target? Does he still want to join Barca?

 

[DonAK]

Alaba still our target? Does he still want to join Barca?

Close to renewing with Bayern now.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Close to renewing with Bayern now.

I guess 8-2 killed his motivation to sign with Barca.

 

[jairzinho]

I guess 8-2 killed his motivation to sign with Barca.

Not necessarily. It depends on the offer. He spoke about wanting to join Barca/Madrid before if the right offer comes in.

 

[FCBfan22]

Estupi??n and Nouri are options for the full-back positions. For the midfield spot, Bar?a cannot afford Van de Beek or Fabi?n so they'll have to look for an alternative. [md]

 

[Xaviniesta]

After the meeting between Koeman and Ramon Planes this morning, the coach has asked the sports director for a CB, 2 full-backs to cover the possible departures, a midfielder and a center-forward.[MD, Gabriel Sans]

 

[Xaviniesta]

dream: soyuncu, alaba, ricardo pereira, aouar/wijnaldum, thuram

reality: eric garcia, lautaro, angelino

 

[FC433]

^
mine would be Upamecano (get Garcia for free next season), Dest, Angelino (love his crosses), Camavinga/ Soumare/ Aouar/ Donny in that order and a LW (never watched Thuram, but he seems quite good on paper, of course)

 

[Ritchie]

Thing with this season is, we should accept teething problems. At least 4/5 of first 11 need changing and chances of all the replacements being successful straight away is 0%. Hope Koeman has the balls to do it and stick to it if it starts looking ugly.

A bit like Rijkaard's first season. Barca were actually 12th going into January but recovered to 72 points and runners up.

That team needed a big rebuild and it was Ronaldinho and Davids (from Jan) that made the big impact. Iniesta was promoted and got game time. Valdes became number 1 keeper. Marquez and Van Bronckhorst part of the new defence. Quaresma signed.

3-5 signings need to come in for the first team and do well and a couple of youngsters (Fati/Puig) to join a new look Barca, maybe Coutinho back and hopefully Dembele available. It might just be the jolt the oldies who stay needed.

 

[jairzinho]

A bit like Rijkaard's first season. Barca were actually 12th going into January but recovered to 72 points and runners up.

That team needed a big rebuild and it was Ronaldinho and Davids (from Jan) that made the big impact. Iniesta was promoted and got game time. Valdes became number 1 keeper. Marquez and Van Bronckhorst part of the new defence. Quaresma signed.

You have a really good memory. Davids was a huge boost for the club back then. The team improved a lot with his aggression and energy. Laporta was under immense pressure but gradually the team improved. They even managed to beat Madrid in the Bernabeu iirc. Nice memories.

 

[Ritchie]

You have a really good memory. Davids was a huge boost for the club back then. The team improved a lot with his aggression and energy. Laporta was under immense pressure but gradually the team improved. They even managed to beat Madrid in the Bernabeu iirc. Nice memories.

I checked Wikipedia for the ins and outs that year but remember the huge boost Davids gave that January and that really helped Ronaldinho, Maequez and the team kick on. Quaresma never worked out but the others did eventually.

I remember reading in Graham Hunter's book about how Cruyff kept saying to Laporte that if you stay patient Rijkaard will deliver. Most presidents would have sacked him before the turnaround and it would have been back to square one.