Temptation
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Barca should buy Dybala and GLC(both cheap solutions) and just assemble my dream team at this point!
Agree, but there are just no real alternatives if you want to sign a LW with immediate impact. Kvara is a bum. Diaz is just good (noone should pay more than 50m for him and he will easily cost 100m+)... market sucks.Leao is one of those players other fans who only watch him in flashes rave about, but in truth he is a fucking nightmare when he is on your team and you watch him regularly.
Poor decision making, drifts out of games, not particularly clinical, no killer instinct what so ever, all finished off with a touch of apathy and lack of desire to be consistently elite.
He is like that super hot girl in the street that every single man wishes he could wife up, whereas her husband at home is absolutely sick to death of her due to her moaning all the time and how plain she looks without the make up.
Leah is a myth. An illusion. Some club will fall for it and pay 100m and regret it forever. Please let it not be us.
Barcelona working on deal for 17-year-old Chelsea and Bayern Munich target - Football España
Barcelona have increased their efforts to recruit the best and the brightest teenagers across the globe over the past 12 months, and it looks as if Ghanaian left-back David Oduro will be the focus of their attentions in coming months. The 17-year-old already plays regularly for Accra Lions in...www.football-espana.net
I think the expectations need to be lowered. At most we'll sign a DM and play one of the players we already have at LW, could be Ferran, could be Pedri or Gavi. It's not ideal but I don't we'll find an affordable LW this summer.
4-3-3 with Gundo as the advanced CM, Frenkie sitting behind with a defensive DM. Will be a setup with clear instructions, Frenkie in the buildup, DM to provide cover and Gundo to attack. Kind of how we would play with Christensen, Frenkie and Gundo.
Also, looking at the list of upcoming free agents I would consider Rafa Silva. Not exactly a LW but think he could play any position upfront depending on the system new coach will use. If we'll sign a Portuguese would def prefer him over Felix.
Forgot to answer this before.
One thing that's not mentioned in this article is that Oduro's current club (Accra Lions) is co-owned by a Bayern legend Lothar Matthaus so I think it's pretty likely he'll end up in Germany. Especially with Alphonso Davies probably leaving either this year or next when his contract expires Oduro would have a clear path to the first team minutes there if he's as talented as lot of people believe him to be.
Whether we'll get Oduro or not I do like club's efforts to sign African talents. Should also focus even more on South America too. Not so much on Brazil where youngsters are overpriced (and most also overrated) but countries like Uruguay (they were usually known more for their CBs and strikers but also had some pretty good midfielders over the last decade) and Ecuador. Maybe Colombia and Chile as well although both of those countries seem to struggle to produce quality youngsters lately. At least looking at their national teams they are full of older/oldish players. Doesn't mean we can't find a hidden gem somewhere though.
And in Europe I think there is a lot of talent that could be available for relatively cheap in Scandinavian countries. We missed out on Bergvall lately but surely other players with similar or maybe better potential will emerge somewhere in Sweden, Norway or Denmark. Just need to get them before they are snapped up by other bigger clubs or "development" clubs like Ajax, Dortmund and Brighton. Not easy but not impossible either. But something we should be doing in current situation when we can't just throw out 40 or 50 millions for the players like we used to in the past.
Looked at him before, but Benfica have an option to extend contract.
Both the US national team and MLS are rated higher than Saudi team and league. Facts.Infinitely more potential than American farmer league. I think they will keep spending just more cautiously. Guesswork of course
Where did you see that? It's not mentioned on TM and they usually have these clauses for most players. Would make some sense why I've not seen him linked to any club though. I think he's a good player who should generate some interest as a free agent.