Barca Transfers and Rumors

[FinBarcelonafan]

Our squad in 2014/15 was

Neymar Suarez Messi

Iniesta Busquets Rakitic

Alba Mascherano Pique Roberto

MTS

We spent since then: 934m that is right.

Our squad in 2019/20

Griezmann Suarez Messi

FDJ Busquets Rakitic

Alba CL Pique Roberto

MTS

That is very sad.

Switch Arthur with Raki and it's bit better

 

[KingLeo10]

Our squad in 2014/15 was

Neymar Suarez Messi

Iniesta Busquets Rakitic

Alba Mascherano Pique Roberto

MTS

We spent since then: 934m that is right.

Our squad in 2019/20

Griezmann Suarez Messi

FDJ Busquets Rakitic

Alba CL Pique Roberto

MTS

That is very sad.

Are you sure about the 934 M? Seems insanely high. I'd have guessed closer to 600-700 M.

 

[FC433]

^
we have got about 595m from selling players = that is 339/5 seasons = about 68m per season that is fantastic. Despite our poor decisions, we did not do that bad financially. Important to note though that I did not count the add-ons: https://www.transfermarkt.com/fc-barcelona/alletransfers/verein/131

 

[Barcilliant]

Our squad in 2014/15 was

Neymar Suarez Messi

Iniesta Busquets Rakitic

Alba Mascherano Pique Roberto

MTS

We spent since then: 934m that is right.

Our squad in 2019/20

Griezmann Suarez Messi

FDJ Busquets Rakitic

Alba CL Pique Roberto

MTS

That is very sad.

Alves was still here at rb.

 

[FC433]

^
you are right. Thank you.

I enjoyed building this team:


Werner could play CF while Dembele LW/ Coutinho at LW.
Upamecano is another option and there is also Koulibaly if Napoli does not qualify for the CL.
Coutinho/ Dembele for Sane who has one year left if possible. There is alos Willian.

And definitely switch the formation to 433/ 352 to fit certain players, for example, Arthur.

 

[Andrew M]

IMO you'd need another dynamic midfielder in there^

 

[FC433]

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Soumaré is quite good on the ball. He is a better version of Ndombele can play CDM/ CM box to box. Quite skillful, but does not score/ shoot. I would like an attacking CM, but we already got Coutinho and there is not anyone in the market who is worth getting just yet.

 

[Riordon]

Looks nice and I agree with lots of it. I like Werner and we lack runners in behind but could be ideal if he could create with the ball aswell. Richarlison is also someone I would consider for that position. Sane aswell.

Soumare is essential but with all of Europe after him and no rumors linking him to us, I doubt it

 

[gasgas]

Looks nice and I agree with lots of it. I like Werner and we lack runners in behind but could be ideal if he could create with the ball aswell. Richarlison is also someone I would consider for that position. Sane aswell.

Soumare is essential but with all of Europe after him and no rumors linking him to us, I doubt it

We have enough people who love to pass the ball. We need runners. See how the dynamic changes when Vidal plays. He runs

 

[Riordon]

We have enough people who love to pass the ball. We need runners. See how the dynamic changes when Vidal plays. He runs

I agree but with “create with the ball”, I meant dribbling/carrying not passing. That’s why it would be ideal if we could find a LW who can run and dribble like Neymar, Mane and Son (I don’t want those guys btw). Werner is more of a true runner.

Our biggest problem and it has been for a long time is a lack of runners. Notice our only attacking pattern (Messi-Alba) is due to a runner

 

[Riordon]

Richarlison/Werner, Soumare, CB, Esteves would be my summer. I would want an offensive midfielder, ideally Ziyech, but if we can't sell Coutinhin, lets go for him.

4231 (much like maldhowayanr)

Griezmann
Richarlison/Werner - Messi - Dembele/Trincao
De Jong-Soumare
Firpo - CB - Pique - Semedo

433

Richarlison/Werner - Griezmann - Messi
Coutinho
De Jong - Soumare
Firpo - Cb - Pique - Semedo

Looks good to me, two men in midfield with great stamina who can covers lots of distance, two forwards who run and press a lot, runners in behind.

 

[Andresito]

When you're doing a 4-2-3-1 you need extra consideration for the wingers.

Messi CAM is never going to be 4-2-3-1, but rather a 4-4-2 where the wingers won't have as much freedom as they would in a classical 4-2-3-1.

 

[Riordon]

When you're doing a 4-2-3-1 you need extra consideration for the wingers.

Messi CAM is never going to be 4-2-3-1, but rather a 4-4-2 where the wingers won't have as much freedom as they would in a classical 4-2-3-1.

True and same hold for the 433 as he dont stay on the right

Messi forces you to play 442 if you have a centerforward in there, he is a tactical nightmare who needs to be compensated

 

[Messi983]

Can’t they sell / offload players ( cough Rakitic) to offset the £100 million ?

It was reported a month or two ago we need to sell for 100m to cover for our expenses in the last few years. Since then we've "sold" Perez, A.Marques and Ruiz for around 30m and 40m for Malcom is also included in this season since he was sold in August so we're still around 30m short. And we need to sell before July 1 when a new season/fiscal year starts. So we would need to cover for whatever we would additionally spend now in a very limited time and we don't really have a lot of options to sell. We won't find a buyer for Coutinho soon nor for Dembele coming off another injury. We can sell Vidal for around 15-20m but we'll probably hold onto him in hope for better offers (or to try including him in the Lautaro deal which can only still happen in July when his clause is set at 111m) and also until we bring another midfielder. Raki doesn't want to leave Spain so maybe we'll manage to ship him to AM or Sevilla for 15-20m but there is no guarantee for this either. Anyway, we are nowhere close to get guaranteed around 130m so we could easily spend them 100m on Richarlison. The only way this deal could've worked is if it would be a loan with buy-option but then again why would Everton sell their key player during the season if they wouldn't get money immediately?

^
you are right. Thank you.

I enjoyed building this team:


Werner could play CF while Dembele LW/ Coutinho at LW.
Upamecano is another option and there is also Koulibaly if Napoli does not qualify for the CL.
Coutinho/ Dembele for Sane who has one year left if possible. There is alos Willian.

And definitely switch the formation to 433/ 352 to fit certain players, for example, Arthur.

I think it's time to move on from both Dembele and Coutinho. We won't get much for them but at least we can free up a lot of money by getting rid off their wages. Bring a veteran like Willian who can cover both RW and AMC (in those rare games Messi doesn't play) and give a lot of playing time to Trincao to see what we have in him. Also, Suarez, Pique and Busi will all still be here and 95% at least two of them will be starters in most games so nothing will really change, except Pique will maybe do a bit better with a faster more athletic CB alongside him and we would have a bit more depth in attack. Umtiti should be sold as well unless he'll stay healthy for the rest of this season and get close to his pre-injury form. I could see him being motivated enough to get a spot for Euro to do exactly this but then again he's also stupid enough to force playing through injuries again at Euro so if he would actually raise his value a bit over the next few months l'd sell him for whatever we can get before he's injured again.

 

[Riordon]

100m for Richarlison is way to much. At most I would pay 70m. If he is going to cost anything more than that, I would pass. I have come to the conclusion that we should stop these 100m transfers, they simply dont work for us unless its a Neymar/Mbappe type of player.