Barca Transfers and Rumors

[Loki]

Liverpool have Darwin. 100m+ signing.

Wasn't he signed the same window Mane went to Bayern? Where is he a rotation signing then, if the goal was to replace Mane? Again, my point is to spend so much money for a clear rotation player on position 12-15. Not as a result of mediocre skills.

 

[jamrock]

He has 4 goals and 5 assists in 2100 minutes, that is a goal contribution every 233 minutes. To think he would gather the same minutes as Lamine and Rapha is a bold statement. I was all for signing him during the Euros, but for now he looks like a second James who lived with the hype of the Euros.
And his 4 goals were against Pilsen, Prag, Osasuna and Las Palmas. You need to be insane like Barto to pay over 100m+ for a player with these statistics, if you have financial difficulties as well as Rapha and Lamine as wingers.
The only reason, the absolute only reason considering to buy him is in the hope he's more worth. But that is a gamble Barca can't afford now in my opinion.

And a nice list, but I meant specific examples of teams who have a 100m package player and rotate him between starting and bench. It would really interest me how many there are in teams not sponsored by oil states.
The "maybe paid less because early" doesn't count here, as his pricetag is the main criteria for this discussion, so I ask again, which players cost over a 100m with fee and wages to be in a player 12-15 rotation.

Wasting my time on this for the last time.

All those clubs have high quality players coming off the bench that are basically starts.

The fact that Liverpool paid 45m for Jota a few years ago, doesn't diminish the point.

You are simply way off on this one.

The fact that you liked him after the euros and not now just speaks to your ability to evaluate talent.

Not one club can find a player with similar upside to Williams for 60m.

Buy Williams for 60m
David on a free.

Sell
Raph to whoever next summer for 80+
Bring in striker.

It's called being strategic.
Glad Deco and laporta agrees and will spend money on a LW this summer and not a striker, summer isn't the time for that

 

[jamrock]

Could also go for Alex Baena. But he ain't your out and out dribbling wideman.

6g/5a LaLiga this season.
2g/15a LaLiga last season.

60m BO same as Nico, but wage would likely be lower.

No player we can sign today for the attack for less than 50m.

 

[jamrock]

If someone things Nico will be some Torres level bench player, I don't know what to do with that.

 

[Porque]

Wasn't he signed the same window Mane went to Bayern? Where is he a rotation signing then, if the goal was to replace Mane? Again, my point is to spend so much money for a clear rotation player on position 12-15. Not as a result of mediocre skills.

Then I raise you Ferran Torres. Another 100m Fee+Wages rotation player



Liverpool Frontline
1. Jota - 44.7m gdp
2. Nunez - 85m gdp
3. Chiesa - 12m gdp
4. Salah - 42m gdp
5. Gakpo - 42m gdp
6. Diaz - 53m gdp

Barcelona Frontline
1. Lewandowski - 45m
2. Raphinha - 58m
3. Lamine - Academy
4. Ferran - 55m

I could do a deep dive into other teams depths and transfer values but I think it is highly visible that unless you count Fati and Pau Victor as genuine options, that we clearly lack depth for three competitions and that 50m+ is the going rate for such an option.

5 good/top players should be the absolute minimum.

 

[Andresito]

Lookman contract out in 2026 so could be a cheapish option.

 

[jamrock]

Then I raise you Ferran Torres. Another 100m Fee+Wages rotation player



Liverpool Frontline
1. Jota - 44.7m gdp
2. Nunez - 85m gdp
3. Chiesa - 12m gdp
4. Salah - 42m gdp
5. Gakpo - 42m gdp
6. Diaz - 53m gdp

Barcelona Frontline
1. Lewandowski - 45m
2. Raphinha - 58m
3. Lamine - Academy
4. Ferran - 55m

I could do a deep dive into other teams depths and transfer values but I think it is highly visible that unless you count Fati and Pau Victor as genuine options, that we clearly lack depth for three competitions and that 50m+ is the going rate for such an option.

Exactly pretty easy stuff, if you just take a look at these teams squads, no big data mining about 100m all in needs to be done.

They all have players in that 40-60m range on the "bench".

 

[Loki]

Then I raise you Ferran Torres. Another 100m Fee+Wages rotation player



Liverpool Frontline
1. Jota - 44.7m gdp
2. Nunez - 85m gdp
3. Chiesa - 12m gdp
4. Salah - 42m gdp
5. Gakpo - 42m gdp
6. Diaz - 53m gdp

Barcelona Frontline
1. Lewandowski - 45m
2. Raphinha - 58m
3. Lamine - Academy
4. Ferran - 55m

I could do a deep dive into other teams depths and transfer values but I think it is highly visible that unless you count Fati and Pau Victor as genuine options, that we clearly lack depth for three competitions and that 50m+ is the going rate for such an option.

5 good/top players should be the absolute minimum.

It's no surprise Liverpool has much more quality depth than us if you compare the financial possibilities. We're on a 1:3/1:4 rule for years now and only made it to 1:1 this window.

 

[Andresito]

Btw, Ferran would be the perfect backup if he was what we expected. LW, CF, RW all covered then. Shame

 

[jamrock]

Torres is aect weually a solid backup, I don't think back ups should cost 65m, but is what it is with him at this point.

If you could trust him the way you trust a Jota, it would be great, but with him you just know he's gonna fuck up eventually.

Nico would be a whole level above just a back up and we are getting him for 60m.

that deal is a easy yes, unless someone can come up with a striker with could sign for 60m who would be a starter.

 

[Porque]

It's no surprise Liverpool has much more quality depth than us if you compare the financial possibilities. We're on a 1:3/1:4 rule for years now and only made it to 1:1 this window.

Hopefully now we have reached 1:1 we can sign the right personnel and also afford it if it turns out to be a slight miss ala Darwin, Doku, Havertz etc.

 

[DonAK]

Could also go for Alex Baena. But he ain't your out and out dribbling wideman.

6g/5a LaLiga this season.
2g/15a LaLiga last season.

60m BO same as Nico, but wage would likely be lower.

He's just the wrong profile for what this teams needs imo.

 

[ZenI]

How much ya think Diaz would be?

 

[khaled_a_d]

Liverpool have Darwin. 100m+ signing.

If we ignore the EPL then even Atleti have pumped 130m in transfer fees excl wages to add Sorloth and Alvarez to their attack of Riquelme, Correo, Simeone, Griezmann, Lemar.

Just way more depth.

Atletico attack has only one player who were bought for 35M+ and that is Alvarez.
Barca has Torres, Lewa & Raphinha.
They have more depth because of the cheaper signings, not because they go and keep buying players for 60M for depth.

No one is saying we shouldn't be making depth signing, but Nico signing likely means another one signing summer like last year. Just after 2023 when we essentially added one player beyond one season. That's not how you add depth.

 

[draconifire]

Lookman contract out in 2026 so could be a cheapish option.

This is the signing I see as feasible and a better deal, considering our situation.

He would slot in perfectly as a backup to Raph, Lewa, or even Yamal. He would not cost a huge amount in wages, and he is good enough to bench Lewa.
If he doesn't sign a new contract, I see Atalanta letting him go for around the same price as Nico while he will fetch a much lesser wage bill, and he will cover every position in the attack.
Honestly a no-brainer.