Barça's Transfers and Rumors

[Hamzah]

You realise there's no WC players available in January, so you prefer to go the whole season with our current options?

 

[Learo]

You realise there's no WC players available in January, so you prefer to go the whole season with our current options?

If there are no better players than Bartra and Bagnack in January, then we should not waste money in January. But this whole talk of January is just a smokescreen IMO, so I dont expect anything in January.

 

[Hamzah]

I see where you're coming from now. You're right it's probably bullshit anyway. We're fucked defensively for this season now anyway we didn't do our job this summer.

 

[Meitux]

If there are no better players than Bartra and Bagnack in January, then we should not waste money in January. But this whole talk of January is just a smokescreen IMO, so I dont expect anything in January.

Both Bartra and Bagnack can't step up the challenge yet. Bartra needs to be given on loan to have a full season with loads of minutes and for Bagnack is simply too early for this challenge, he can only provide depth and rotation for some small games to gain some experience. The difference with other young players is that most of the already known had already full seasons while Bartra was a squad player.. so you can't compare really.

 

[AvocadoCake]

No he doesn't. He will play in the lesser games so that the main guys get a rest and don't get injured for the bigger matches, then the next season we can develop him. Then the season after he may be a full starter.

Or do you think it's possible to buy a WC player in January and play him straight away? Football unfortunately doesn't work like that.

Vidic was bough during a January transfer window. Inigo Martinez would probably be much cheaper in January (albeit ineligible for CL games, I think)

 

[ebc_99]

They are opponent analysts, the talent scouts are still the same.

I didn't know that, Damn you Zubi.

 

[Learo]

Both Bartra and Bagnack can't step up the challenge yet. Bartra needs to be given on loan to have a full season with loads of minutes and for Bagnack is simply too early for this challenge, he can only provide depth and rotation for some small games to gain some experience. The difference with other young players is that most of the already known had already full seasons while Bartra was a squad player.. so you can't compare really.

Thats true. Bartra and Bagnack do have an advantage in that they have more experience playing defense in our system though. One option of course could be to sign Doria in January when the Brazilian league is already over and Botafogo will be more interested in negotiating. But knowing us, this is totally unrealistic.

 

[Learo]

Vidic was bough during a January transfer window. Inigo Martinez would probably be much cheaper in January (albeit ineligible for CL games, I think)

Yes, the Russian (where Vidic came from) and Brazilian leagues are options in January when they have a break, but we are talking about Barca here. We dont have scouts and Zubi probably havent heard about 99% of players playing there.

 

[Hamzah]

Vidic wasn't a WC player at that time though. What I'm thinking is the best option now is to get a talent in January and he could become a great player like Vidic.

 

[Learo]

Vidic wasn't a WC player at that time though. What I'm thinking is the best option now is to get a talent in January and he could become a great player like Vidic.

The best option is of course to sign someone now (and not someone Zubi has seen playing for Chelsea, Liverpool, City or Arsenal!!). Lets hope that the laughable talk of waiting until the January window is just a smart ploy to improve our position in the transfer market to make us sound less desperate.

 

[Zincubus]

The best option is of course to sign someone now (and not someone Zubi has seen playing for Chelsea, Liverpool, City or Arsenal!!). Lets hope that the laughable talk of waiting until the January window is just a smart ploy to improve our position in the transfer market to make us sound less desperate.

Well Luiz doesn't even make the Chelsea squad today so I'm still hoping we get him .

I mentioned a while back that Jose loves John Terry , the early reports were that Jose didn't rate Luiz or Mata and neither start today with Jose preferring De Bruyne over Mata !!

 

[Meitux]

Well Luiz doesn't even make the Chelsea squad today so I'm still hoping we get him .

I mentioned a while back that Jose loves John Terry , the early reports were that Jose didn't rate Luiz or Mata and neither start today with Jose preferring De Bruyne over Mata !!

Luiz wasn't fit to play and got an extra rest...why can't you understand that Chelsea doesn't want to sell Luiz and the put a huge price just to make us lose our interest?

I suppose you actually want to believe those rumours even if they are not true just for us get an overrated defender like Luiz...

 

[Zincubus]

Chill mate .
We all the right to express a viewpoint . You don't have to agree with it but don't get stroppy .
The high price tag may be to get more money from us - at a guess .

 

[Meitux]

I didn't attack you but you can't find always an excuse of saying that Mourinho doesn't rate Luiz when clearly he never said that. In the end when Luiz will stay it will be proved pointless thinking of all this.

 

[Zincubus]

I didn't attack you but you can't find always an excuse of saying that Mourinho doesn't rate Luiz when clearly he never said that. In the end when Luiz will stay it will be proved pointless thinking of all this.

But until then anything can happen even on deadline days . Who saw us signing Ibra when we did ??? If , god forbid , we concede some stupid goals in the early games we may be forced into acting .

As regards Luiz being injured . Seems funny that Luiz / Saurez / Rooney :/ Bale all seem to be carrying injuries .