KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
Not worth it IMO.
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Not worth it IMO.
Sumlit
San Claudio Bravo
He's a nice player, he's got skills. But IMO he looks more like a wing midfielder or wing forward. He is a fullback as much as Jordi Alba is a fullback.
He is a nice versatile player, and he could be played in many different positions. He has a lot of pace, has good dribbling, and has a strong and sudden strike. He would be an excellent rotation player, much better than Adriano in this regard. I just don't like him for a starter. He strikes me as a jack of all trades, master of none. Basically an Adriano upgrade.
Alarcón
New member
No, Vidal is not "much" better, and he doesn't fit our style of play either. Gündogan would be the closest to Xavi we could get.
Sumlit
San Claudio Bravo
Gundogan would be a better fit, but Vidal would be an excellent player for us. Vidal would definitely fit in this team, specially with the increased focus on more direct speed based style of play. Both would instantly revitalize our midfield.
I'd take any, and both.
Alarcón
New member
Our players and especially our canteranos are much more suited to tiki-taka than a more direct style of play and this is evidenced by the fact that Fàbregas - one of the best players in the world - still hasn't permanently set a foot in the team despite being here for over 2 years and in spite of much needed changes in midfield. In the past few matches, we played many long balls (which I reckon is a direct coaching order) and they never resulted in anything but losing possession, so I honestly don't think that this is the way we're heading - rather the opposite as soon as Tata realises that the new, more direct tactics don't really work for us. That's why I think Gündogan would be a much better fit for our midfield and he could become a very important part in the revitalisation of our "original" style of play, which is, in my opinion, still the best, if executed correctly.
Added to that, Vidal just renewed his contract, so we would have to splash a lot of money on him, while Gündogan's contract runs out in 2015 and he's constantly refusing to renew it.
Barcilliant
Senior Member
Sorry but Gundogan is going to RM. A big problem Barca will face is tring to recruit top players. MOST players will see Barca as a spent force.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
No players will avoid Barca as they think they are a 'spent force' if anything if they think that it is one of the best times for a new player to join.
What may put players off that you are given virtually no freedom to express yourself as Messi is far and away the main man and older players like Xavi and to an extent Iniesta wont give up on their style of play which inhibits a lot of the other players.
KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
Says who? Certainly not after how they treated Sahin and Ozil.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
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Flavia
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Barcelona midfielder Alex Song (26) is one of the transfer options of Italian club Napoli ahead of the January transfer window. [sky]
Rafa could take Song and Masch, and give us Zuniga and Higuain
Rafa could take Song and Masch, and give us Zuniga and Higuain
ZenI
Professor Balthazar
Sure Maggio would be great backup, but he's 1 year older than Alves. We need young and energetic new players, not 30+ players.
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