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Ritchie

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Jombi said:
Buying crap players is of course also a big problem. But Song is an international (and has been great for West Ham). So is Caceres and others. Our rejects are usually internationals. Is Albiol really that much better to warrant such extraordinary sums of money? Or is Morata such an amazing player who have contributed so much more than Bojan for Stoke? Di Maria should never cost more than Cesc who had a fantastic reputation in the EPL. We have basically helped Mourinho twice now by handing him Eto+50m for Zlatan and now Cesc on the cheap.

I would hate to see us sell Pedro for less than we bought Vermaelen for. If we cant get at least 30m for Pedro, we should keep him as he is very valuable for us.
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Regarding Bojan/Morata, that was just the club being ridiculous with a daft buyback arrangement. He was originally sold for a lot of money to Roma (similar to Morata with inflation factored in) but then Barca had to buy him back after he flopped in Italy. Had he made a great impact (as expected) it would have proved shrewd. Real have been more sensible in selling Morata but with an optional buy back. Barca have to be more canny with transfers.

With regards to Song, then time will tell in the summer. The way he started the season we'd have easily got 15 million offers in the summer from England and still might but he's been quite poor for a while. He's on a stupidly high salary as well which put off people last summer. Barca are far too lavish with their contracts.

It's also a case of selling at the right time. Barca would never have entertained selling Alves, Iniesta or Pedro 2 years ago but think how much money they could have fetched. Now they've quickly declined and aren't worth much or are getting on. Barca don't think like that in selling players, they sell when players are not wanted anymore. Real got huge money for Di Maria who had just won the CL and starred in the final. Barca would get their money back if they put Neymar or Suarez for sale to replace him with the next star. That's how Madrid operate.
 
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Ritchie said:
Regarding Bojan/Morata, that was just the club being ridiculous with a daft buyback arrangement. He was originally sold for a lot of money to Roma (similar to Morata with inflation factored in) but then Barca had to buy him back after he flopped in Italy. Had he made a great impact (as expected) it would have proved shrewd. Real have been more sensible in selling Morata but with an optional buy back. Barca have to be more canny with transfers.

With regards to Song, then time will tell in the summer. The way he started the season we'd have easily got 15 million offers in the summer from England and still might but he's been quite poor for a while. He's on a stupidly high salary as well which put off people last summer. Barca are far too lavish with their contracts.

It's also a case of selling at the right time. Barca would never have entertained selling Alves, Iniesta or Pedro 2 years ago but think how much money they could have fetched. Now they've quickly declined and aren't worth much or are getting on. Barca don't think like that in selling players, they sell when players are not wanted anymore. Real got huge money for Di Maria who had just won the CL and starred in the final. Barca would get their money back if they put Neymar or Suarez for sale to replace him with the next star. That's how Madrid operate.
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sell suarez after next season he'll be 30 right?
 
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I would keep suarez until he retires or loses his scoring touch completely. He will be a starter until someone takes over him then he will act as a super sub.
 
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Icarium said:
I would keep suarez until he retires or loses his scoring touch completely. He will be a starter until someone takes over him then he will act as a super sub.
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That was my point.

There are two reasons to sell such players:

- If he declines rapidly.
- If he's inconstant.

To make it short, Suarez is not like Di Maria, nor on decline.

Suarez scores mass of goals per seasons. And I'm sure he will only get better with barca.
 
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cris29

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Nah, Suarez be prolific until late on into his career, and last thing we need to do is waste another entire budget on a striker.

Regarding midfielders; Koke rejected us to stay@Atletico. Verratti will be near impossible to buy, leaving us with Pogba. Unless we unearth a gem from a small/medium side then Pogba should be our target. Who else is there to buy whose good enough to fill our midfield role? I don't watch Dortmund so i don't know how Gundogan level of playing since returning is at. Our best replacement for Iniesta is in Madrid:(
 
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Nah, Suarez be prolific until late on into his career, and last thing we need to do is waste another entire budget on a striker.

Regarding midfielders; Koke rejected us to stay@Atletico. Verratti will be near impossible to buy, leaving us with Pogba. Unless we unearth a gem from a small/medium side then Pogba should be our target. Who else is there to buy whose good enough to fill our midfield role? I don't watch Dortmund so i don't know how Gundogan level of playing since returning is at. Our best replacement for Iniesta is in Madrid:(
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Oliver Torres, Youri Tielemans, Daley Sinkgraven, Christian Eriksen, there are plenty of options that aren't big names and won't take a lot of money to move who show a lot of promise.

I've also suggested converting Dybala into Iniesta's role but it is a bit risky. Point being there are other options in the market who could have a massive impact here who aren't big names and won't cost an atm and a leg to buy.

That's all I'm sayin'
 
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Ritchie

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DinhoR10 said:
sell suarez after next season he'll be 30 right?
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If he can be adequately replaced it could make sense. His value would drop a lot after that year by year. If he has the season of his life then you wouldn't want to sell but it's about being clever in selling at the right time and making that judgement. If there's a younger replacement earmarked who can do the job and we could get the bulk of our money back then it could be good business, but that's if. Barca should have been a lot more proactive in identifying replacements for Puyol, Alves and Iniesta. One was an injury liability in his last few seasons and the other two are weak links in the team now every week and we can't do anything about it now until 2016.

Barca got about 1 million for Villa who could have been worth around 30 a year or two earlier. There has to be some strategic thinking from Barcelona on transfers. Barca have been terrible in the transfer market for years now and have got away with it because of what came through the youth. But you're not going to get a free Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Puyol and Busquets that frequently so you have to be smart when the La Masia production line stalls.

It's not just about getting your money back but you have to freshen the squad up regularly to stop it getting old. If you just keep your first XI players until they're on their last legs then you're going to have an ageing side with low market value. And eventually when they do leave it's because their contracts are up and they want a final pay day somewhere else.
 
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Icarium said:
I would keep suarez until he retires or loses his scoring touch completely. He will be a starter until someone takes over him then he will act as a super sub.
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I would sell Suarez and buy a great winger who can shift into a striker as well (Villa style). Messi back in the middle where he can link up with Neymar again.
 
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