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WTF, he just signed for them! But that's how we roll. His price is 4 times what it was a few months ago after him having joined an EPL club that doesnt need to sell, so we become interested.
JamDav1982
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He isnt good enough for Barca at moment and certainly didnt look good enough when he first signed for Everton but has got better.
They will be watching him again as think can see something that MIGHT develop into a Barca player.
You act like they missed a bargain first time round when clearly not good enough. Would you prefer if they just shut off from ever scouting players that were looked at but never signed?
He's not a bargain and I dont want him. But its just stupid to always go for players who just joined a new rich team. He signed in September and was praised in October already by Everton fans. Our scouts are just there for show it seems. They never discover anything. Dont bring up players from La Masia. I'm talking first teamers. Its always the same. We "monitor" hundreds of players. But we end up going for PSG and Arsenal players.
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JamDav1982
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Of course hundreds of players are monitored and hundreds cant be signed and a lot will go on to be very good players who may become attractive to the club.
Impossible scenario for any big club to avoid unless they are not scouting players.
Only way can complain about the likes of Funes Mori is if think club should have signed him or club should never entertain scouting players they have scouted at other clubs.
We dont need scouts. We never use them. It seems like we just have a list of various Arsenal and PSG first teamers and players pushing 30 who we go for. No need for scouts.
JamDav1982
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Quite a treble winning squad that has been put together without using scouts.
What top team do you want to be more like in scouting bargains that dont spend tens of millions on established players?
All top teams use scouts combined with spending on star players. A balanced approach. We dont. We prefer PSG/Arsenal/30 year olds when it comes to looking for players. Or any player who has just joined a rich club. That's the way it is. Whether its a good long term strategy or not remains to be seen, but we have La Masia so I guess we'll be alright for the time being, although that seems to be slowly changing as well.
JamDav1982
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You think Real have a balanced approach in scouting bargains?
Or PSG, Bayern, Chelsea, Man Utd, City?
They dont.
All those teams are constantly linked with Barca players as much as Barca linked to PSG players probably more so.
Plenty of players under 30 been bought and brought into squad and you spout rubbish like Arda being 'third most expensive ever' at his age.
The vast majority of signings and players brought into squad by Barca over past few seasons have not been 30 years old. Barely any have.
Too many have pushed 30. Very few in the 21-24 range. And scouts are basically not used. It's the opposite of how other top clubs operate. You like to split hairs when it comes to the price and age of Arda, so I wont go there.
JamDav1982
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Not splitting hairs at all with age/price tag of Arda. You are one who claimed he is third most expensive ever at his age when he isnt.
There has not been all that many pushing 30 and the ones that were have been specifically requested by Lucho most likely as he wants experience in the team in certain areas.
Ter Stegen, Vidal, Alba, Roberto, Rafinha, Rakitic,, Munir, Sandro, Neymar and Suarez all come into the squad in recent years when not 'pushing 30'.
Yeah, it would really be shocking if La Masia players would join the first team squad while pushing 30...
JamDav1982
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Yeah, it would really be shocking if La Masia players would join the first team squad while pushing 30...
Nah you missed the point.
They could choose not to promote those players if there was such an obsession of introducing new players to the squad that were 'pushing 30'.
Something there has not been a lot of any way.
I've seen some use La Masia as an excuse for why we are buying so many players pushing 30, but I dont buy that at all. There has been a drought for many years now from La Masia and we have gone for the oldies for a long time now. It's a problem for our long term prospects.
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