Barça's Transfers and Rumors

[ThwiX]

I would be surprised if we got the money to buy more than one grandpa in the summer.

 

[DonAK]

Time for Lucho to sign Vitolo

 

[SeloBarca]

unfortunally we wont have money for a rebuild if we dont sell alot of players.

i would sell all midfielders except roberto, busquetes, raki (maybe even him) and iniesta to get money to buy a proper creative midfield.
we cant rely on Messi creating EVERYTHING every game. If hes out of form like now, we create absolutly nothing.

Also get proper defenders that can mark their player. Mascherano is really bad at man marking, always choosing the bullrush tactic completly forgeting the player behind him.

 

[DonAK]

Time to get rid of all the deadweight in the squad and sign players that can contribute right now and that aren't pushing 30.

Enough of this bullshit.

But more important than that, we still got two trophies to play for.

 

[Jombi]

The main problem is that if we get rid of players we are likely to have even less money for transfers because the players we get rid of are either too old or too overpaid to fetch any money so we have to pay them to leave.

 

[Devils]

unfortunally we wont have money for a rebuild if we dont sell alot of players.

i would sell all midfielders except roberto, busquetes, raki (maybe even him) and iniesta to get money to buy a proper creative midfield.
we cant rely on Messi creating EVERYTHING every game. If hes out of form like now, we create absolutly nothing.

Also get proper defenders that can mark their player. Mascherano is really bad at man marking, always choosing the bullrush tactic completly forgeting the player behind him.

We definitely have quite a few players we can get rid of.

 

[Jombi]

This also shows that we react rather than act - we are hopelessly late if we have to buy young players from Juventus, Milan or PSG - they should have been ours much earlier!

Agree 1000%. This has sadly been a trend for a very long time.

 

[Jombi]

We definitely have quite a few players we can get rid of.

Lets see who and what we realistically (judging by our history) can get for them.

 

[Devils]

Lets see who and what we realistically (judging by our history) can get for them.

Well we definitely won't get a lot on the transfer.

It would be to free up the wage bill if anything.

 

[gasgas]

Time to buy 24 year olds who can atleast run.

 

[El Barcelona]

why buying a lot of new players if we still play the same eleven .. But in attack we lack quality on the bench. Mascherano and Alves where great the past years but they can't perform every weak, that's clear

 

[Messi983]

why buying a lot of new players if we still play the same eleven .. But in attack we lack quality on the bench. Mascherano and Alves where great the past years but they can't perform every weak, that's clear

What are you talking about? Masche is still one of our best and most consistent players. He was easily MVP for me tonight.

 

[D10S_JC]

Get rid of Turan and buy Gundogan

 

[xXKonan]

Mascherano has been a beast.

I feel as our Defensive woes are mostly down to how bad Alba and Alves have been for most of the season.

 

[DonAK]

Mascherano has been a beast.

I feel as our Defensive woes are mostly down to how bad Alba and Alves have been for most of the season.

It's worrying that with a squad of 20+ players we

1. Have an ageing squad with some key players close to 30 or over 30

and

2. Have a group of 13-14 players that are actually able to contribute and push for a spot in the starting XI, while the rest are deadweight or not good enough.

Now, I'm not saying that we should buy the best players in every position because this is not Football Manager 2016 or FIFA Career Mode, but compared to most teams, our squad is thin when it comes to overall quality.

Even if MSN cannot be rotated that much, the others players can be.

Our Starting XI of Bravo/ter Stegen; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar - Play way too many games, way too many minutes.

Why?

Because their replacements are not good enough. When they are rotated, we lose a good chunk of quality.

We don't even need 2-3 players in each position. Just one player who's talented enough to rotate without a considerable drop in quality, or push for a place in the Starting XI, is more than good enough. Especially when some of the players are 30 or older.

Tonight's loss and elimination is very disappointing, but when you think about, not that strange with the amount of games played and how the 'Gala XI' have played most of the minutes. It's both physically and mentally tiring. You can talk all you want about desire and motivation, but in the end, you simply are out of gas. You can be very motivated and have the desire to win it all again, but just not be able to do so because....you're just tired.

With the Espai Barca project coming up, there will be no room to replace several players at once. We need to start removing the deadweight and bring in capable players right now, preferably players that aren't 30.

The midfield and the defence can easily be rotated without someone getting pissed off. Even MSN can be rotated effectively with a proper 4th attacking option. Could be someone with a lower profile who's talented enough to make some difference. Don't need to be a superstar and 50m+ signing.

The boards and managements have been dicking around way too much with signings like the Verminator. Time to sign smart and hopefully young, and time to act rather than react.