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KhaledBarca
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Mascherano has been doing well in big games, and Bartomeu was clear when he said we'll buy 1 CB.
I would keep Pique Masche & Bartra and buy a player like Benatia or Luiz.
I would keep Pique Masche & Bartra and buy a player like Benatia or Luiz.
KhaledBarca
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Tello should be 10+M, he might not fit our system but he'll do great in a counter attacking team. Hopefully he joins an EPL team and prove himself there...
Agree with other values, Alves might worth more but he's in his last year of contract (2015, although some say its until 2016. not sure).
Anyway, him and Alexis should stay. We need to add more depth to the squad. 3-4 player, not sell key players!
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khaled_a_d
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We still has enough experience with Pique,Pedro.Messi,Iniesta,Cesc,Busquets etc and Dortmund wasn't that experienced when they reached CL final last year
Talking about someone like Kroos, whose contract runs out June 2015 and who seems on the outs with his current team, makes a lot more sense than pretending that Barca could just buy players who are under contract to teams that will not sell them.
Kroos has the quality level needed for Barca, though it is unclear how his style of play would fit in. Unclear, but intriguing. But would he come to a team that already has Xavi, Iniesta and Cesc for the two positions that he plays? Competing with those three did not work out too well for Thiago. Getting Kroos would be much more likely if, say, Xavi would leave.
Kroos has the quality level needed for Barca, though it is unclear how his style of play would fit in. Unclear, but intriguing. But would he come to a team that already has Xavi, Iniesta and Cesc for the two positions that he plays? Competing with those three did not work out too well for Thiago. Getting Kroos would be much more likely if, say, Xavi would leave.
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ebieymjunior
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Agree. If Montoya is not yet good enough, train him to be good enough (they have till the end of the year and the pre-season to teach him as much as possible).
Although I wouldn't want Mascherano to go, but to move back to DM and rotate with Busquets (I know he'll have a much more important role is he goes to Napoli).
So I'd say sell Alves, Song, dos Santos, Afellay, Tello, Cuenca and Bojan and
buy the goal keepers, Benatia, another CB and Mattia De Sciglio (and Bruno Soriano - if Mascherano goes),
call back Rafinha and Deulofeu (wouldn't be good to loan him out again or he'll be out of touch with the team and gives Martinez a good chance to buy him)
and promote Denis Suarez.
PS: buying another midfielder would be much worse this time around than the Cesc/Thiago affair. At least Cesc was from La Masia and everyone wanted him back. It's not like Xavi, Iniesta and the likes had it all easy to become who they are today. It'd be too easy and not Barca-like to just buy central midfielders and not look at La Masia or develop then like they've done until now.
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KhaledBarca
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Barcelona's problem last 2 season was depth in squad... The whole point is to add more depth, not lose key players!
Alexis, Masche and Alves are key players its stupid to sell all of them knowing we're already not gonna have Valdes & Puyol anymore in our squad.
We need GK, CB, CM.
Ter stegan , Benatia/Luiz, Kross/Gundogan with Rafinha & Deulofeu back from loan.
Out: Oier, Song, Cuenca, Tello, Afellay, Bojan with Puyol and Valdes also leaving.
I would send Roberto and Suarez on Loan [Celta/Everton] train under Enrique or Martinez.
Fair points. But keep in mind Dortmund have a great coach.
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instinct
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We should also regard the high wages. I don't know how much exactly Alves gets but if Song gets 6.5, Alves wages will be over the top. It's clear that we need depth but we need to get rid of the players we 1. don't need and 2. cost us too much. Therefore we should think about selling Song (ofc) and also Alves.
ebieymjunior
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What's with all these send on loan to make them better players nowadays? 2 years ago the only reason Barca would send players on loan was to sell them, not to develop them. It's not like Barcelona to want others to develop their players.
Wrote this in another discussion: "Alves is on his last year of contract next year, so if Barca want to sell him, this is the best opportunity to do so (unless they renew his contract to sell him at a much lower price later on, due to higher wages and age)."
Wrote this in another discussion: "Alves is on his last year of contract next year, so if Barca want to sell him, this is the best opportunity to do so (unless they renew his contract to sell him at a much lower price later on, due to higher wages and age)."
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FCBblaug
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We could have three CM positions and play with two forwards like we did in all big games this season. 4-3-3 is not the only formation in the world
I agree
KhaledBarca
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Selling Alves is adding another problem. I would suggest to try Bartra at Rb but we all know that won't happen. We already need to buy 3 key players (GK CB CM)...
Who can replace Alves?
Who can replace Alves?
KhaledBarca
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What do you suggest to do with Suarez and Roberto knowing they have Cesc/Iniesta and Rafinha ahead of them?
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