i_bleed_blaugrana
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Those Martinez rumors tho...:tata1:
Him with Laporte would be absolutely beautiful. Honestly with Martinez, we could sell both Song and Mascherano and at least make back what we spend on Laporte. We could get at least 35 million for both Song and Mascherano and Laporte, Martinez would be massive upgrades.
Particularly since Martinez knows German and can help ter Stergen a bit with the language transition, if he is serious about wanting out, he would make a lot of sense. Plus we get a little payback for their Thiago snipe.
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Something like this would eat Atletico's 4-4-2 alive. Assuming we lock down Laporte and Martinez, from there we would need to address what we are going to do with our right side. For all intents and purposes, Alexis, Pedro, Alves, Deulofeu are all too similar, so that's why I put a RW? there. For me, either Alexis or Pedro would be the best options for this role. Alves wouldn't be bad either but he is clearly declining. The crosses from him are mindnumbingly frustrating but when he plays with the ball on the ground, he can still deliver at times. I'd rather us sell Alves and keep Alexis but both are expendable, particularly if we get a proper 9 with Alexis' departure.
I'm really iffy on Agger, Cuadrado though and this Pelle guy. Personally I rate Luiz higher than Agger, Cuadrado would need to really up his defensive game to play in an Alves like role here and I'm unsure how willing he'd be with something like that and if we want a striker like Pelle, I'd rather have Ibarbo. Or give Adama a shot.
I think Laporte and Martinez though would be an excellent start. Any other signings should depend on the coach (whether it be Tata, Enrique, hopefully de Boer...) and who is hot after the WC.
One last thing, I agree with the idea what we should invest in a striker but a Mandzukic/Ibrah player isn't the way to go. I would someone who is dynamic and unpredictable but has sound technical ability with ideally some strength and speed. Aguero would be the best ideally.
Him with Laporte would be absolutely beautiful. Honestly with Martinez, we could sell both Song and Mascherano and at least make back what we spend on Laporte. We could get at least 35 million for both Song and Mascherano and Laporte, Martinez would be massive upgrades.
Particularly since Martinez knows German and can help ter Stergen a bit with the language transition, if he is serious about wanting out, he would make a lot of sense. Plus we get a little payback for their Thiago snipe.
Give me this and I'm happy:
Make your football formation with this11.com
Something like this would eat Atletico's 4-4-2 alive. Assuming we lock down Laporte and Martinez, from there we would need to address what we are going to do with our right side. For all intents and purposes, Alexis, Pedro, Alves, Deulofeu are all too similar, so that's why I put a RW? there. For me, either Alexis or Pedro would be the best options for this role. Alves wouldn't be bad either but he is clearly declining. The crosses from him are mindnumbingly frustrating but when he plays with the ball on the ground, he can still deliver at times. I'd rather us sell Alves and keep Alexis but both are expendable, particularly if we get a proper 9 with Alexis' departure.
I'm really iffy on Agger, Cuadrado though and this Pelle guy. Personally I rate Luiz higher than Agger, Cuadrado would need to really up his defensive game to play in an Alves like role here and I'm unsure how willing he'd be with something like that and if we want a striker like Pelle, I'd rather have Ibarbo. Or give Adama a shot.
I think Laporte and Martinez though would be an excellent start. Any other signings should depend on the coach (whether it be Tata, Enrique, hopefully de Boer...) and who is hot after the WC.
One last thing, I agree with the idea what we should invest in a striker but a Mandzukic/Ibrah player isn't the way to go. I would someone who is dynamic and unpredictable but has sound technical ability with ideally some strength and speed. Aguero would be the best ideally.
