Barça's Transfers and Rumors

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Marquinhos just tweeted that he never said anything to Rac1!


Well Don..:pep: I'm not that easy to beat :pep:
 

NotInHere

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Uh, persistent rumors would have us buying both a young and a seasoned CB, so why is signing Marquinhos, who's looking very close indeed, and either Benatia OR Miranda so completely out of the question?
i thought that gerting all of them was possible, but signing benatia will be difficult, city and chelsea will offer him a lot. Miranda is more possible, wh knows, its up to benatia to decide if he wants to go for the money or winning trophies
 

Trickykid

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Plus Enrique stated that he sees Masch as a DM, and there's also the fact that Masch might leave. Which leaves us with 3 players (Marquinhos, Pique and Bartra) for 2 positions. So yeah, us signing Benatia (or Miranda or some other CB...) is definitely not out of the question.

True that.
 
IMO if we sign Marcos then the prospects for Benatia are dim. From the look of it, the reason Marcos is considering moving is because he's now 3rd choice CB after Luiz; if Benatia becomes a Barca player he would end up in the same situation that he was trying to get away from.

Besides, if we can land Marcos I don't think we should be chasing Benatia any longer. This is probably not a very popular opinion on this board, but think about it from a longterm perspective. With both Benatia and Marcos in the squad we will have tremendous quality and depth, but it will also mean that Benatia will be the starting CB for at least the next 2-3 years which will derail Marcos development. Either that, or Marcos establishes himself as a starter and we end up having spent 40m or so on a bench player.

Marcos is definitely not on the same level as Benatia, for now. Our defense has been frustrating for so long, and with Marcos it may continue to be so for a while until he develops. But we're not going to rebuild this team overnight and I would rather we select the right materials rather than go for what is expedient.
 

DonAK

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What the fuck is happening these days. Its like the 3rd time in 3 days this has happened now!
 
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