Christian Eriksen

[JamDav1982]

Fuck sake cant we at least try to splash that 137m on Eriksen instead of Coutinho, its like guaranteed that he will be one of the best midfielders in the world, also he is younger and already better than Coutinho, I know Spurs are very unlikely to sell but its obvious in the future we will regret not even trying.

Eriksen isnt younger and between the two it is very close. Coutinho maybe more versatile.

 

[Garrus]

Fuck sake cant we at least try to splash that 137m on Eriksen instead of Coutinho, its like guaranteed that he will be one of the best midfielders in the world, also he is younger and already better than Coutinho, I know Spurs are very unlikely to sell but its obvious in the future we will regret not even trying.

They're the same age.

 

[Sorin]

It's disappointing that we didn't go for him when he was at Ajax, 4 years ago. That's the kind of deals we should make. He was highly touted since the early days at Ajax and he actually delivered on his talent in the Netherlands but our scouts will only see this shit now when he costs over 100m. AFAIK he is also a massive Barca fan.

They have the greatest time being Barca scouts these guys. Being paid to travel and watch football matches while doing fuck all scouting.

 

[JamDav1982]

It's disappointing that we didn't go for him when he was at Ajax, 4 years ago. That's the kind of deals we should make. He was highly touted since the early days at Ajax and he actually delivered on his talent in the Netherlands but our scouts will only see this shit now when he costs over 100m. AFAIK he is also a massive Barca fan.

They have the greatest time being Barca scouts these guys. Being paid to travel and watch football matches while doing fuck all scouting.

Some huge hindsight there and Barca four years ago dint need a CM.

If anything Thiago had just left as had too many.

 

[BBZ8800]

Fuck sake cant we at least try to splash that 137m on Eriksen instead of Coutinho, its like guaranteed that he will be one of the best midfielders in the world, also he is younger and already better than Coutinho, I know Spurs are very unlikely to sell but its obvious in the future we will regret not even trying.

Eriksen is older a few Months, already 25.
Coutinho will be a much better Barca's fit.

Coutinho is born for Barca.
Eriksen is born for something else.

 

[clemente]

My bad I thought Eriksen is younger for some reason.

It's disappointing that we didn't go for him when he was at Ajax, 4 years ago. That's the kind of deals we should make. He was highly touted since the early days at Ajax and he actually delivered on his talent in the Netherlands but our scouts will only see this shit now when he costs over 100m. AFAIK he is also a massive Barca fan.

They have the greatest time being Barca scouts these guys. Being paid to travel and watch football matches while doing fuck all scouting.

They dont even watch matches, travel, hit some bars, come back with made up reports.

 

[RIZALDINHO]

Fuck sake cant we at least try to splash that 137m on Eriksen instead of Coutinho, its like guaranteed that he will be one of the best midfielders in the world, also he is younger and already better than Coutinho, I know Spurs are very unlikely to sell but its obvious in the future we will regret not even trying.

no we can't. 137m is to much to spend on Eriksen. when their other payers out there we can sign that will cost less money like seri who we can sign for 40m and spurs are not going to sell him this late in the transfer window when they don't have time to sign someone to replace him and both the same age

 

[Sorin]

Some huge hindsight there and Barca four years ago dint need a CM.

If anything Thiago had just left as had too many.

Ok, I admit, it's hindsight. But it's hindsight for me because i know infinitely less than professional football scouts. And last I checked i was talking about them in my post. That's what they should do. Have the capacity to analyze players that fit our team and playing style even before they become wc.

Thiago left because we were cretins, not because we had too many. We mainly had 5 mids for 3 spots. Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Cesc and Thiago. That isn't too many no matter how you spin it. Xavi was getting up there in age and left after 2 years, Cesc wasn't a huge success at Barca at that point, he was mainly decent; also left after 1 year. Looks to me that we needed some infusion of mids for the future. With Isco it was the same thing. And Isco was already proven.

Btw do you think it was great to let Thiago leave?

 

[JamDav1982]

Ok, I admit, it's hindsight. But it's hindsight for me because i know infinitely less than professional football scouts. And last I checked i was talking about them in my post. That's what they should do. Have the capacity to analyze players that fit our team and playing style even before they become wc.

Thiago left because we were cretins, not because we had too many. We mainly had 5 mids for 3 spots. Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets, Cesc and Thiago. That isn't too many no matter how you spin it. Xavi was getting up there in age and left after 2 years, Cesc wasn't a huge success at Barca at that point, he was mainly decent; also left after 1 year. Looks to me that we needed some infusion of mids for the future. With Isco it was the same thing. And Isco was already proven.

Btw do you think it was great to let Thiago leave?

Could just as easily say should have signed Coutinho from Inter.

Thiago left as had too many midfielders and he wanted to go somewhere to be central figure and work with Pep. Could have played him a few more games to get past buy out but still had too many to keep happy.

Four players who would have been undoubted starters at almost any other club in the world is too much to keep happy for two positions. None of them were capable or wanted to play Busi role. It was four for two positions and two of them were two of the best ever.

 

[BBZ8800]

Ok, I admit, it's hindsight. But it's hindsight for me because i know infinitely less than professional football scouts. And last I checked i was talking about them in my post. That's what they should do. Have the capacity to analyze players that fit our team and playing style even before they become wc.

Even this summer you have 5 youngsters like Eriksen.
Each of them would cost 10-25m.

Should we buy five of those and wait to get one guy out of 5, or just buy someone like Seri for 30-40.

We bought Halilovic.
He looked like the brightest potential in the world back then.
Today he is not good enough even for bottomtable teams.

Remember "The new Pogba" Gerson?
Brasilians asked 18m for him.
It seems that he failed also.
Odegaard from Real...

To get one Eriksen, you need to buy 5 players and wait 2-3-4 years to get one playable player.
Others 4 will turn into Munirs at best.
More often into a 1m worth player.

Sometimes all 5 will fail.

Buying young gems seems easy on paper.
In reality, it is a very risky job.

 

[Jombi]

Even this summer you have 5 youngsters like Eriksen.
Each of them would cost 10-25m.

Should we buy five of those and wait to get one guy out of 5, or just buy someone like Seri for 30-40.

We bought Halilovic.
He looked like the brightest potential in the world back then.
Today he is not good enough even for bottomtable teams.

Remember "The new Pogba" Gerson?
Brasilians asked 18m for him.
It seems that he failed also.
Odegaard from Real...

To get one Eriksen, you need to buy 5 players and wait 2-3-4 years to get one playable player.
Others 4 will turn into Munirs at best.
More often into a 1m worth player.

Sometimes all 5 will fail.

Buying young gems seems easy on paper.
In reality, it is a very risky job.

Cant compare 17 year olds from Serbia that have shown nothing with players that dominate some of the best leagues in the world around 20-22. Halilovic brighest potential in the world? Dont know what you're smoking but he was always a very dumb player. Thats very difficult to improve massively. No way did that guy have such amazing potential. Gerson was a joke in Brazil and I've never heard him being the "new Pogba". The guy played right wing in Brazil and scored a single goal before miraculously getting a deal in Europe.

 

[JamDav1982]

Cant compare 17 year olds from Serbia that have shown nothing with players that dominate some of the best leagues in the world around 20-22. Halilovic brighest potential in the world? Dont know what you're smoking but he was always a very dumb player. Thats very difficult to improve massively. No way did that guy have such amazing potential. Gerson was a joke in Brazil and I've never heard him being the "new Pogba". The guy played right wing in Brazil and scored a single goal before miraculously getting a deal in Europe.

There have been loads of players that have dominated in Holland at age 20-22 and gone on to flop.

Picking and choosing the ones that work and say should have gone and signed them at the time is pointless.

 

[Sorin]

Could just as easily say should have signed Coutinho from Inter.

Thiago left as had too many midfielders and he wanted to go somewhere to be central figure and work with Pep. Could have played him a few more games to get past buy out but still had too many to keep happy.

Four players who would have been undoubted starters at almost any other club in the world is too much to keep happy for two positions. None of them were capable or wanted to play Busi role. It was four for two positions and two of them were two of the best ever.

Maybe we should have signed Coutinho from Inter. My point is still the same regardless of the name of the player. The scouts should follow players and somewhat predict what they can become. Otherwise we'll be in this position for every summer. Struggle to sign WC players because every one of them are established teams and cost over 100m euros.

You just have to look at what RM is doing. Overstock on midfield players with potential and let them integrate slowly into the team. Whoever proves himself will remain. Modric is 32 yo and he has at least 2 good potential replacements: Kovacic and Ceballos. Hell Marcos Llorente can also play in his position at a push.

You can't say that about Iniesta's replacements. You couldn't say that for Xavi's replacements at that time. A young player like Eriksen or Isco would have absolutely loved being here even if he wouldn't be given playing time from the get go. They are both Barca fans. I mean, that's hindsight from my part, just like you said, but the board should have absolutely bought at least 1 young mid. Thiago leaving should have also been enough reason to buy another young mid.

With Thiago's blunder, it's also on the coach and the management. Him wanting to leave is too easy an excuse for his situation. We didn't do enough to convince him to stay.

 

[Jombi]

Maybe we should have signed Coutinho from Inter. My point is still the same regardless of the name of the player. The scouts should follow players and somewhat predict what they can become. Otherwise we'll be in this position for every summer. Struggle to sign WC players because every one of them are established teams and cost over 100m euros.

You just have to look at what RM is doing. Overstock on midfield players with potential and let them integrate slowly into the team. Whoever proves himself will remain. Modric is 32 yo and he has at least 2 good potential replacements: Kovacic and Ceballos. Hell Marcos Llorente can also play in his position at a push.

You can't say that about Iniesta's replacements. You couldn't say that for Xavi's replacements at that time. A young player like Eriksen or Isco would have absolutely loved being here even if he wouldn't be given playing time from the get go. They are both Barca fans. I mean, that's hindsight from my part, just like you said, but the board should have absolutely bought at least 1 young mid. Thiago leaving should have also been enough reason to buy another young mid.

With Thiago's blunder, it's also on the coach and the management. Him wanting to leave is too easy an excuse for his situation. We didn't do enough to convince him to stay.

And Roberto could very well leave as well to make room for the donkey from the Chinese League. Another one of those brilliant release clause deals we seem to excel at. While Madrid sign Asensio for 4m, Ceballos for 17m and Isco for 30m, we're busy getting rid of Thiago and possibly Roberto on the cheap while signing the Andre Gomes, Turans and Paulinhos of the world.

 

[MessiTHEgoat]

Fuck sake cant we at least try to splash that 137m on Eriksen instead of Coutinho, its like guaranteed that he will be one of the best midfielders in the world, also he is younger and already better than Coutinho, I know Spurs are very unlikely to sell but its obvious in the future we will regret not even trying.

by all kind of stats, coutinho is better, and he'll suit barca much better than eriksen can, whose to me will be another raki, and he's a big game player, in a weaker team. watch their highlights vs EPL's big teams and you'll see who's the better player.

coutinho:

against Rma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JETJL5Mu5J8
against man utd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MS9pajx9mk
against dortmund: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LEXBgyNK8s
against chelsea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioej3Suq6kw
against arsenal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOxodG8qLtU
against man city: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED64C8BuPMQ
against spurs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8DHuaNgDOo