Claudio Bravo
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Galning
Moderator
Even if Bravo plays we'll have paid 12M for a reserve keeper because Ter Stegen costed just as much. Fact still stands.
Bravo's now looking as a great signing, doesn't he?
Good keeper doesn't mean good signing. I don't see the need for him, or rather I don't think the need is so big that it would warrant paying 12m. Signing him means risk avoidance (in case MAtS/Masip flop) but it could also mean slowing down MAtS' & Masip's development as he'd obviously demand playing time, and I don't think he'd be worth that happening, WC performances or not.
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KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
Bravo's now looking as a great signing, doesn't he?
Suarez? Take Carlos Vela for fraction of his price.
Marquinhos? Take Musacchio instead.
Semi-Neutral
Sir Alupp Heynrguson
Even though Vela and Suarez are on completely different levels, I'm pretty sure Vela is headed back to Arsenal in any case.
KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
Didn't La Real just buy the rest of his rights from Arsenal? Arsenal, until now, still had a stake in Vela, but Sociedad bought it, at least that's what the papers say.
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
We simply have to have a decent backup goalkeeper in case MAtS gets injured. I am not sure if Masip is ready for the first team yet. Therefore. Bravo would not have been my personal choice, but we have to have a decent backup.
Galning
Moderator
Yeah they have.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
From what I have read he was Luchos choice and they wanted a keeper who has La Liga experience, experience at the top level and comfortable with ball at feet. On top of that he is a leader and a voice of experience in a dressing room that has lost a lot of that this summer.
It wont hinder the development of Ter Stegen if anything it will help him knowing that they can take him out the team when required and have an able back up waiting. Just look at how Man Utd handled de Gea, he was a young keeper in a new league at a high profile club and they rotated him a lot to give him best chance of settling in.
Yep, they officially announced it on their website too.
For that price?
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Galning
Moderator
That's a nice way of saying it. They rotated him a lot because the entire country doubted him.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Yep, they officially announced it on their website too.
Yes, but for that price?
WHo do you suggest they signed as a back up that brings what Bravo does?
KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
People who answer this, please don't say Ochoa. Ochoa is not consistent at all.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Exactly, they rotated him a lot to take him out of the team when the pressure was huge. It undoubtedly helped him, the pressure at a big club can destroy a player.
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