Erling Haaland

[jamrock]

They want have all 3 even if they get haaland & Mbappe, according to some Vini jr will be shown the door if they get Mbappe, because yea that makes sense...


So imagine if they get haaland as well.

 

[Joan]

People put too much faith into galactico strategy failing. Big starts often work together and produce great stuff, at least for some time. Probably enough to look at MSN.

 

[soul24rage]

Haaland is special, he, Ansu and Mbappe are the players of this generation!

I would add Vini Jr. there as well.

 

[Joan]

I would add Vini Jr. there as well.

I would take both him and Fati out. Mbappe and Haaland have been a class of their own so far.

 

[Tackle]

People put too much faith into galactico strategy failing. Big starts often work together and produce great stuff, at least for some time. Probably enough to look at MSN.

MSN was ruined by Neymar's ego, Suarez's age and to some extent Leo's lack of positional discipline post-2015. If Suarez was a few years younger and Neymar wasn't an idiot the trio could have easily worked for a few more years.

Haaland might want to move to the EPL after a few seasons at Madrid, but I doubt either him or Mbappe flop, injuries not withstanding. They are proven top 5 players in the world in their early 20s and are unlikely to clash positionally. Mbappe plays well off a strong, tall number 9.

I get the sense Mbappe and Haaland at Madrid will be a lot closer to Ronaldo and Bale than Dembele and Coutinho. Our desperation was taken advantage of by selling clubs after Neymar left for a record fee.

 

[Rassvet]

It is hard to see Haaland and Mbappe not working together unless they have injury issues or they are trying to shoehorn Vinicius into the team as well at left wing.

Mbappe on the left with Haaland through the middle in a 433 seems a good fit for both players.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Haaland is special, he, Ansu and Mbappe are the players of this generation!

It is kinda sad what is happening to this generation of attackers tbh.
I mean football always had good generation after another, a new one that we get nostalgic about after few years.

But after great generations born in the 80's, and good one born very early 90's, there is drop in players born between 1993 to 1997, there is no Neymar/Salah/Hazard in those, the best you get is Harry Kane who is very good player, but far from a generational one. Those players failed to eclipse the slightly older group of players never mind the Messi/CR7/Lewandowski of the world.

But then the generation of promising attackers born 1998-2002 looked amazing, Mbappe, Halaand, Felix, Vlahovic, Fati, Vinicius, Grenwood, Sancho.
But then Felix ruined in Atletico, Sancho by Manu, Fati with injuries, Greenwood ruined himself, Halaand injuries now could ruin him.
If Halaand and Fati continue to be injury-prone (and I am aware their injury history is different) it seems it will be Mbappe 1st with Vlahovic and Vinicius fighting for being distant second.

 

[khaled_a_d]

People put too much faith into galactico strategy failing. Big starts often work together and produce great stuff, at least for some time. Probably enough to look at MSN.

I don't think it will fail in RM, but someone will pay the price of it and ask out.
i.e the results won't suffer, but I see one of the 3 asks out in couple of years. Vinicius is the prime candidate.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

I would take both him and Fati out. Mbappe and Haaland have been a class of their own so far.

Fati has five goals one assist in ten appearances this season playing half the total match minutes. At same minute rate that's one goal every match. Previous season he has five goals four assists in ten appearances playing an average of 60 minutes per match. Pretty sure that puts him on Mbappe's and Haaland's level if he can stay healthy. All three players excel in certain areas and Fati's skills are perfect for Barca.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

It is kinda sad what is happening to this generation of attackers tbh.
I mean football always had good generation after another, a new one that we get nostalgic about after few years.
But after great generations born in the 80's, and good one born very early 90's, there is drop in players born between 1993 to 1997, there is no Neymar/Salah/Hazard in those, the best you get is Harry Kane who is very good player, but far from a generational one. Those players failed to eclipse the slightly older group of players never mind the Messi/CR7/Lewandowski of the world.
But then the generation of promising attackers born 1998-2002 looked amazing, Mbappe, Halaand, Felix, Vlahovic, Fati, Vinicius, Grenwood, Sancho.
But then Felix ruined in Atletico, Sancho by Manu, Fati with injuries, Greenwood ruined himself, Halaand injuries now could ruin him.
If Halaand and Fati continue to be injury-prone (and I am aware their injury history is different) it seems it will be Mbappe 1st with Vlahovic and Vinicius fighting for being distant second.

True true, Chiesa could be also in that list if injuries stop. Anyways, we will have to wait a long time until we see someone with GOAT-talent/ability again.

 

[DonAK]

Top journalist, one of the most reliable out there.

Happy to see that the chances he would sign for us are low
Concerned to see that RM might strengthen even more

Surprised to see you don't want us to sign him. Thought he would be the kind of player you'd root for us to get 100%.

 

[Birdy]

Surprised to see you don't want us to sign him. Thought he would be the kind of player you'd root for us to get 100%.

Not really.
Explained the reasons quite a few times.
I don't think he fits our style of football, and he is financially and brand-wise 'too big' a risk to fail

 

[TheStig]

MSN only worked for a season and a half even though they were compatiable on and off the pitch. You rarely see such friendships between top 5 players in the world, wouldn't bet that arrogant Mbappe and Haaland will have a good relationship for years and don't forget Vini and Benzema.

 

[RF20]

MSN only worked for a season and a half even though they were compatiable on and off the pitch. You rarely see such friendships between top 5 players in the world, wouldn't bet that arrogant Mbappe and Haaland will have a good relationship for years and don't forget Vini and Benzema.

Not that surprising to me at all.

Suarez has no ego. He doesn't even desperately want to be the star player. Was always a total team man.

Neymar was yet to hit his peak at that point in time(in hindsight he was wrong; that was probably his peak). But as soon as the young Neymar was successful at Barca he wanted to be the star man and left.

So basically, the season MSN were on fire, Messi was the only egotistical one hungry for the individual glory.
After that season, Neymar wanted the big individual accolades too and soon left for Paris.

So the MSN was only possible because Neymar was a young lad who came from the Brazilian league. As soon as he became an established superstar he wanted his own team.

 

[Zidane82]

Not that surprising to me at all.

Suarez has no ego. He doesn't even desperately want to be the star player. Was always a total team man.

Neymar was yet to hit his peak at that point in time(in hindsight he was wrong; that was probably his peak). But as soon as the young Neymar was successful at Barca he wanted to be the star man and left.

So basically, the season MSN were on fire, Messi was the only egotistical one hungry for the individual glory.
After that season, Neymar wanted the big individual accolades too and soon left for Paris.

So the MSN was only possible because Neymar was a young lad who came from the Brazilian league. As soon as he became an established superstar he wanted his own team.

Excellent summary of events !