ivan_barca
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Video: Jeremy Mathieu - The Gladiator - Welcome to FC Barcelona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONVa0ToThp8 …
We still have the budget for Cuadrado and a relatively high-profile CB though. If I remember correctly, there's still 60M transferbudget left + outgoing sales. So Cuadrado for 35M and another CB for 25M-30M. No idea which CB we should be going for though, all the "top ones" seems to be off the market.
True, if I remember correctly, we paid 15M euro for 28yold Abidal and a similar amount for Jordi Alba... impossible in today's market. Just look at the crazy amount of money Utd payed for that other LB. The prices have crazely inflated in the past few years, which is a sad trend.
Irish_Cules
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Great news to wake up to. Welcome Mathieu!
We saw at this years World Cup that world class centre backs are extremely rare at the moment. Even those that are considered the best in the world in the position are flawed. Mathieu is solid, reliable and versatile. He also provides our defence the two things that it has lacked desperately; strength in the air and pace. Regarding pace, yes he is entering his thirties but it doesn't necessarily mean he is going to become slow out of nowhere. Abidal remained quite fast player right up until he left the club. Another centre back signing would be preferable but this is a very good start.
We saw at this years World Cup that world class centre backs are extremely rare at the moment. Even those that are considered the best in the world in the position are flawed. Mathieu is solid, reliable and versatile. He also provides our defence the two things that it has lacked desperately; strength in the air and pace. Regarding pace, yes he is entering his thirties but it doesn't necessarily mean he is going to become slow out of nowhere. Abidal remained quite fast player right up until he left the club. Another centre back signing would be preferable but this is a very good start.
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He reminds of Abidal in that video. Not bad.
Antimadridista1
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People under-estimate him too much. You can't say that you know well la Liga when you're only Watching Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Mathieu is a very solid and reliable defender ; with the likes of Godin and Laporte, he was one of the best CB in la Liga this season.
Don't give a shit about the price actually, if he gives us three full season of very good performances, I will be happy.
Now let's sign some youngster CB. Marquinhos won't come so we should buy Laporte if we have enough money to splash.
Mathieu is a very solid and reliable defender ; with the likes of Godin and Laporte, he was one of the best CB in la Liga this season.
Don't give a shit about the price actually, if he gives us three full season of very good performances, I will be happy.
Now let's sign some youngster CB. Marquinhos won't come so we should buy Laporte if we have enough money to splash.
Richard.H
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Way too far, but then again, actual fans from Barcelona are extremely ruthless. I remember the monkey chants by our fans to neymar when the team lost to atletico in the CL
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I have the feeling that Alba will be benched for Mathieu.
Djab
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Jérémy Mathieu
It proves my point that some of people frome the city of Barcelona are hugely stupid blithering idiots. Just some though. Vast majority aren't.
Way too far, but then again, actual fans from Barcelona are extremely ruthless. I remember the monkey chants by our fans to neymar when the team lost to atletico in the CL
It proves my point that some of people frome the city of Barcelona are hugely stupid blithering idiots. Just some though. Vast majority aren't.
XaviMessiGirl
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That's stupid. If they don't like the transfer, take it up with the board, don't be an ass to the player.
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