Jonathan Tah
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Joan
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I might've accidentally reported your post, sorry.
They bought Retsos from Olympiacos for nearly 18M this summer. They prolly think about future.
Tho they might wanna keep him. Don't know. But personally dislike Mina so I'd be more pleased with Marlon-Pique-Tah fighting for the spot.
Also like Gimenez. Actually prefer him over both Tah and Mina.
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Messi983
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Other players like Mina, Upamecano, De Ligt,... that are linked to us are also right footed. I wouldn't worry too much about that unless EV wants to have two left footed defenders but then we'll be pretty limited to find one willing to come here knowing that he'd be mostly used as Umtiti's backup.
If we'll really bring 2 new CBs (Mina + another one) next year then that doesn't speak well about Marlon's future here anyway. But with how Pique's been playing recently I wouldn't totally rule out that he could be done sooner than we expected (in 2-3 years; TBH I wouldn't be surprised to see him retiring relatively early as I think he's just lost interest for football and that's one of the reasons for his poor performances) and then we can possibly bring back Marlon when his 2-year loan will expire in 2019. So we'd have Umtiti, Mina, ???? and Marlon in 2019-20. Depends who that 3rd CB would be but overall I'd be ok with that rotation.
I don't see Marlon coming back next summer though as we won't have a non EU spot for him if we'll buy Mina and Coutinho.
I might've accidentally reported your post, sorry.
They bought Retsos from Olympiacos for nearly 18M this summer. They prolly think about future.
Tho they might wanna keep him. Don't know. But personally dislike Mina so I'd be more pleased with Marlon-Pique-Tah fighting for the spot.
Also like Gimenez. Actually prefer him over both Tah and Mina.
Don't know about Gimenez. It's one thing to look good in Atletico's defense and another one with us. And he's not even a starting CB or playing good for them right now. Also, Atletico probably won't sell him below his release clause (which is 60M IIRC) and that's just too much imo. There are other cheaper alternatives.
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
He is free agent next summer. Gimenez, Unai Núñez & De Vrij are 3 CB who will have their contract expire next summer that we should consider . If we sort our 2 CB with only 9M (free agent + Mina) it could help pur chances in reinforcing the rest of the squad in summer
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MessiCam
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There is a lot of smart business to be done this winter, even if it means paying small fees to these players whom are out of contract soon, but with this board I doubt it will happen.
This is going to be a big transfer window because teams would like to avoid the inflation that comes after a World Cup. Look at James Rodrigues... went from a nobody to a 70 Million player based on his World Cup performance.
Loki
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Would be really dumb in my opinion. After Upamecano, De Ligt and Kim they want another expensive centre-back? They wanna compete with Pep for the biggest spending on centre-backs?
That said, if your team sucks in defending overall, the best centre-backs in the world won't give you stability. Defending is a team's job, not only the back line.
draconifire
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It seems we have been linked to him. Dont know how we will have the money or is just a fake news.
But the guy is a beast. And a leader at the back. Would be perfect.
But the guy is a beast. And a leader at the back. Would be perfect.
If he was such a beast why is he still at Leverkusen at the age of 28????
draconifire
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Nucky
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The reason is probably De Ligt signing for Manchester United.. They got 50M from that deal..
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