Luis Enrique

[Antimadridista1]

Why not both ?

says hi.

 

[messi2140]

We do have the transfer ban and Im not sure xavi is going to play with us another season. We will be left with:
Rakitic ,Busquets , Iniesta , Sergi roberto and rafinha.

 

[Ghostmaster]

I still don't understand why we didn't buy kroos instead of rakitic, kroos fits our playstyle so well

We could have had both, but according to media Lucho didn't want to hinder the development of youth (Rafinha and Sergi Roberto).

 

[Denyoo]

They said they had negotiated with Suárez for months, way before Lucho arrived, and Suárez also basically confirmed this, but that's not important. Lucho pushed for Marquinhos and Cuadrado and Zubi's alternatives were Vermaelen and Douglas. They (Lucho?) pushed for Koke but we didn't get him, and we got no one instead. That's what we know and the rest is just hearsay.

I think it's fair to assume we rejected Kroos but no one knows who exactly did that; you're just blaming Lucho to strengthen your argument. Lucho accepted Suárez, Vermaelen and Douglas, so if they had told him they wanted to get Kroos, why should he have vetoed it? Not because he thought Kroos wasn't good enough, or he wouldn't have signed off on Douglas and Vermaelen, and I imagine he watched the WC too. Not because he thought we had enough midfielder, they/he clearly wanted another one or they wouldn't have pushed so hard for Koke. I reckon they didn't have any real alternatives left so he just had to settle for the existing midfielders.

Hi Guys, been a longtime lurker here... Awesome board and discussion. I love the club but something is seriously wrong atm. and its getting really worring. Most of you had covered the obvious in great details allready and i agree with with most of it.

Anyway, you may laugh this off, but the more I think about it, the more I am convinced that the reason we didn´t go for Toni Kroos might be no other than Leo himself... I get the strange vibe that, after the last two world cups, he just "hates" German players and didn´t want us to sign one. Think about it, as our most important employee (dbigger then the board, lucio) he surely has to be involved in the decision making somehow?

It doesn´t really matter who rejected him in the end, but if we really were his first choice club, we f**** up big time here

 

[Denyoo]

Guys, I`m 99% convinced that no other then our own little dictator himself has rejected Toni Kroos. Think about it, 2 world cups and 1 CL title. By now he must absolutely hate Germany and German players and quiet frankly, given his godlike status as the most VIP at the club and the rumours about his behaviour it makes a lot of sense.

Please say it ain´t so Leo

 

[Barcaman]

Hi

 

[Andrew M]

Guys, I`m 99% convinced that no other then our own little dictator himself has rejected Toni Kroos. Think about it, 2 world cups and 1 CL title. By now he must absolutely hate Germany and German players and quiet frankly, given his godlike status as the most VIP at the club and the rumours about his behaviour it makes a lot of sense.

Please say it ain´t so Leo

Of course that isn't true

 

[messi2140]

Guys, I`m 99% convinced that no other then our own little dictator himself has rejected Toni Kroos. Think about it, 2 world cups and 1 CL title. By now he must absolutely hate Germany and German players and quiet frankly, given his godlike status as the most VIP at the club and the rumours about his behaviour it makes a lot of sense.

Please say it ain´t so Leo

 

[Andrew M]

Maybe it's Messi's fault that we signed Douglas

 

[Denyoo]

so you´re saying that there ain´t no lizzard aliens, too? you guys are so oblivious... *tinfoilhead*

 

[linetty]

Guys, I`m 99% convinced that no other then our own little dictator himself has rejected Toni Kroos. Think about it, 2 world cups and 1 CL title. By now he must absolutely hate Germany and German players and quiet frankly, given his godlike status as the most VIP at the club and the rumours about his behaviour it makes a lot of sense.

Please say it ain´t so Leo

I'll pretend I didn't see this.

 

[Kasperroed]

Can you guys imagine if we had bought Reus, Koke, MAtS, and Marquinhos + kept Alexis in this transfer window? We could have had an amazing young squad by now!

We spend a total of €157,5 million this summer, and there was more money to spend. I think those 4 players would have cost:

MAtS: €12 million
Reus: €45 million
Koke: €50 million
Marquinhos: €45 million
= €152 million

Lineup:
------------------ MAtS -----------------
Montoya - Masche - Marquinhos - Alba
----- Koke -- Busquets -- Iniesta ------
---- Reus ----- Messi ----- Neymar ----

Bench: Masip, Bartra, Adriano, Xavi, Rafinha, Alexis, Pedro
Extras: Pique, Alves, Samper, Roberto, Munir, Sandro

Instead we bought a bunch of old players... :-(

 

[Andrew M]

How are Rakitic and Suarez old?

PSG would not sell and we would all call our board stupid for paying that for Reus when he is 25 mill in 2015, despite transfer ban

 

[DinhoR10]

We do have the transfer ban and Im not sure xavi is going to play with us another season. We will be left with:
Rakitic ,Busquets , Iniesta , Sergi roberto and rafinha.

Samper? Denis Suarez? two of the best midfield prospects we've had in a long time, the best since Thiago probably.

 

[NotInHere]

Samper? Denis Suarez? two of the best midfield prospects we've had in a long time, the best since Thiago probably.

but then they could turn out to be nothing special, if that happens were doomed