serghei
Senior Member
There's a lot of players with similar characteristics, you just have to try to find them. They don't need to be on the same level as Xavi or Alves either. Kroos was passed on who knows why, but there were better names than gomes or denis in the market. Young players, sure, but with a better profile for Barça. Their "liga experience" BS got us players like gomes or arda.
They don't need to be on the same level as Xavi and Alves, but they need to be of comparable value. I'm not seeing those names. Kroos, true, was a wasted opportunity to get a playmaker in midfield, and I even said at the time that it was room for both Kroos and Rakitic in the team, considering Xavi was almost gone. But we also got Suarez in that summer, and we didn't have the money I guess.
I'm not seeing enough value and opportunity on the transfer market to be able to keep playing the same style without key players like Xavi and Alves. Sure, there are some players who maybe have a slight similarity in style with them, but the quality is not there.
So, I see no point in selling what players we have now. Absolutely no point. Andre Gomes for example was one of the hottest young players in the world, with Barca, Madrid, and Juventus willing to sign him. Why sell him after a season? To buy who? Doesn't make any sense to me. Those are the players we have, we need to make the most out of them, including adapting the style to suit them.
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