Marquinhos

[Bertus]

Yes, let's agree to disagree. I am on the Varane bandwagon and you are on the Marquinhos bandwagon. Both are great players.

can we agree it would be fantastic if Barca could sign both?

So sad they missed the wagon, at least on Varane

 

[Leo_Messi]

can we agree it would be fantastic if Barca could sign both?

So sad they missed the wagon, at least on Varane

I don't even want to talk about how ridiculously poor the "central defense question" was handled by this board for YEARS. The salvation after 3 years of waiting was apparently a 31 year old Mathieu (credit to him then he is a very decent player and backup) and the crook that is Vermaelen. It's just…….mind-blowing really.

How about having both Marquinhos and Varane on the same team as I wrote earlier? Talk about having your defense settled for at least a decade provided that both stay healthy. Brutal.

RM should have bought Marquinhos in 2013 instead of Carvajal and then played with Marcelo-Ramos/Pepe-Varane-Marquinhos. Brutal. Thankfully that never happened.

 

[Lomar1o]

comparing marquinhos to varane is strange in my opinion. raphael is miles better, the brazilian isn't even close, what's more i think varane will be one of history's greatests, marquinhos won't even be one of brazil's greatest. he is so overhyped. they dont even compare

 

[Gasgas]

comparing marquinhos to varane is strange in my opinion. raphael is miles better, the brazilian isn't even close, what's more i think varane will be one of history's greatests, marquinhos won't even be one of brazil's greatest. he is so overhyped. they dont even compare

Strange because i think marquinhos is planets or two above varane

 

[Jair Ventura]

comparing marquinhos to varane is strange in my opinion. raphael is miles better, the brazilian isn't even close, what's more i think varane will be one of history's greatests, marquinhos won't even be one of brazil's greatest. he is so overhyped. they dont even compare

You're correct, they don't compare. Marco has priority at two positions, is currently carrying a streak of 34 straight games without a loss, and will start again Wednesday night against Barca in the UCL as he did against Chelsea where he shut out Hazard playing his secondary position. This time at CB, instead of RB because at 20 years old he's versatile enough in his skill set to already be world class in the center or on the flank.

Younger, more consistent, and actually logging relevant minutes while playing alongside two of the better FB's in football? No comparison at all, indeed.

 

[Lomar1o]

we'll see.

 

[Bertus]

comparing marquinhos to varane is strange in my opinion. raphael is miles better, the brazilian isn't even close, what's more i think varane will be one of history's greatests, marquinhos won't even be one of brazil's greatest. he is so overhyped. they dont even compare

Funny since varane was trashed by his own countrymen. Even hermel criticized him hard.

Got a news about varane btw! I'm gonna post it right now in the Barca rumor thread.

 

[Truthist]

Who's faster between these two? Marquinhos looks quick but Varane with his power and pace looks unbeatable to me.

 

[Butaan4barca]

comparing marquinhos to varane is strange in my opinion. raphael is miles better, the brazilian isn't even close, what's more i think varane will be one of history's greatests, marquinhos won't even be one of brazil's greatest. he is so overhyped. they dont even compare

thats ma boy.

 

[zanela]

Varane has a magnificient build for his age. He'd be the prototype of how my close-to-perfect CB would look like.

 

[Alik]

Varane has a magnificient build for a 19y.o. He'd be the prototype of how my close-to-perfect CB would look like.

 

[zanela]

I didn't realise he's 21 already. But the boy has pretty much every tool in his locker. He just isn't a finished article yet. Under proper guidance, I think sky's the limit.

 

[Butaan4barca]

I didn't realise he's 21 already. But the boy has pretty much every tool in his locker. He just isn't a finished article yet. Under proper guidance, I think sky's the limit.

exactly, he isn't a finished article yet and already that good.

 

[Truthist]

He wasn't very good last night and unless he develops physically which he should he will get bullied by some of the tanks in the top teams.

 

[Bertus]

He wasn't very good last night and unless he develops physically which he should he will get bullied by some of the tanks in the top teams.

He was good. He won all his duels in the air.

He did one mistake on the first goal because he was out of position, besides that he did the job.

If you guys expect him to play in place of DL, and VDW at the same time as playing CB, then yeah he's no good.

But then, no CB in the world are good.