Mateo Kovačić

[Co0ter]

Only 21. Perfect. Could have stayed in Inter until January. Llucho is shortsighted.

Mathieu, Vermaelen are almost 30. Turan 29.

Madrid are preparing the future. Barça isnt...

I think Lucho was really putting his faith in Rafinha and La
Masia...I think it's safe to say Roberto will never be WC, Rafinha has improved a little and at this point I don't see him becoming that much better by the end of this season. The jury is still out on Munir and Sandro...Kovacic has a way higher ceiling than all of them and is already better.

And Pogba...ughhh, no where near as suited for us.

 

[DonAK]

Isn't he too young for Perez to target?

Real Madrid have their priorities right. Building a team with players that are quality right now and will be at their prime in a few years when most of our players are past it. For all the talk about Messi's time and how people want to capitalize fully on it, they're failing to realize that all the players we're buying at around the age of 30, will need to be replaced in 3-4 years, when Leo is still with us and still quality.

We'll lose atleast a year or two with replacing all those players and would probably have to overpay a lot too since our hand would be forced to make all those signings.

We'll need to sign a LB, a CB or two and a CM most probably and it certainly wouldn't hurt if we bought young quality players with a very high ceiling for those positions, but it seem like many people incl those at the club are satisfied with players that are great right now, but close to 30 and will start declining very soon. Short sightedness.

 

[serghei]

I'm not too worried for now. If we buy Pogba, we will have the best young player in the world and the best young midfielder in the world. And we already have one of the best young goalkeepers in the world. We need to buy a top young defender, up to 25 years old or so, and we're looking fine.

We'll lose atleast a year or two with replacing all those players and would probably have to overpay a lot too since our hand would be forced to make all those signings.

I'm pretty sure Pogba will come in the summer.

 

[dakt]

Only 21. Perfect. Could have stayed in Inter until January. Llucho is shortsighted.

Mathieu, Vermaelen are almost 30. Turan 29.

Madrid are preparing the future. Barça isnt...

The sad thing is, with Isco, Kova, James and Modric, they will have most creative midfield...especially after Iniesta is gone. Something that was our signature couple of years ago.
If we couldn't recognize his talent, then we don't deserve better.

 

[dakt]

I'm not too worried for now. If we buy Pogba, we will have the best young player in the world and the best young midfielder in the world. And we already have one of the best young goalkeepers in the world. We need to buy a top young defender, up to 25 years old or so, and we're looking fine.



I'm pretty sure Pogba will come in the summer.

Yeah, there's no limit when you're spending like an idiot.

 

[serghei]

Yeah, there's no limit when you're spending like an idiot.

Spending like an idiot? How much did we spend in this summer?

 

[Topolino]

Well this is a mess...

I might have to start watching RM regulary because they have the players I would have loved here - James, Isco, Kovacic, Danilo... oh god why Bartuchosell:

 

[serghei]

We've fucking won the treble 3 months ago. Calm down. Jesus!

 

[Beast]

Spending like an idiot? How much did we spend in this summer?

61 Million .. almost the same as Real if we finalize Kovacic deal .. you got Arda & Vidal , we got Danilo & Kova

plus there is the 10 Mil for both Vasquez & Kiko .. but i stopped counting this as money

 

[Garrus]

We buy turan, And everybody starts crying about the future of la masia with the likes of samper, And how we no longer emphasize on our youngsters.
Then RM buys a foreigner and cules start moaning and crying about it, It goes to show that it's all about getting a new shiny toy to play with, Not an old dusty toy like turan.
Some consistency is difficult to find these days, As it seems.

 

[DonAK]

I'm not too worried for now. If we buy Pogba, we will have the best young player in the world and the best young midfielder in the world. And we already have one of the best young goalkeepers in the world. We need to buy a top young defender, up to 25 years old or so, and we're looking fine.



I'm pretty sure Pogba will come in the summer.

Been very quiet around Pogba lately. I still think we'll sign him eventually, but I'm not so sure right now. Apparently they wanted to use Gerson in the Pogba transfer, but the club took him away from Juve and let Roma sign him instead lol.

Some strange things going around ter Stegen lately, including him travelling with Bartomeu and Robert Fernandez our new Sporting Director after returning to Barcelona from the European Supercup in Tbilsi while the entire team + staff was on the team bus. I won't be surprised if a loan or sale is on cards, maybe in January.

 

[dakt]

Spending like an idiot? How much did we spend in this summer?

Wait, how much is Pogba again? Kova is bigger talent, trust me...and RM just grabbed it for 35 million. That is how the job is done.

 

[spark]

No. Barça are not allowed to buy young quality players. We can only buy older, experienced ones because this is Messi's time. Never mind that a part of Messi's time will be ruined when we'll have to replace all the old players at once in 3-4 years instead of gradually adding youth and quality while thinking long-term too.

Our main competitors Bayern and Real Madrid are doing a good job in that regard. Infact even Atletico are doing that.

Down the line when they are trying to build a new stadium we will see how they balance that with having to rebuild an old squad all at once. Then again they probably aren't worried. Budget issues will just make justifying the sale of everything to Qatar easier.

 

[serghei]

61 Million .. almost the same as Real if we finalize Kovacic deal .. you got Arda & Vidal , we got Danilo & Kova

plus there is the 10 Mil for both Vasquez & Kiko .. but i stopped counting this as money

Vidal and Danilo are probably around the same value and age, maybe a slight edge for Danilo. Arda Turan is better than Kovacic, and will be better for 2 years at least. Also, there is no certainty that Kovacic will break into Real's first 11. And if he will, you'll probably lose Isco in the long run, since I don't see Real playing without 3 goalscorers in the first 11.

 

[Ryu Hayabusa]

The sad thing is, with Isco, Kova, James and Modric, they will have most creative midfield...especially after Iniesta is gone. Something that was our signature couple of years ago.
If we couldn't recognize his talent, then we don't deserve better.

Kroos is not creative?