Memphis Depay

[FC433]

Okay. Here is how we should look at it: we have about 15m - 25m to spend after buying Dest. Should we buy anyone? who, for that price?

 

[soul24rage]

I seriously doubt we have the money for Haaland in a year - with or without Depay. Maybe Cavani, Suarez or Dzeko are available then ;-)

True, but I would still like to be in a position to try to negotiate for a striker like Haaland or use that money to improve our defense.

Maybe a new striker could pop up this season like Haaland or Mbappe did in their respective breakout season.

 

[El Gato]

What even is Haalands clause at Dortmund? Surely over 100 and if so nobody sane will go for him until he shows consistency playing at 3 fronts.
And Raiola will be a huge issue in negotiations.

E: Google search says 60, but only to be triggered from 2022 onward.
Meaning nobody will even consider it in 2021. Case closed.

 

[malvolio]

What even is Haalands clause at Dortmund? Surely over 100 and if so nobody sane will go for him until he shows consistency playing at 3 fronts.
And Raiola will be a huge issue in negotiations.

rumored 75M clause that becomes active next summer. even so, i would expect raiola to ask between 20-50M just for himself. transfer most likely would be a package between 150-200M. provided he is that good.

 

[YodaMaster]

No offense, who the fck is Konrad?

You would rather play that Konrad guy with zero experience or pushing Cou to where he sucks.

Or you could have a guy who played for Man Utd and who was coached by Koeman in the NT and where they had huge success?

"Played for Man Utd" lol do you mean flopped at Man Utd ? And please would you be so kind to remind that it was one of the worst Man Utd sides ever ? You actually chose to talk about one big failure in Depay's career and tried to make it look like some achievement lol.
Another chapter in BBZ's mental gymnastics encyclopedia.

Some people never change I guess.

 

[Barcaman]

Can someone enlighten me why are we after Depay? For which position exactly? We could use someone to interchange with Messi between RW and CF but he doesn't fit the profile.

 

[George_Costanza]

He is not the CF we are looking for. I believe we have to spend big on CF like pursuing Halaand the next summer. We don't need half solution who we can't sell and will be stuck with us for many years.

We don't buy any CF this season and try to work with the players we have.

 

[ContraryIan]

Memphis Depay. Just Say No!

 

[Birdy]

50M CB without a shadow of doubt.
Yellow is games we failed to score, bold is games we conceded.
The math is clear.


Edit: Have you even watched Depay? Guy has never been good outside way lower leagues than we face. In both times he had to be arguably the focal points of offense to succeed.
I won't even rate him as 50M striker. He is a guy who has huge chance of flopping here

Depay improved a lot since he was at UTD.
Yeah, he was bad then, but 5 years passed since. People should stop comparing 20yr old Depay with current Depay.
Argument about ligue 1 stands of course, but he has shown great signs with the Netherlands NT.
And if Koeman knows how to use him, plus costs only 25m (price rarely found for an attacker), I don't see why not.
The only real con is that he will take playing time from Pedri and Trincao, who need to develop.

By the way, we should buy a top CB for sure, should not rely anymore on 34yr old Pique.

 

[behindbrowneyes]

By the way, we should buy a top CB for sure, should not rely anymore on 34yr old Pique.

I agree that we should buy a top CB next summer instead of splashing 20M on Bartra 2.0 now, but age is not much of an issue when it comes to Pique. Madrid relies on 34yo Ramos, PSG relied on old Thiago Silva, Juve relied on old Chiellini until he had that cruciate ligament rupture ... You can continue this list with many examples in football history. CBs are aging differently and very often the most experienced ones are the best. There are no signs of Pique aging bad. He looks focused for the new season and fortunately already retired from the Spanish national team.
I'm sure he can fulfill his contract as a starter. Pair him with a fast CB and he will be fine.

 

[Devils]

SKY | Personal terms have been agreed between Barcelona and Depay

 

[ContraryIan]

SKY | Personal terms have been agreed between Barcelona and Depay

Doesn't mean a whole lot. I assume the player agreed terms weeks ago. His club needs Bar?a to meet their (fairly meager) financial expectations.

In my view, signing Depay is a monumentally stupid piece of business. I hope to be proved wrong.

 

[Messi983]

Don't think we'll get him.

 

[behindbrowneyes]

I wonder why no other bigger club is after him for the rumoured price. If he was really that good, he'd already be gone.

 

[serghei]

Don't think we'll get him either. But if we do get him, Griezmann needs to be sold.

If we sign Depay, sell Griezmann next summer, and remain with some good money after this in-out affair, it's good business.

I think Depay would perform better for us as AM, LW and 9 than either of Griezmann and Coutinho. Plus that he is younger than both. So, if Coutinho and Griezmann don't deliver this season, sell both, and in such case Depay is useful.

The only problem is, until you can sell some players, you'd be massively overbooked.