Miralem Pjanic

Windhook

Windhook

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xxxxxx said:
He's nearly 31. Unfortunately, his best days are behind him.
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Kudos to the sports directors! He's supposed to add valuable experience to our midfield, but his adaptation looks like going to be a long one.

That got me thinking, trying to find a previous transfer from Italian Serie A to FC Barcelona that made some impact on the club since 2003. Here is the list:

2018/19 Kevin-Prince Boateng (Sassuolo) - loan
2018/19 Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich) - forgot to include him for his previous stint at Juventus
2011/12 Alexis Sanchez (Udinese)
2009/10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)
2009/10 Maxwell (Inter Milan)
2006/07 Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus)
2006/07 Lilian Thuram (Juventus)
2004/05 Demetrio Albertini (Atalanta)
2003/04 Edgar Davids (Juventus) - loan

Edgar Davids was great in his half season at Barcelona. All in all defensive players fared better at Barcelona, the rest - not so much. Zlatan had personal issues with Pep in his mind.
And here is the full list.
 
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Richard.H

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^IIRC, Maxwell was cheap and was a very decent backup fullback. He was just as good, if not better than Adriano who had way too many injuries in his career here.
 
Bobo32

Bobo32

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Windhook said:
Kudos to the sports directors! He's supposed to add valuable experience to our midfield, but his adaptation looks like going to be a long one.

That got me thinking, trying to find a previous transfer from Italian Serie A to FC Barcelona that made some impact on the club since 2003. Here is the list:
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Davids - great, one of the best additions they ever made
Thuram - played very good, even if he wasn't a great success. He was a bosman IIRC
Zambrotta - very bad, limited player, not at all suited for the style
Maxwell - also one of the best transfers they ever made, perfect role player
Zlatan - obviously the clubs worst ever transfer, but Pep pinpointed him and then Zlatans attitude problems made it the disaster it was. The intention was ok.
Alexis - a bit underrated, hard working and good player who was unable to score for long periods, but he was very decent.
Vidal - looked good in a nonfunctioning team. Not the solution to anything but he has nothing to be ashamed for.

Albertini and Boateng made too small of an impact to really comment on.

Overall, the transfers from Italy have been pretty good I'd say.
 
xXKonan

xXKonan

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I expect him to get the boot this coming summer, probably back to Serie A on loan.

Koeman I assume will probably still be here, clearly doesn't fancy him all that much. One of those swap deals that didn't pan out in the slightest, Arthur despite his flaws has at least managed to become a regular at Juve and be useful while we are stuck with an aging player on higher wages that couldn't even challenge the rotting corpse of Busi.

I had some high hopes for him and thought the main CM pairing would be Pjanic-FDJ but boy I was wrong. Seems like we have ourselves another Arda Turan case here.
 
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gregorrin10

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Even Moriba seems to be ahead of him, NICE! Moriba and Puig need to be ahead of him for that CM spots anyway, glad to see it actually happening. Pjanic could only rotate with Busquets. But he needs to be sold in the summer for sure, among the firsts along with Coutinho, Firpo and Braithwaite. Sell this trash instead of promising players like Emerson. Just because he might fetch us 30M more, doesn't mean he should be sold. Roberto can be moved to CDM to back up Busquets (or whoever will play there) once Emerson comes back and we hopefully keep him to compete with Dest at RB.
 
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gregorrin10

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Bobo32 said:
Davids - great, one of the best additions they ever made
Thuram - played very good, even if he wasn't a great success. He was a bosman IIRC
Zambrotta - very bad, limited player, not at all suited for the style
Maxwell - also one of the best transfers they ever made, perfect role player
Zlatan - obviously the clubs worst ever transfer, but Pep pinpointed him and then Zlatans attitude problems made it the disaster it was. The intention was ok.
Alexis - a bit underrated, hard working and good player who was unable to score for long periods, but he was very decent.
Vidal - looked good in a nonfunctioning team. Not the solution to anything but he has nothing to be ashamed for.

Albertini and Boateng made too small of an impact to really comment on.

Overall, the transfers from Italy have been pretty good I'd say.
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Coutinho says hi :wave:
 
Bobo32

Bobo32

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Pjanic played pretty well yesterday I think?
Just watched the replays for the goals, but in two of them, Pjanic played perfect passes not many midfielders in the world play (not spectacular, but correct)
I don't want to see him play any more, but I have to be fair.
 
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