Theo Hernandez

[DonAK]

That makes no sense. That agreement is there so Real Madrid and Atletico(mostly just one-way) cannot sign players from each other which is exactly what happened with Aguero in 2010 and 2011.

Atletico should tell Real Madrid to suck it and go bully someone else.

 

[khaled_a_d]

If Atletico blocks Theo Hernandez transfer, Real Madrid would understand that there is no "gentleman's agreement" and would go after Griezmann

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How So?
I would be skeptical about such rumors when they are gonna play each other in CL this week tbh

 

[God Serena]

I agree with khaled, this is probably just the Spanish media doing their thing and trying to unsettle their rivals as usual.

 

[El Barcelona]

If they rumours are true then we're already gave him a contract offer but way under his demands. His agent is now negotiating an increase in the offer that we gave him. If this is true then I'm curious why we want him so bad when we already have Alba en Digne.

 

[Cool]

Maybe Digne will be used as a CB?

 

[xXKonan]

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According to Anton Meana who covers Atletico, says Atletico do not want to sell Theo to Real Madrid, and wants him to go to us instead. MD also posted an article saying Theo, will meet with his agent soon to decide his future.

 

[BarçaBarça]

If this is another hijack-a-Real-transfer-thing, then no thanks. Danilo and Gomes proves that hasty transfers to annoy the other part is stupid.
And if this is acknowledging that one of our summer transfers hasn't performed as hoped and replacements are needed, then Digne is a very odd one to point to

 

[xavi_the_Boss]

If this is another hijack-a-Real-transfer-thing, then no thanks. Danilo and Gomes proves that hasty transfers to annoy the other part is stupid.
And if this is acknowledging that one of our summer transfers hasn't performed as hoped and replacements are needed, then Digne is a very odd one to point to

We were already interested in him last season.

 

[khaled_a_d]

If this is another hijack-a-Real-transfer-thing, then no thanks. Danilo and Gomes proves that hasty transfers to annoy the other part is stupid.
And if this is acknowledging that one of our summer transfers hasn't performed as hoped and replacements are needed, then Digne is a very odd one to point to

Neither Danilo nor Gomes was signed to piss the other club,it just happened that both clubs wanted same player. Same happened with Neymar and R10 decade b4 him and those were amazing deals.

 

[xXKonan]

We have been following Theo for awhile now and we even considered buying him last year but we backed off since he was still a bit raw at the time. I think my biggest question is why are we so focused on him now? whats going to happen with Alba and Digne? I know MD and Sport reported that we don't have any plans on selling Alba and mention nothing about selling Digne either.

Considering we have other priorities in reinforcing the Squad in the RB and Midfield and possibly CB area, I do find it strange we have been linked with other LBs like Theo more so than RB's lately.

 

[BarçaBarça]

Neither Danilo nor Gomes was signed to piss the other club,it just happened that both clubs wanted same player. Same happened with Neymar and R10 decade b4 him and those were amazing deals.

Difference is, that we did not need to buy Gomes, it was a 'luxury'-transfer as our midfield was stacked. Same with Danilo, we clearly needed him (as potential starter), whereas RM bought him as backup. Everyone needs a Neymar or Ronaldinho, those are different cases.

The similarity here is that we don't strictly speaking need another LB. And although WC-ones are always welcome, we have such huge problems in midfield + sorting out our rightback that it seems a bit stupid to go for a 24M€ LB, if not to take him away from Real.

We have been following Theo for awhile now and we even considered buying him last year but we backed off since he was still a bit raw at the time. I think my biggest question is why are we so focused on him now? whats going to happen with Alba and Digne? I know MD and Sport reported that we don't have any plans on selling Alba and mention nothing about selling Digne either.

Considering we have other priorities in reinforcing the Squad in the RB and Midfield and possibly CB area, I do find it strange we have been linked with other LBs like Theo more so than RB's lately.

Yes, exactly. Sport mentioned Benjamin Henrichs and Azpilicuata the other day, as alternatives to Bellerin for RB. Azpilicuata is a bit unserious suggestion, imo, but we really need to get that signing right. Also, Vidal has only recently come to mercy, whereas not long ago he was seen as a joke - it is quite uncertain to bet on him as a serious challenger on that position as well.

 

[navidjaan]

How come nobody think he'll be the tall, lanky LCB and at times LB that will be needed when Mathieu leaves? It's a huuuuge upgrade, and there are only like a handful of actual good LCB's in the world these days, and we'd have two. Dunno what the price is, but if it's around 20M, I think it'd be a good (and necessary) signing.

 

[MIXA]

This whole story stinks of yet another Gomes disaster.

Buying somebody the team really does not need so that RM can't have him.

 

[Messi983]

whats going to happen with Alba and Digne?

We'll loan him.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Difference is, that we did not need to buy Gomes, it was a 'luxury'-transfer as our midfield was stacked. Same with Danilo, we clearly needed him (as potential starter), whereas RM bought him as backup. Everyone needs a Neymar or Ronaldinho, those are different cases.

The similarity here is that we don't strictly speaking need another LB. And although WC-ones are always welcome, we have such huge problems in midfield + sorting out our rightback that it seems a bit stupid to go for a 24M€ LB, if not to take him away from Real.

Thing is neither club has signed those players based on hijacking the other club deal. Barca felt they needed upgrade in midfield when they signed Gomes,RM back then thought Carvajal isn't worth the starting spot.
We aren't gonna spend 24M o Theo just to piss RM