Transfers and Rumours - old thread

[Bertus]

PSG gave centre back Thiago Silva a 1.5M payrise after Barcelona's interest this summer. He now has a year salary of 11M. [via l'equipe]

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Reposting my post from the TS thread

From what I understood :

- L'Equipe wrote that as a Rumor. It's not confirmed at all that Silva wage got a boost so far.

- Silva was already willing to stay at PSG, but Nasser wanted to go even further and wanted (if we consider that the Rumor is true) to be sure that the PSG offer him more than any other clubs could offer (the same Rumor says that the Barca wanted to pay him 9/9.5m euros).

Apparently, if that Rumor is true, Nasser really wants to go all out against the Barca since he really disliked that Rosell went that far. Kind of want to show how QSI/DOHA is not a joke.

If that Rumor is true, i kind of fear what an another poster said here, Nasser might go on rampage and go for any target that the barca wish to buy, just to annoy the Barca to no end.

If that happens, It will be a shame. Nasser should let the Barca alone since apparently, he already won the important fight (silva) by K.O

 

[Bertus]

Its a reward for ditching Barca.

Apparentlly, yeah it is. More a reward for loyalty than a move to try to keep him since Silva already wanted to respect his contract signed last year.

 

[Jelboo]

I'm annoyed at this transfer period. Nothing's happening except for the admittedly badass decision to get Neymar, and now we're losing players. We don't just need a defender now, we need midfielders too!

 

[darthvader7888]

I'm annoyed at this transfer period. Nothing's happening except for the admittedly badass decision to get Neymar, and now we're losing players. We don't just need a defender now, we need midfielders too!

Agreed. I think Neymar will turn out to be a good signing and a great player (not too happy about the price, but whatever), especially after seeing him at the confed cup, but I don't like our transfer window at all so far.

 

[Flavia]

I'm annoyed at this transfer period. Nothing's happening except for the admittedly badass decision to get Neymar, and now we're losing players. We don't just need a defender now, we need midfielders too!

Midfielders? What for? There's 6 of them, for 3 spots. And Cesc won't leave, at least for this season. We just need a cb.

 

[darthvader7888]

Midfielders? What for?

Rotating Xavi. And replacing him in the future. Because right now, we only have one player who can play in that position/role: Xavi.

We're not as overloaded in midfield as we might seem. Yes, we're overloaded at CDM and in Iniesta's position. But not Xavi's.

 

[Irish_Cules]

We need one midfielder, but I agree with everything you said. I think Neymar will turn out to be a good signing and a great player (not too happy about the price, but whatever), especially after seeing him at the confed cup, but I don't like our transfer window at all so far.

We really don't need another midfielder. While it is true that Tito could have distributed minutes better, the main reason Thiago left was because we have too many midfielders. Busquets, Song and even Masch can play in defensive mid while we have Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc, Sergi Roberto and also Song for the other two spots.

 

[darthvader7888]

We really don't need another midfielder. While it is true that Tito could have distributed minutes better, the main reason Thiago left was because we have too many midfielders. Busquets, Song and even Masch can play in defensive mid while we have Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc, Sergi Roberto and also Song for the other two spots.

Again, how many players do we have for Xavi's spot/role? One. And he's 33, and needs more rotation than anyone else.

 

[jiopi]

One CB and we have the 21 players squad Tito wanted, correct players in and out, and with multiple players every position. We are good for next season.

 

[Messi_Goal]

i would like us to sign chiellini and hummels i think that would be a great pairing but i do still like pique

 

[Flavia]

Rotating Xavi. And replacing him in the future. Because right now, we only have one player who can play in that position/role: Xavi.

We're not as overloaded in midfield as we might seem. Yes, we're overloaded at CDM and in Iniesta's position. But not Xavi's.

Cesc or Sergi Roberto can rotate with Xavi. People need to let go of the "Xavi role", the team will have to find a slightly different way of playing without him. There's no need for another midfielder, unless it is to warm the bench.

 

[Puyol the wall]

Rotating Xavi. And replacing him in the future. Because right now, we only have one player who can play in that position/role: Xavi.

We're not as overloaded in midfield as we might seem. Yes, we're overloaded at CDM and in Iniesta's position. But not Xavi's.

yeah right, you better watch more barca games from last year

 

[Irish_Cules]

Again, how many players do we have for Xavi's spot/role? One. And he's 33, and needs more rotation than anyone else.

Cesc or Sergi Roberto can rotate with Xavi. People need to let go of the "Xavi role", the team will have to find a slightly different way of playing without him. There's no need for another midfielder, unless it is to warm the bench.

Pretty much this.

The team needs to evolve ans you can't go out and just buy someone to take over from Xavi who is the best of all time at what he does. With the players we have, we can still have the best midfield in the world. They have the quality to be that. Finding some cheap Xavi imitation isn't going to fix everything.

 

[Messi_Goal]

its time for fabregas to take over from xavi now along side iniesta.i want xavi to start but i think he struggles with the pressing game now.

 

[PhilS]

Are you really sure that Neymar will just bend over to make Messi shine?

From what i know about Neymar, he has a big ego. He wants to be the best. And despite him liking to assist others, I don't see him becoming Messi's dog at all. He said a lot how he wants to become the best.

Being Messi's dog would mean to just stay in his shadow. I don't see that situation going on for years or even months.

That's the big question. So far, Neymar is saying all the right things. He can be a big star at Barca, he'll be able to score quite a bit, he just will not be the biggest star. Can't wait to see how it will work out.