El tren you were talking about the conundrum of the robben-ribery-gomez-muller quadrant and the dilema it has on the team, so how will Shaqiri amend this? Surely either Robben or Ribery will leave in the summer with a huge profit for Bayern?
Things is, that when they decided to buy Shaqiri, they werent fully aware of the 4-star-dilemma already. They just started benching one of them (RObben) in yesterdays cup semi. Before that they still tried to form a team with all 4.
So looking back now, the Shaqiri deal indeed doesnt seem to make the most sense. A strong defensive midfielder and/or left back could have prolly been more useful. Or a replacement playmaker for Kroos and Schweinsteiger! The latter being out again for weeks will surely harm them again as they dont have a smilar player as backup.
They could however try to use Shaqiri as offensive left back, Hitzfeld said that he used him there as Swiss NT coach. But i dont know the player too well ...
But its still next to impossible that Ribery leaves. Robben might think again about his almost done extension. There is also said to be some disharmony about him within the team, due to him criticizing others. BUt the Bayern management loves their superstars and is very forgiving with them (otherwise they would have kicked Ribery 1-2 years ago), so they usually dont sell them unless they dont have a choice. Its not like Bayern needs money anyway.
I knew this but somehow I forgot having read his agents recent statements that clearly made it clear that he will probably leave this summer.
I can't say that I have seen much of him but this is only based on fellow FCB fans I happen to know. (One of them is family who lives in München)
But it is true that Reus was the first priority until he choose to move to Dortmund?
And good to see you around. Always appreciate your comments about the Bundesliga. Köln still unpredictable as always although I feared the most for you when Solbakken was presented.
Poldi certainly doing his to keep you up this season.
Bayern was surely after Reus, both parties confirmed it. But Bayern had rumored contacts with Shaqiri for a while - since they played Basel in 2010. And it makes much sense to prioritize on Reus imo.
And well ... we are winning our key matches like last week in Kaiserslautern. We are 9th now, which is amazing considering our squad ... basically Poldi, Novakovic, Geromel and the other 7 field players of 2nd division quality or 18-19 yrs old
And Poldi is injured now even ... so it might get a bit critical now. But overall im very happy about Solbakken. He seems to have a plan and his counter tactics is the right thing for a quad like ours. Our previous coaches were pretty horrible you know
