VillaChris Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: Barca transfer strategy in recent years has been mayhem. They seem to have a wierd obssesion in recent times with buying Valencia players and then getting rid of them six months later, Andre Gomes and Paco Alacaer. Likes od Digne and Yerry Mina also fit in only being there a short while and then Everton coming in. Buying them with their flaws and then realising within first training session they don't have "Barca DNA" or Messi dosen't rate them. Saw they were linked with Joao Cancelo recently who seems to be on a tour of playing for a major club in each league every year, just the 11 games for Man. City so far. Also surprised they seem to want rid of Umtiti. Aswell as Messi you've got Alba, Busquets and Pique all into their 30s now and they don't operate with that big a squad so think they'll hit a few issues in next couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Barca are more or less back where they were pre pep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 3 hours ago, VillaChris said: They seem to have a wierd obssesion in recent times with buying Valencia players and then getting rid of them six months later, Andre Gomes and Paco Alacaer. Likes od Digne and Yerry Mina also fit in only being there a short while and then Everton coming in. Buying them with their flaws and then realising within first training session they don't have "Barca DNA" or Messi dosen't rate them. Saw they were linked with Joao Cancelo recently who seems to be on a tour of playing for a major club in each league every year, just the 11 games for Man. City so far. Also surprised they seem to want rid of Umtiti. Aswell as Messi you've got Alba, Busquets and Pique all into their 30s now and they don't operate with that big a squad so think they'll hit a few issues in next couple of years. The biggest hole they never fixed was Dani Alves leaving. He was a massive factor in their attacking play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 38 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: The biggest hole they never fixed was Dani Alves leaving. He was a massive factor in their attacking play. looks like you can add wague to the list of failed attempts, struggled to get a game at Nice and they've sent him back rather than take up their 15m euro option to buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 8 hours ago, VillaChris said: They seem to have a wierd obssesion in recent times with buying Valencia players and then getting rid of them six months later, Andre Gomes and Paco Alacaer. Likes od Digne and Yerry Mina also fit in only being there a short while and then Everton coming in. Buying them with their flaws and then realising within first training session they don't have "Barca DNA" or Messi dosen't rate them. Saw they were linked with Joao Cancelo recently who seems to be on a tour of playing for a major club in each league every year, just the 11 games for Man. City so far. Also surprised they seem to want rid of Umtiti. Aswell as Messi you've got Alba, Busquets and Pique all into their 30s now and they don't operate with that big a squad so think they'll hit a few issues in next couple of years. If i look at Barca squad i see Messi and Ter Stegen as top class, Suarez will get goals but not star he was. Arthur, Lenglet and De Jong have potential but after that they have players they want rid of like Rakitic, Vidal, Alba players they paid big money for that havent performed and happy to sell like Semedo, Dembele, Coutinho or Griezmann or players that werent really good enough like Pique but still taking a big wage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 GK - ter stegen is good enough for another 5-7 years, neto is a £25m waste of money RB - semedo is ok, wague is back from loan, sergi Roberto is their best RB but he's a converted CM and cant get forward like alves which means they changed their system, emerson wont do a thing there so another £12m waste of money CB - they have a good young core of umtitti, lenglet, todibo meaning that they should be phasing out pique LB - they have firpo doing ok and then miranda and cucuralla out on loan but primed to break through, they don't need alba's wages anymore and should try and cah in on him to a PL team CM - Busquets still has 2 years left in him despite his reduced mobility, de jong and Arthur are their midfield for the next 10 years, vidal can go, rakitic if they get good money for him can go, puig might break through, oriel Busquets I don't think will make it, Rafinha is still on the books, so is arda turan, Coutinho was a terrible signing ATT - messi obviously stays even with his huge contract, suarez has 1 year left so I think they keep him and let him walk, dembele is a good player but one of the easiest to cash in on, Griezmann was a vanity signing, fati will be a star, abel ruiz will be a good enough back up, braithwaite was laughable if they shift alba and pique then just freeing up the wages will give them enough capital to go out and get a dominating CB, they should have bought de ligt last summer rather than Griezmann, now they need the likes of skrinair or dias, then if they can shift vidal, coutino, rafinha and rakitic they just need decent back up in midfield and to keep some of the kids rather than send them all out on loan, the squad needs depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Interested to see where Tonali ends up. The kid is unbelievable. Will be an Italy stalwart for the next 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 23 hours ago, villa4europe said: Barca are more or less back where they were pre pep Yeah. They honestly remind me of the Barca from mid 90s (with Hristo Stoichkov etc). Not the football, but aging star players and sort of energyless identityless side. Personally I felt they shit the bed with signing Neymar and it all kind of collapsed from there. Spent stupid money on good footballers with rotten egos. Should have been more sensible and maybe gone for some of the younger Dutch players instead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 38 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: Yeah. They honestly remind me of the Barca from mid 90s (with Hristo Stoichkov etc). Not the football, but aging star players and sort of energyless identityless side. Personally I felt they shit the bed with signing Neymar and it all kind of collapsed from there. Spent stupid money on good footballers with rotten egos. Should have been more sensible and maybe gone for some of the younger Dutch players instead. Think since Neymar left they have been desperate to look like a big player in the market hence money they have wasted recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Looks like Matty Longstaff has been linked to go to Italy, and to Udinese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 49 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Looks like Matty Longstaff has been linked to go to Italy, and to Udinese then on to a 4 year loan deal at Watford 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Jeff hendrick to AC Milan was a bizarre link the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Useful player I think Hendrick. His ideal role though is right mid in a narrow, Sean-Dyche-4-4-2, he'll probably struggle if asked to do much different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Yeah I'm not saying he's a terrible player, he does a job in the Dyche system. More of a reflection of the continual mediocrity of AC Milan though if they're seriously interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 6 hours ago, VillaChris said: Jeff hendrick to AC Milan was a bizarre link the other day. AC Milan have been a bizarre club for ages now. Why they make the signings they do ill never know. Bit like us, huge club that have accepted being below par for far too long. Players like Fabio Borini should never be plying their trade at these establishments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted June 4, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2020 On 03/06/2020 at 04:30, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Bit like us I wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Chelsea making £10m profit on pasalic who is joining atalanta Been there 6 years, 5 loans, never kicked a ball for Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: Chelsea making £10m profit on pasalic who is joining atalanta Been there 6 years, 5 loans, never kicked a ball for Chelsea Brighton having a crack at this sort of thing ATM. Well done to them for trying to replicate a successful strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: Chelsea making £10m profit on pasalic who is joining atalanta Been there 6 years, 5 loans, never kicked a ball for Chelsea Think Lucas Piazon is longest serving Chelsea loan player. He played in the 8-0 v us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 3 hours ago, VillaChris said: Think Lucas Piazon is longest serving Chelsea loan player. He played in the 8-0 v us. Was his only Chelsea Premier League appearance, think he missed a penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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