Dani Olmo

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Not sure how reliable the source is but according to this paper, Dani Olmo is the object of negotiations of a return and Dinamo Zagreb wants 25 Million for him with Real Madrid also being interested in him.

Would be mind-boggling stupid. I'll rather have Rabiot for free. Also, Real Madrid are no short on midfielders and need a WC replacement for Modric. This makes no sense on their part either.

Must be a Mamic masterplan to bait someone into paying them over the odds for him.

xXKonan said:

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Not sure how reliable the source is but according to this paper, Dani Olmo is the object of negotiations of a return and Dinamo Zagreb wants 25 Million for him with Real Madrid also being interested in him.

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Those papers are from Croatia.
And Croatian papers were known for being corrupted and helping to Dinamo and their owner Mamic.

Often in the past, Mamic and his papers would be posting fake stories to hype the price.
Basically, if Barca is really following Olmo, his papers will write that Real, Man Utd and Roma are after him and willing to pay 30M.
None of that is true, but eventually, an interested club will pay 15-20M and that will be a win-win.
Mamic has sold a player whom other big clubs didn't follow, and a a buyer will think that they have bought a gem for a reduced price of 15-20M, since the first fee was around 30M.

So, there is probably some interest by Barca regarding Olmo.
But Dinamo and Croatain papers will hype a story and lie to raise his price.

Offtopic, all latest Dinamo's sales were frauds to some extent.
Ante Coric, midfielder hyped here by some users, sold to Roma fro 6M Euros, almost 22 aged, played 1 match this season for Roma. A total fraud.
Midfielder Rog, sold to Napoli for 13M, played 48 matches over 3 seasons.
Winger Pjaca, sold for 25M pre Neymar's inflation, failed at Juventus, suffered a knee injury and after that he was loaned to Schalke, Fiorentina and now will be loaned again. He looked like a real deal in a Croatian league.
Halilovic to Barcelona. You know the story.

The only offensive player lately sold by Dinamo who wasn't a fraud was midfielder Brozovic who plays for Inter.

Olmo did play well in Europa league this season, but again, Dinamo is known to build a team around one player to make him look like a gem until he is sold and player's skills look way better than they actually are, and his flaws are masked. (The same as how Atletico's players look like warriors and beasts in their team, but usually suck in other clubs).
So, it is really hard to tell how good is Olmo and how much Mamic's papers are lying regarding price and regarding interest by other big clubs, as always.

There is a legal process currently about Mamic in Croatia and whether he will go to prison, but still, he has 100s of his guys and friends still running a club (Dinamo) and papers, so it is hard to believe them.

Real Madrid are willing to offer 26M for him, 1M more than Barca. There is strong interest from both sides.

Is he that good?

Nice finish!

What a match from him last night, and that awareness on the first goal is something suarez should look at(not that he isnt doing it, but only when he is asissting himself), maybe if he did that against lyon coutinho would score..

He is a versatile player can play CM and R/L wing. He will definitely play for one of the big teams next season.

Please not. He left so let him be.

Why another CM?

We need a ST and backup LB.

Much better than I expected him to be. You can still watch him against Benfica.

Yesterday papers asked Dinamo's coach Bjelica about Dani Olmo.
He replied:

"Today, he has a lot of knowledge, experience and skills. He is ready to play for bigger clubs.
But NOT for teams like Man City, Barcelona, Real, Psg or Bayern.
He is good enough to play for teams one tier below those top clubs.
I am sure that he is good enough for 2nd tier clubs, and for his development it is essential to go to one of those clubs, plays a lot and try to develop further.
If he'll sign for Man City, and if he'll play for 15 minutes once per Month, he won't develop further.
He needs to play, develop and learn.
And he can do that ONLY in 2nd tier clubs. I hope that he will sign for one of those."

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So, if Barca signs him and EV won't play him, you can't blame only EV.
Even Olmo's current coach says that Olmo is not ready for big clubs.
And as always, big clubs don't have enough time and free spots in lineup to wait for kids who may or may not develop one day.

According to Croatian paper Sportske Novosti, Dinamo Zagreb rejected a 25 Million bid from AC Milan for Olmo.

more like they rejected loan with an option to buy for 25m

xXKonan said:

According to Croatian paper Sportske Novosti, Dinamo Zagreb rejected a 25 Million bid from AC Milan for Olmo.

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Papers in Croatia are corrupted.
Dinamo's former president Mamic was paying to journos to pump up the prices.

So basically, Barca, Real, Bayern, Milan were always after all Dinamo's prospects, according to media.

And then poor naive 2nd tier clubs like Roma, Everton and similar would buy a hype.
And they probably thought: if Barca and Real wanted him, he will be good for us and we bought a real gem.
Yet, majority of players turned into frauds in bigger clubs.

So, be cautious with everything regarding journos and news from Croatia.

Sport and Marca claim we have talked with his agents about a possible return.

This + that Mikel Merino rumor, I have to believe the Club might be thinking we need more Spanish players so that we have some sort of footing with the national team in the future. There are Alba, Busi, and Roberto but the first two are getting older and don't have much time with NT left, and Bob who his case depends on the coach.