JamDav1982
Senior Member
That still makes no sense.
Arturo Vidal
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That still makes no sense.
EdmondDantes
New member
I vote for Mohican Bandit.
As I fully expect him to be, a rogue, a complete nuisance for our opponents in midfield.
jairzinho
Senior Member
Agreed about the need to have a strong willed player. A badass among our young acolytes. Have my doubts about his age and injuries but i hope he does well here.
Vilarrubi
New member
I never said they were the exact same players with the same value, but whats the best indicator to go off if we're just guessing.. "Price" and your four fold thing made no sense. I never said it was suspiciously low, I think it's fair, a calculated risk.
Ken_rosseneri
New member
you think Vidal will start?
MTL_Barca
Well-known member
Its still the smart playmakers that can still perform in a high level with 33+ like Xabi, Xavi, Iniesta, Pirlo but usually not the more offensive, physical CMs. It just gets too hard to keep up with the pace and they don't have their football IQ and passes to fall back to.
Well i don't even expect anything from current Vidal so playing ok-good until 33 would be fantastic for me lol but yeah 3 years of top level football and comparisons to Xabi are unrealistic for me.
We'll see but i don't expect much from Vidal, at best he stays healthy and is used exclusively as a bench option. That could be nice i guess. But tbh i kinda fear Ernesto will sneak him into a slow 4-4-2 at just the wrong time so i'm a bit worried
Devils
Senior Member
Absolutely I can see him playing until 33-34 as a squad player if he maintains fitness.
Too many examples of quality players in their 30s this day and age that start or are squad players for top teams. I really don't need to provide examples, they are in every top team in Europe.
Vidal can be the same for Barca.
Joan
Well-known member
Pardon my ignorance. Who's Lucas R.?
I know nothing about Barca twitter community but they're biased and poisonous.
MTL_Barca
Well-known member
He always played but also there were always reports about him having problems, having a lot of little issues here and there in training etc so i guess people just assume that he's injury prone as in missing many games.
He didn't miss many games but these stats make it look better than it is, him staying healthy (really healthy) and in good physical form is a real concern imo.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
If his knee holds up and we play a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 hopefully, he'll definitely dethrone Rakitic I think. He's a lot quicker, very mobile, as good technical and a bigger goalscoring threat on top of his grinta and aggressive nature.
Four fold increase would just be a rough estimate since Vidal should go for less than Schweinsteiger in 2015 if they were the same age and Schweinsteiger went for 9m. Fast forward three years and suddenly people talk about 30m for this player as its nothing and 21m being suspiciously low. Thats all. Vidal has a physical playing style, more so than players like Iniesta and Xavi, so it will be interesting to see if he can keep a high level going forward at an age when most players decline.
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Messi983
Senior Member
Wouldn't mind him but don't think Juve will sell after they already sold Higuain.
Also, could easily see EV playing Mandzo on the wings and keeping Dembele on the bench so people would have another reason to go crazy.
Yeah, no really proven top class striker available. What do you think about Timo Werner?
From bigger/stronger and relatively young strikers I like Willian Jose and while I think he would be a better competition for Suarez than Paco/Munir I don't think he's good enough to become a starter for us. Also like Maxi Gomez but he only has one good season behind him in La Liga and there are rumours he might leave for EPL soon. If he'll stay in Vigo then we should follow him. Both WJ and Maxi are non EU players but Willian has been in Spain for 4 or 5 years so he could maybe get spanish citizenship.
Anyway, I think we won't get a new striker this summer and regardless of who between Munir and Paco will stay in the end Messi will in reality be a second striker/play as false 9 in 4-3-3 whenever Suarez won't play.
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