Cubarsi has been playing a lot because of the injury to Christ and injury/form of Araujo. If everyone is healthy, Cubarsi should be rotating in and not be a guaranteed starter.
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serghei
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I see no indication that these will get fixed. Christensen could be injured on and off for the rest of his career. Araujo is a bum for me, and this will probably not change, nor will his passing get adequate.
Inigo was generally fit last season, but a season before he was also injured on and off. We have bodies at CB, like we did at keeper. But like with the keeper position, all of them are expendable and upgradeable by an inspired signing.
Let's put it this way, if we have full 11 available, the weakest area for us now is central defender pair by a mile.
And guess what, CB pair is also the most under-funded in terms of signing so far. Christensen - free, Araujo - cheap signing, Inigo - free and old, Garcia, free.
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What market is there to upgrade this summer though? Huijsen was available but went to real for money Barca can't afford. One option is to hope that Konate doesn't resign with Pool and go for him in January. Otherwise, you're looking at Van der Ven, Hincapie, Saliba...all of whom would cost a lot.
serghei
Senior Member
That's Deco's job. Surely there's some fast players out there that have physicality and are not complete bums on the ball. Find one.
Do you trust Deco to be able to do this? I don't..
serghei
Senior Member
Don't we have a broader network? I'm sure we do. But I think this is a club weakness, something in our model we need to change as a club. Especially now that we have a pure offensive oriented manager.
There's a massive speed deficit in our cb pair for example.
Joan
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If that’s the level of our market research, we don’t need Deco. We could hire almost anyone active here for the job.
I nominate draconfire. Messi983 if you wanna be bold. Maradona if you’re looking for bald instead.
I refuse to believe there are no players available for the positions we need within the budget (there is some budget, we were about to sign Nico).
serghei
Senior Member
Again, it's not a coincidence that CB area is our worst area also while it's also the area where we didn't invest much if at all in. The one CB signing we supposedly made in Kounde became our starting RB instead.
Araujo 4.7 mil.
Christensen 0.
Inigo 0.
Cubarsi - La Masia.
Garcia 0.
The entire central defense is put together for 4.7m in transfer fees. Surprise surprise, all of them have various big problems. You can't win a CL with a central defense like that, you just can't.
Araujo 4.7 mil.
Christensen 0.
Inigo 0.
Cubarsi - La Masia.
Garcia 0.
The entire central defense is put together for 4.7m in transfer fees. Surprise surprise, all of them have various big problems. You can't win a CL with a central defense like that, you just can't.
jamrock
Senior Member
He did want to with that defender that's going well for Botafogo at the WC.
Identifying the talent isn't the issue, they just have to make sure it's the right one, because we don't have room for error and to the clubs credit they have been getting transfer right these past few years.
The issue is they don't think a CB is a priority this summer which is why they won't buy one unless someone leaves and even then it's a iffy.
Fans might disagree, but time as shown, when the noise on here says X and the club doesn't Y.
The club decision is always right.
We were calling Martinez a waste of 9m, then large parts of last season the best defender in la Liga.
Take aways, RELAX
Identifying the talent isn't the issue, they just have to make sure it's the right one, because we don't have room for error and to the clubs credit they have been getting transfer right these past few years.
The issue is they don't think a CB is a priority this summer which is why they won't buy one unless someone leaves and even then it's a iffy.
Fans might disagree, but time as shown, when the noise on here says X and the club doesn't Y.
The club decision is always right.
We were calling Martinez a waste of 9m, then large parts of last season the best defender in la Liga.
Take aways, RELAX
serghei
Senior Member
Inigo being the best defender in La Liga is basically hype. Nowhere near. He's a starter for us not because he is top level, but because competition at CB is super weak. Besides, Inigo is too old. Way too old. Man made rookie mistakes vs Inter, because, despite being a mature player, he was a rookie at that level with no experience dealing with that type of pressure.
jamrock
Senior Member
Madrid when they won the CL.
Carvajal $0
Rudiger $0
Nacho $0
Mendy $48.
Now we all know Mendy ain't that good, so don't come with that as a reply.
I swear you don't think these things through when you say them, lol
Now you're only talking about money spent on defense and connection to winning the CL and added no context.
Every time a team wins a CL serghei changes is line of the new team we should copy.
jamrock
Senior Member
That's your argument? Carvajal is a multi-CL winner dude. Inigo and Cubarsi aren't. Puyol and Pique also cost us next to zero back in 2009.
Exactly so clearly $ doesn't equal quality and you don't win until you win.
😂 Always talking about money or let's copy this team that won the CL this year.
Was Anyone raving about nacho?
Don't I need to find your post about rudiger?
Lol
serghei
Senior Member
Summer of 2027. Provided Camp Nou is finished as scheduled next summer. 2028 with 1 year delay. You need a full season with a full Camp Nou for the revenue to drastically increase.
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