Barca Transfers and Rumors

[Porque]

Barca have always signed players but this feels a bit different in signing players that are more 'raw' but have the phsyical characteristics club need and if can improve them can work out in profit or first team.

Too often felt like the club has concentrated on technical players to come in in these type transfers and hasnt worked as much.

Feels like a signal change for type of players they want to take a punt on both for first team and to sell on as other clubs want similar profiles if dont make it.

Chelsea have been the masters of that albeit often on more expensive younsgters.. take those in that other clubs will want profile of if dont quite make it.

Left footed CBs that are quick and have decent power height is just that.

It's this. It has always been part of our policy as Khaled mentioned and the Mika Faye's, Araujos, Santi Buenos, Argie LB lad of before. But now the policy seems more strategic.

Just a year back it seemed we were all in on African talents, which seems to have cooled somewhat this year.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Ineos bought Heaven for 1M, if only our scouts had any intelligence.

Looks like we need to buy proper scouts first foremost.

 

[TheStig]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015733974102835384

Don't know any of them but we should do this kind of deals in our situation. Hope at least one of them turns out good.

 

[draconifire]

Seems like we are not getting a defender as Christensen's replacement.

Noice. I think I should temper UCL expectations. And maybe even LaLiga.

Quarters is where I think we will go. If we can pass the next round.

 

[vuji_31]

Seems like we are not getting a defender as Christensen's replacement.

Noice. I think I should temper UCL expectations. And maybe even LaLiga.

Quarters is where I think we will go. If we can pass the next round.

I think same.

We won supercopa, have great chances in CDR, winning la liga and we are good.

CL we can get eliminated by any top team. Even teams like BVB could be problem.

 

[Loki]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2015733974102835384

Don't know any of them but we should do this kind of deals in our situation. Hope at least one of them turns out good.

I doubt any of them is planned for the first team.
They'll be primarily planned to strengthen Barca Atletic to return to the third league. The 4th league is really bad, because you can't hold any promising talent, if they have to play in the fourth league. The long term goal should be to return back to the segunda.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Seems like we are not getting a defender as Christensen's replacement.

Noice. I think I should temper UCL expectations. And maybe even LaLiga.

Quarters is where I think we will go. If we can pass the next round.

We could very well end up playing against PSG, City, Inter or Chelsea in round of 16 of CL. QF is far from a sure thing.

 

[serghei]

These are all low risk deals for Barca B. Next to irrelevant for our quite immediate needs.

Club seems to operate at either very low price points or go after bigger names. Very uninspiring if you ask me. We should actually operate at 20-40m For defenders and 40-60m for attacking players. Bastoni as a target is a joke, totally overrated defender for potentially a lot of money. Stay away at all costs.

Not that fast, and predisposed to blunders also. We have to do much better than Bastoni.

Schlotterbeck is good but indeed slower than you'd want. We need to do better at signing players who are not popular in media for various reasons. Bastoni, Schlotterbeck even fans know about them. I want to believe we can discover soon to be top players that casual fans don't know about.

Speed and intelligence. We need someone fast, reasonably young, not very expensive, and not someone known for huge and frequent blunders. Speed is essential for our style and our defense. Bastoni is a tall slowish CB. Makes no sense to chase Bastoni and discard Schlotterbeck.

 

[MonteCuler]

These are all low risk deals for Barca B. Next to irrelevant for our quite immediate needs.

Club seems to operate at either very low price points or go after bigger names. Very uninspiring if you ask me. We should actually operate at 20-40m For defenders and 40-60m for attacking players. Bastoni as a target is a joke, totally overrated defender for potentially a lot of money. Stay away at all costs.

Not that fast, and predisposed to blunders also. We have to do much better than Bastoni.

Schlotterbeck is good but indeed slower than you'd want.

I don't think it's uninspiring

These low price talents are not for our immediate needs but as soon as 2-3 seasons from now if they show great stuff they could become first team regulars. I am glad club is doing this and in financial situation like ours it's a very smart strategy

We thought same of Roony, that he would not be immediate solution, but he turned out very good and useful when Yamal doesn't play. Similar to that one of these talents could explode very soon and help the first team

And when it comes to first team transfers, where are you going to get a good defender for 20-40m? We need proven quality because we are not in a position to spend money multiple times.

 

[serghei]

And when it comes to first team transfers, where are you going to get a good defender for 20-40m? We need proven quality because we are not in a position to spend money multiple titimes.

Some of the best defenders currently were signed for those types of fees from B or C level clubs. They have to come up with the names.

 

[JamDav1982]

The club are doing right thing.

They cant really compete with even remotely highly rated young players who are going off to EPL for 40m+ as soon as appear on scene.

Taking punts on players who are a level below that in terms of how chased currently are but have big upside if even a couple of them take off.

It isnt even about first team either it is about trying to create value where can sell on players for fees or % if not ready.

Barca need to spend money what money have on established players and use La Masia and punts in market for potential first team players and players to make money on.

 

[serghei]

If we can't sign a 40m player we want badly, then it is bad news for our future as a club. I am sure we can. We had a very good year closing in on 1bn revenue without Camp Nou. We will be back on the market soon. It is a question of not fucking up and splashing 40m and ending up with a bum who is not good enough even to break even on, let alone use in the team, or make a buck on if decided so in the future.

9/10 times you get a better talent if you spend more. Even Pedri. He was no cheap signing of 1-3m.

 

[JamDav1982]

Barca cant spend 40m on a defender currently.

They are doing the right thing in going after profiles that can be of benefit in future and FFP of these Atletic players is not always taking away from first team either.

No one at all is claiming these signing are at expense of first team players when Barca can spend more either.

 

[serghei]

Barca cant spend 40m on a defender currently.

They are doing the right thing in going after profiles that can be of benefit in future and FFP of these Atletic players is not always taking away from first team either.

Hell, there's many price tags between 1m deals on super raw players who in best case scenario would need 4-5 years to deliver and 40m deals for a top young defender.

Some 40m defenders were bought for 10-20m by clubs from Bundesliga, Ligue 1 etc., and sold for double or triple profits after a short period. Sometimes under 2 seasons.

 

[Barcaman]

Think we need to take a step deeper and look at sport directors and scouts of clubs that have proven smart in the market. Getting former players with some or without any experience is idiotic thing to go on about business.