The squad planning thread

BJJ

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Tielmanns is good enough for a big club. I'm surprised that he isn't linked to a bigger club, no disrespect to Roma.
 

Temptation

Well-known member
Damn. Source?
It's all over the Internet for the past few months actually.


Zaha might come to Barca if Xavi wants him. It's still not closed. I'm not sure Barca are that interested in Zaha though.


Ndicka, Aouar and Tielemans are basically signed as free agents for Roma. My sources itk have mostly confirmed too. Love him or hate him, Jose's pull is insane.
 

.blitzer

Member
I guess now the Leo saga is over, we can start planning with more certainty.

RB and DMC are the main priorities, we need 2 starters here.
And better subs in several positions, this is what killed us this season in the CL.


GK: Ter Stegen, Pena, Tenas

RB: Arnau M./Cancelo, (Kounde)

CB: Araunjo, Christensen
CB: Kounde, I. Martinez

LB: Balde, Alonso

DMC: Zubimendi/Neves, (De Jong)

MC: De Jong, Gundogan

MC: Pedri, Gavi

RW: Dembele, Raphinha

CF: Lewandowski, Thuram/Aubameyang

LF: Fati, Abde, (Gavi)

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At RB, buy Arnau Martinez or get Cancelo on loan. Kounde can be the backup.
I'd prefer a better bench LB than Alonso, but I guess we can cover all the holes in one season.

At DMC, between Zubimendi and Neves, I'd prefer Zubimendi. But let's see what Jorge Mendes has in store for us.
Gundogan would be a great addition, still plays at a high level, but given his form lately, might be difficult to get him.
Would take a chance on Thuram, could be an option also as a LW. Auba could be ok for cheap, better than Ferran/Fati at CF. Don't think Roque's transfer is viable this summer.
I wish we could get a better LW as a starter, but we have bigger priorities at RB and DMC. Hopefully, Fati can be decent again, or we can try Dembele at LW and Raphinha at RW.


Sell: Eric, Kessie, S. Roberto. Ferran.
Loan: P. Torre.
 

Messi983

Senior Member
At this point I'm in the "keep the team as it is, give a chance to kids like Yamal, Pau Prim and J. Araujo, try and get finances in order before investing as much as we can next summer" camp.
 

Kul_z

Senior Member
Xavi needs to solve organization issues. Dmc or like jamdav said reorganize the shape and try to get most of fdj and his power to bring the ball forward. To achieve that we need pedri available for 90+% of the next season, he needs to build chemistry in mf, and we need creativity badly alongside pedri. Gavi needs to get benched or get clear instructed of what his job should be, we are wasting that lw spot. Raph and dembele should do the trick for rw, lewa st and we need someone with creativity and serious output on lw.
Gundogan could be great asset for mf,
For lw im afraid of even typing his name but considering the circumstances he's in, copa and world cup in 3 years xavi might get his shit together and pull best out of him.
 

BJJ

Well-known member
Left wing, DM and RB are important. I, especially don't want to see Kounde at RB. He looks uncomfortable there.
Cancelo, Amrabat and Gundogan would be good for starters. Have no idea why we're getting Inigo. Even for free.
 

Devils

Senior Member
Time to get rid of these stinky Spaniards

Out:
-Ferran Torres (Worst attacking player of all time and worst signing of all time)
-Eric Garcia (Worst player of all time)
-Sergi Roberto :sick:
-Marcos Alosno (car wreck of a player)

In:
-Ivan Toney
-Obite Evan Ndicka
-Daichi Kamada
-Marucus Thuram
-Kyle Walker Peters
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
Time to get rid of these stinky Spaniards

Out:
-Ferran Torres (Worst attacking player of all time and worst signing of all time)
-Eric Garcia (Worst player of all time)
-Sergi Roberto :sick:
-Marcos Alosno (car wreck of a player)

In:
-Ivan Toney
-Obite Evan Ndicka
-Daichi Kamada
-Marucus Thuram
-Kyle Walker Peters

Would we meet UEFA homegrown rules with such changes?
We have Gavi, Balde, Pena & Fati as a club homegrown players, Pedri as a Spanish homegrown with Inigo as another one.

We will be 2 players short of it (Araujo isn't one afaik), we can include Tenas as homegrown.
We simply need more Spanish players if we, rightfully, kicked those out.
 

Devils

Senior Member
Would we meet UEFA homegrown rules with such changes?
We have Gavi, Balde, Pena & Fati as a club homegrown players, Pedri as a Spanish homegrown with Inigo as another one.

We will be 2 players short of it (Araujo isn't one afaik), we can include Tenas as homegrown.
We simply need more Spanish players if we, rightfully, kicked those out.

I don't even know what this rule is, dawg.

Barely any Spanish talent these days though so perhaps amendment to these crazy rules is needed.
 

vuji_31

Senior Member
I am worried we will not sign RB, as it seems it is not priority LOL.

They will spend all money on Kimmich/Zubimendi and rest of transfers will be trash.
 

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