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It will be a sorry day when Yaya departs from Barca, but given the circumstances it appears to be inevitable. We've been linked with Mascherano & it appears that we were very keen on him even last year. I don't think he complements us as much as Yaya does, but I would venture to say that he is a...

I think one of the main issues that affected Ibra's performance last year was the fact that we had to use him as our lone striker which greatly restricted his creativity by confining him to the role of target man. That said I don't see a move for Torres would seem unlikely. Granted, poaching...

Yes. I think I addressed the money issue in the above posts. & I also that I did provide some remarks about the state of P//B. Pedro is good, but not as good as Torres; besides a 1-2 trident formation is much more accommodating to Messi & Villa than a 2-1 formation with a lone striker. So its...

I don't think that we don't have a place for him if we offload Ibra. We would have MTV as our XI and Pedro & Bojan as their replacements. If we don't offload Ibra, then it would be the same situation if we were to sign T. If we offload Ibra we would be having only 1 player as replacement for 3...

I really believe that we should sign him. We may entertaining a bill of ~150M after Ibra's sale, but I think that landing Villa, Fab & Torres will offset their cost on three accounts: 1. We wasted the CL this year & only won La Liga by a whisker. I still think that our undoing in these...

IMO Torres would've been a better option even at a higher price considering his age, his marketability our need for a target man. But it seems that Pep favors more dynamic strikers as was witnessed with the Eto-Ibra swap. In hindsight, I guess it could make more sense. Villa may be 3 years older...

I guess a more accurate terminology for me to use for Ibra wld've been SS instead of ST. But I don't think we're really disagreeing on that I/T/E wld be labeled as CF, not ST. I am not proposing that we "change our tactics that we have built our football on." We did buy Ibra for a reason & we...

The fact that we have Ibra know rules out (at least from a tactical viewpoint) any move for Ribery. When we traded Eto'o for Ibra we knew that we were loosing the work rate & the clinical finishing of a natural striker. We calculated (I still think correctly) that the net benefit derived would...

Bojan? Did you forget that Bojan is 2 years younger than Keirrison. The only advantage from loaning K9 is that Bojan will probably see more play time; but he's still far from being ready much more so than K9 IMO.

Loaning him was a mistake IMO. Granted, he's young & he lacks experience in Europe but he's the only killer striker that we have. At this stage Henry & Ibra are likely to score a lot more, but they're not the predators who would pounce at half a chance like Villa & that's a shame because not...

but Ibra won't; he will add a lot more to the team than what Eto'o or Villa could've possibly contributed, but he will never be the predatory scoring machine that Eto'o & Villa are. That's why if we really want to capitalize on the team's creativity & Ibra's bonus contribution; materialize it to...

Ibra is not even half the finisher Eto'o is; so I don't see how can you bring this point (which I agree with) against him, especially in comparison to Ibra. IMO Ibra can add more to the team than Eto'o would, but we still need a pure finisher in the mold of Eto'o/Villa to truly capitalize on...

Now that Hernanes' signing is gaining momentum on this forum; maybe the management should be listening by now. IMO Hernanes can solve a lot of headaches for us, not just provide us with a decent cover for Xavi/Iniesta but also Toure & even Messi in a 1-2 trident. He obviously has a lot of...

I hope that we're forking something behind the scenes. We only bought Hleb because we couldn't agree a fee for Hernanes. Now that we realize our mistake I don't see why we shouldn't amend it, just as we did with Pique; especially given the fact that it's very unlikely we'll land Fabregas. Not...

Signing him & selling Keita seems like a good idea; except for one little factor. Where are we going to play him? We already have Yaya as a starter for the sole DM position & we have Busquets for cover. So far we've been linked with right players (Villa, Keirrison, Luis), but the midfield has...

We signed Hleb after our bid for Hernanes was not accepted. We were also linked with Arshavin, but he was not related to the Hleb signing.

I agree that €12 million should be the ceiling. But even at €15 million (which they are demanding) he wouldn't be that expensive. With Cehlski in pole position to sign Zhirkov for £18m, Felipe looks a lot cheaper by comparison to provide the same services, not to mention that he's 4 years...

IMO he's far from being overrated. If Eto'o was to leave, Benzema would've been my top choice to replace him. Zlatan & Villa may be better players, but they're older & can't fulfill the same role that Eto'o does at Barca. If we can land Villa & Keirrison, and make Eto'o sign that damned...

Hernanes would fit perfectly our tactical requirements & would complement us in many areas in which we are lacking

so why haven't we signed him yet.