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Tata has done a great job this season with the bare-bones squad given to him. The play hasn't been that great but he's done the best with what was left for him. With that said, in addition to the transfers needed to strengthen the squad (GK, CB, CM, CF) I wouldn't mind Frank de Boer taking...

As a backup LB/CB. Bruno has a lot of potential and if he furthers his progression at Barcelona he could become a great defender. He is a low investment/high reward player with the physical attributes (6'2, quick, strong) to give our back-line some strength.

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THIS. and if a CB from Barça B isn't ready we could get this guy on the cheap... Bruno Martins-Indi, 21 y/o 6'2 - LB/CB, probably won't cost more than 4-6 mil and could prove to be a good investment.

He's played on the right side of MF most the of season for Celta and has done really well. Like Flavia mentioned he's very versatile. The only reason why most people think of him as a forward is because Pep/Tito played him there because of his dribbling skills. I hope Tata uses him in midfield...

Looks like Sell & Revive is on the mind of every cule now and this is a good article from totalBarca.com. The comments at the bottom are also a good read with supporters making their sell/buy lists. With 4 being the number of players the board has greenlit (hopefully) the revival will take at...

Benatia - Mangala - Musacchio, whichever comes cheapest should be signed. Either way we are going to end up spending a good chunk of our budget on 1 player because of complacency the last 3 seasons.

Best Wishes to you and your family Iniesta!

I really hope the players that are brought in are for a specific direction for the team. What good does it do to bring in "NAME" players if they don't serve the system. Hummels shouldn't be a target because of his playing style. He is exactly like Pique and won't compliment him. When we played...

lol Relax man... Hummels speed has nothing to do with his mind. He is a great defender and knows how to hold a line and keep the players around him organized. Nobody said he'd be shouting in Catalan and slapping lights out of Pique's hands and grabbing Alba by the ear and pushing him lol Being...

True, aside from De Sciglio I can't think of any right sided Abidals. As far as the left side Bruno Martins-Indi (C/LB) of Feyenoord or Daley Blind (LB/DMF) of Ajax & PoY last season have similar playing style, build and we wouldn't have to break the bank for them. Are they raw players? Yes but...

Definitely and Xavi still bosses the midfield. As a supporter it's also a lot more entertaining to watch Barcelona playing great Tiki-Taka vs. counter attacking debacles

LOL the 2 worst possible choices as far as top names go. We already have a Hummels in Pique and Luiz in Mascherano. We need a player comparable to Puyol (as impossible as those shoes will be to fill) like Mangala, Musacchio or Benatia. If Dani Alves is in fact going to be sold then we don't need...

That failure can't be put solely on the shoulders of Bartra, Muniesa, Montoya or Thiago. They all got their debuts with Pep who was great at integrating our Masia players into the first team but in order for Bartra to get minutes he'd have to dethrone the Pique-Puyol partnership. After Pep left...

Puyol... I don't know what to say. Everything that has a beginning has an end... and it will be a sad day when you leave Barcelona. A lot of people on this forum have been saying he's old, he's always injured, he's done but MES QUE UN CLUB. If there is a player who embodies that it's Puyol...

Good points and the reasons why I go back and fourth on Iniesta-Cesc starting together. You can't have 2 AMFs carelessly bombing forward anymore than you can have your R & LB. It leaves too much space for the CBs and DMF to cover and with every team looking to counter us we will get scored on.

Mangala Strong, tenacious defender with pace and aerial ability. He scored 2 headers the other night in the Europa league but the only problem with him is his ridiculous buyout clause (50m). Musacchio/Benatia are the 2 others which fit the description with Benatia being the cheapest out of the...

Great post! :goodpost: I myself am guilty of judging Cesc based on his playing style since he's come back to Barcelona. But I remember him playing alongside Gilberto Silva and also saying in an interview he modeled his game after Pep. I think Cesc's style within the team is down to what the...

By that same token Vertonghen had great games in the CL at Ajax while surrounded by no names. Not every team can have Thiago Silva in their starting XI. The Eredivisie doesn't get the television money the EPL or La Liga do but it does produce quality talent (Luis Suarez, Robben, Van der Sar, Van...

Yeah, people like to say the same about Pique. Who's Vertonghen surrounded by... Naughton? Walker? Rose? Dawson? Scrubs. I will never advocate play-acting, I hate when Pedro/Alexis do it so Vertonghen should have had more tact then that. But he is a quality defender and we wouldn't be bitching...