Please tell me you're joking. Him and Cubarsi were our best CB pairing by a long shot. Let's see how Araujo and Glass Kristensen do when you have to play a match every 3 days with the physically draining Flick system...
You're insane if you think his departure won't have a huge impact. Our defense is the weakest link of this club. What's Flick going to do now? Convert Casado and Bernal to backup CB's? All of Araujo, Cristensen, Cubarsi, and Balde get injured a lot.
WTF, this kills so much of our momentum. Why didn't he suck it up and play one more season? Surely the glory of winning the CL is a motivator for any athlete. Could even just opt to be a backup CB. Now we definitely won't sign any CB or any other defender.
Absolutely disastrous planning by...
Nope, RM has gotten a lot better and PSG is still there. Not to mention Liverpool and Chelsea who look much better now too.
It will be a very difficult road if we do somehow win, ala 2015.
What I don't seem to understand is how badly he's damaging his reputation and career with all of these theatrics. He is still not old for a GK and he could easily fight to be at the NT if he decides to join another team and revamp everything. His stubborness is going to destroy his career.
How happy would I be if we manage to sign him... Most CL winning teams in the past 10 years have beasts for fullbacks.
Him and Balde on the sides would cause HAVOC for teams. Can't believe this forum is underestimating him. We can easily rotate Kounde to CB or back to RB when Dumfries needs...
So glad this saga is over. I agree more and more with the poster here who said he’s probably not confident enough in his talents to play for the likes of Barca or Bayern. I highly doubt he’s better than Olise or Diaz
Absolutely tragic, RIP. The fact that he got married less than three weeks ago makes this more tragic. I wish strength to his family and friends in these hard times.