FinBarcelonafan
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More quality than Pjanic now thogh.
Barca Transfers and Rumors
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More quality than Pjanic now thogh.
gregorrin10
Senior Member
Isn't Corona a RW though? How would he be an upgrade to Roberto?
Messigician
Senior Member
Linked with Iniesta yet again
iniestaGOAT
Senior Member
That is good news. Return of the GOAT and hes not messi.
Messi983
Senior Member
He can also play RB alongside multiple other positons. Not sure how accurate TM stats are but in 2019/20 he had 2 goals and 8 assists in 14 league games playing as RB. Yes, Portuguese league is not the strongest but I think he could be a good attacking RB for a year or two until we find (and have money to buy) someone better and younger. Maybe pair him with a more defensively solid RB like Azpilicueta. Let Roberto leave, sell Dest and possibly Oscar too.
Messi983
Senior Member
Starting in January I think we should start to negotiate with pending free agents (if some of them won't renew before or be sold in January)
My top targets: Azpilicueta, Onana, B. Kamara, Zakaria
Worth trying to but unlikely to sign with us: Kessie, Christensen, Rudiger, Sule
Other players under consideration: Brozovic, Corona, Cavani (if we won't sign him in January), Origi, Januzaj, Belotti, Insigne, Lacazette, Burak Yilmaz (yeah, I know he's 36 but is in a much better state than our veterans who are a few years younger), Luiz Felipe, Zagadou
#FreeAgentsFC
Then start to look at players with contracts expiring in 2023 like Mukiele, Zeki Celik, Senesi, Ndicka, Schlotterbeck, Akanji, Gaya, Tagliafico, Wijndal, Grimaldo, Gravenberch, Renato Sanches, Caqueret, Cherki, Guedes, Chukwueze, Cabral, Chimy Avila,...
Mostly players from known selling clubs or those who don't play CL every year so it's likely they'd consider even current Barca as a step up in their careers. We should avoid buying from EPL clubs as they just don't need to sell so we'd have to overpay even for their squad players/rejects let alone starters.
Sure, it looks mostly an underwhelming group of players for "normal" times but we don't live in those right now so most of the players above should improve the team. We're falling down and I think are close to hit a rock bottom. Depending on what moves we can get done in January and getting injured players back I believe we'll improve in coming weeks/months and then I also expect us to be much more competitive domestically next season.
I think for next few seasons we'll need to replace a known underpeforming and/or old players with an unknown quality available for affordable prices and hope at least some of them will turn out good (we know they all won't). In the meantime keep developing a young core already at the club and be patient with them.
My top targets: Azpilicueta, Onana, B. Kamara, Zakaria
Worth trying to but unlikely to sign with us: Kessie, Christensen, Rudiger, Sule
Other players under consideration: Brozovic, Corona, Cavani (if we won't sign him in January), Origi, Januzaj, Belotti, Insigne, Lacazette, Burak Yilmaz (yeah, I know he's 36 but is in a much better state than our veterans who are a few years younger), Luiz Felipe, Zagadou
#FreeAgentsFC
Then start to look at players with contracts expiring in 2023 like Mukiele, Zeki Celik, Senesi, Ndicka, Schlotterbeck, Akanji, Gaya, Tagliafico, Wijndal, Grimaldo, Gravenberch, Renato Sanches, Caqueret, Cherki, Guedes, Chukwueze, Cabral, Chimy Avila,...
Mostly players from known selling clubs or those who don't play CL every year so it's likely they'd consider even current Barca as a step up in their careers. We should avoid buying from EPL clubs as they just don't need to sell so we'd have to overpay even for their squad players/rejects let alone starters.
Sure, it looks mostly an underwhelming group of players for "normal" times but we don't live in those right now so most of the players above should improve the team. We're falling down and I think are close to hit a rock bottom. Depending on what moves we can get done in January and getting injured players back I believe we'll improve in coming weeks/months and then I also expect us to be much more competitive domestically next season.
I think for next few seasons we'll need to replace a known underpeforming and/or old players with an unknown quality available for affordable prices and hope at least some of them will turn out good (we know they all won't). In the meantime keep developing a young core already at the club and be patient with them.
wisconsincule
Senior Member
I like the above strategy. I wouldn’t mind turning into Dortmund for the next couple years. If we are going to buy players, try to buy the hot prospects/even flipping them if the price is right. We need to get out of the financial
Black hole that we are currently in.
Buying players for 50-70 million who most likely will fail is not the solution. Would rather spend cheap on similar players and see if any stick.
Black hole that we are currently in.
Buying players for 50-70 million who most likely will fail is not the solution. Would rather spend cheap on similar players and see if any stick.
Kubala
Member
Agreed and would add Sardar Azmoun to that list too. No Suarez but a considerable upgrade on LDJ & MB. Him, Zakaria, Kamara, Grillitsch etc are good ages too and would have decent resale value.
te amo barca
Blaugrana al vent
See Zakharyan and Azmoun mentioned here. Zakharyan is young and could develop into a top player, and Azmoun was for years linked with a move outside of Russia. That said, I would be wary of rating players from the Russian league. The last genuinely good players who played there were Hulk and Witsel for Zenit. Malcom probably falls into that category too. The biggest Russian prospect before Zakharyan - Miranchuk - has been terrible for Atalanta for 1,5 seasons now after being great for Lokomotiv.
If this is the strategy, then how about buying Haaland for Raiola's demands and putting a BO at (for example) 125m-200m range activated after 2 seasons.
Gives us a guaranteed goalscorer which is our biggest problem, and gives Raiola and Haaland another transfer to make even more too.
Get the transfer financed on low interest with a % of the transfer fee also going to the financer.
In the end we won't make much financially but it gives our sporting project a boost to start the wheel again.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
First thing we need to ask ourselves when it comes to such players is: Is he better or can he better than Memphis Depay
If the answer is no you simply don't sign him. Doesn't matter how cheap he is. We need to add quality in our attack, not more mediocre depth.
If the answer is no you simply don't sign him. Doesn't matter how cheap he is. We need to add quality in our attack, not more mediocre depth.
Messi983
Senior Member
Sure but if available for free/cheap still worth a risk imo. We can't afford to buy proven WC players (and they'd have little interest to join us at this point) and current standards are on an all-time low level (or at least close to that) so not really much is needed to improve what we have. Azmoun and Zakharyan have never played outside of Russia so their adaptation could be problematic as is for most Eastern European players. Not only on the pitch but off as well. We've seen what happened with Hleb and he was a good EPL player before coming here.
What if we can sell Memphis for 25m (cash on him with his contract expiring) and bring Azmoun on a free and then invest that Memphis money to improve another position?
I agree we need more quality in attack but better depth as well. As of now only Fati is 100% to be here next season and he has injury concerns. So bringing at least 2 if not 3 new forwards is expected if not needed.
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