Hans-Dieter Flick

[serghei]

Raphinha ain't no Rivaldo, Maradona, R9 or even Di Maria(these are all the comparisons that I've seen today on the forum). Nobody will cry if he misses out on a CL, he'll barely be remembered in the long run anyway.

Aye... a player who broke records of productivity in CL is nothing like Di Maria who scored 20 goals in a CL season. You put Raphinha in a team comparable to the ones Di Maria played in and he is a multiple CL winner easily as a main man.

Sure he doesn't have the finesse and technical quality of Di Maria, but Di Maria also didn't have the workrate, the stamina, the sense of sacrifice of Raphinha. What you want is to look at how each player uses his style and what he has to offer and put it on the line for the team.

And Raphinha is easily a player that makes a difference at the highest level.

 

[jaype]

Already fired 2 RM coaches in less than 2 years. Legend.

 

[Gnidrologist]

Raphinha ain't no Rivaldo, Maradona, R9 or even Di Maria(these are all the comparisons that I've seen today on the forum). Nobody will cry if he misses out on a CL, he'll barely be remembered in the long run anyway.

What a pathetic thing to say. Not even most madridistas would denigrate Raph. Take your meds.

 

[Birdy]

Ancelotti - Alonso - ?

Who is next in line to fall victim to the Flickmeister

Another victim of Herr Meister.

Arbeloa will be the next, and there will be at least 1-2 more victims before he leaves Barca

Madrid coach -eater!!!

 

[BJJ]

Hence the third reason.

Atletico was never in the conversation anyway. All about Barca or Madrid to win it.

They have spent 300 million plus. Any team that spends like that should be in the conversation.

 

[malvolio]

Aye... a player who broke records of productivity in CL is nothing like Di Maria who scored 20 goals in a CL season. You put Raphinha in a team comparable to the ones Di Maria played in and he is a multiple CL winner easily as a main man.

Sure he doesn't have the finesse and technical quality of Di Maria, but Di Maria also didn't have the workrate, the stamina, the sense of sacrifice of Raphinha. What you want is to look at how each player uses his style and what he has to offer and put it on the line for the team.

And Raphinha is easily a player that makes a difference at the highest level.

He's not the best player at his club and not best player at his NT. So let's cut the crap about him being main man and a multiple CL winner. He's miles behind Rivaldo and at least a level behind Di Maria.
But go on, count the stats in an era of CL where there are more games, more minutes played each game and more goals scored in general, if that makes you happy.

 

[malvolio]

They have spent 300 million plus. Any team that spends like that should be in the conversation.

Barca and Madrid have spent billions over the past decades. And Atletico still doesn't have the same pull as those two when it comes to getting players. Not to forget that they don't pay like Barca and Madrid do.
Tottenham can spend 300mil in a window. Does that make them title contenders vs Pep's City.
We all know who Atletico are. They've nicked two leagues in the last 30 years. Some scary shit right there!

 

[malvolio]

What a pathetic thing to say. Not even most madridistas would denigrate Raph. Take your meds.

Pipe down ya clown.

 

[freetocan]

They better not buy Rashford unless he costs € 10M and gets benchwarmer salary. He's mainly there to give rest to Raphinha and barely scores any goals despite having strong shooting technique which is weird. So far his Newcastle game was a one-off. If he gave that kind of performance every 5 games then okay but looks like he does it 2 times per season more like.

We need depth of course but I'd play Roony, Fermin or Olmo out of position against weaker opponents on LW occasionally and buy a defender rather than splashing € 30M + high salary on Rashford.

Totally agree. Rashford would never be a Barca level type of player. Never. Waist of money on him. I would pay more than 10m on him. Do not make him permanently.