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"It isn't easy to do better in the Champions League, but it's possible, so we'll try. We don't want or need a new squad. Two players will suffice to make the team stronger."-JM

Juventus ace Arturo Vidal has ruled out a move to Real Madrid.

The midfielder has been a sensation since joining in the summer and attracted the gaze of Jose Mourinho’s Liga champions.

“I am happy here, we won the Scudetto and I don’t want to think about another team,” he told Il Mattino newspaper.

AC Milan are eyeing Real Madrid defender Raul Albiol.

Calciomercato.it says Milan are on the lookout for a new centre-half after Alessandro Nesta declared he would be leaving in the summer.

Albiol is under consideration, with the Spaniard only a bit-part player at Real this season.

Albiol would be a great signing for them....their system....a fast centre back like Silva covering him.

new rightback who would bring a competition for Arbeloa, and definitely a new cm, Toure, Vidal, Javi Martinez......take ur pick.

i am rooting for Vidal then Mvila, i feel something special about mvila.

Azpilcueta? Javi Marinez? well that's about it if you ask me

Mvila isint versatile or meant for rotation, and I dont think Mou is set to change the formation so he can play.

i dont think change of formaiton is needed, mvila is a natural DM, means he will intercept, protect and tackle hard to win the ball. he just needs to play in khedira position.

this will decrease the rate of opposition attacks skipping our midfeild.

i like M'vila, he is definitely a top player in the making, but he plays the exact same role as Xabi does nowadays, difference is that he doesnt have the same vision and passing (although he is pretty good) but he is a defense specialist. I dont see how he is going to solve our problem. he is nothing like Vidal, and you should not expect him to come in and to start dominating the midfield in games for us.

and we are not going to sign Toure or Vidal, we should look elsewhere.

Yea I agree with Nick here, We should go for Toure or Vidal.

Hopefully we play with a pure DM and a CM, however Mourinho will probably continue with Alonso and a B2B.

borja valero - he would be a steal since villareal was relegated!

Wouldn't mind Borja tbh.

Wonder if Roma would sell De Rossi? His contract runs out soon I think. Not sure though.

Lewis Holty from Schalke has great technique as well for a box to box player. (He started out as an AM at youth level so his skillz are legit)

Any way don't forget that we have Sahin guys. He will have a true pre-season and we'll finally get what we've been missing.

EDIT: Just checked Rossi signed a new contract for 5 years lol

Vidal is the first choice, but i dont think he will come since juve rise and all.

As for mvila, him being a defensive specialist is the thing that is needed, alonso/sahin/granero can playmake, when lass leaves we will have no distroyer (defensive player). And khedira doesnt really cut in anything.

But what i was talking about improving was the defense, not attack, Our team gets attacked too much, our backline and keeper do alot of work cuz our midfield is slow and get bypassed easily, thats where Mvila come handy, he will provide way better protection then khedira does.

And besides, mvila is young, his passing is improving as i saw last few games, mou can teach him stuff too, he can teach him to go forward once in a while. he will be a good player for us.

M'Vila plays in Alonso's position though.

Yes, but he will protect the backline better, thats all i am sayin.

A DM and a CM or a DLP and a B2B?

what lol, DLP/B2B are roles, A DM/CM is position they play.

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I will eat my socks, if it goes through tho.

Javi Martinez is the answer. Him and Sahin would be

Imagine a team like this

Javi Martinez must be the most overrated midfielder/defender in Spain, I've watched him 5 times this season and not once have I been overly impressed by him, I think he's a fine player, but certainly not world class.

I wouldn't mind seeing him in White, but it should not be for more than €20,000,000. Since he'll largely perform bench warming duties.

Perhaps you may not have realized this when you were watching.

He was playing in defense.

SuperMAG wrote:what lol, DLP/B2B are roles, A DM/CM is position they play.

Yeh if we had a pure DM, he'd most likely just simply protect the back 4 while the CM went B2B playmaking.

Currently we have a DLP playmaking, while the B2B (Khedira) goes B2B. He's the equivalent of a DM for us imo.