Transfer Rumours | Tactics | Who to buy/sell etc

Cheryshev could go to Zenit, according to Sports Sovietskij.

Question...
Kiko... Was pretty good at Hercules... Probably their best player in that top flight season and was (actually kinda still is) young.
Haven't followed him since he signed at Barca...
Is he still good and promising? Or is he Castilla material at best?

Femenia:"I've always been of Madrid, Barca always respected, but since childhood I and my family have been of Madrid. Now the truth is that I see different, my father, all my life watching games of Madrid

Botafogo forward Henrique joins Castilla on loan, with an option to buy permanently.

Denis Cheryshev joins Sevilla on loan for a season.

Coentrao now apparently staying. Good decision. He had a good season last year.

Ancelotti:

“Fábio is staying. Everyone is happy with that decision”.

Adan apparently agrees a mutual termination of his contract.

Esp. Ozil - Way too inconsistent , loses the ball easily, Bad at physical play and gets tired easily. Now that we have Isco. I will stick my head out and say sell him. Don't think we need him. esp If Bale is coming in.

Benz - Good player, but NOT a striker . He puts in decent crosses from the right, perhaps plays better than Ozil if plays ther. Arsene Wenger needs more French pussies and he loves Garfield. why not sell him and buy Suarez or another decent striker. Morata will play his part.

Di Maria - I am sure he is leaving. Good player - should be playing on the left. On the right, Yes- he is not consistent enough

As I anticipated Ozil left . Unfortunate for him, but he had no choice with Bale & Isco and WC nearing.

4 hrs left for other two. I would take Suarez IN any day for Benz.

Di Maria - He can go , but don't mind if he stays..

@ nedved.

ozil leaving is a good thing?

how sad

Isco will get the number 10 shirt and Modric the number 8 shirt, according to Canal+.

@Cyborg - I think you need to take certain things into perspective.

Mou wouldn't have sold him as he is perfect for his style of play. Killer passes on counters. Given the style of play Ancelloti is trying to bring, he doesn't seem to fit. Esp when you have Isco & Bale coming in.

Besides too many players competing for same positions can be counter productive as none of them would get enough mins to settle in. With Bale in, Ozil staying didn't make sense - neither for him nor the club.

I am happy he will play regularly for Arsenal and is good for Germany WC prep.

Trying to move on...  

Ozil fits Ancelotti's style perfectly. In fact he didn't really fit Mourinho's style. He's suited perfectly for a possession style of play.

Yohan Modric wrote:Ozil fits Ancelotti's style perfectly. In fact he didn't really fit Mourinho's style. He's suited perfectly for a possession style of play.

I kinda disagree mate. I do think Ozil is best suited in a direct and quick paced type of football.

Ancelotti's new formation does not play with your typical no10, Ozil was struggling to play anywhere  else even as a right sided AM (which is not a winger).

Simply put his attitude recently regarding his new position ie crying to the press and running down the tunnel was all leading to what happened.

Di Maria may not be one of the best number 10s in the world but we have no need for that in our current formation and tactics, we need versatile players who are willing to put in the dirty work, track back etc.

We sold him for €50m but in the end we are better for it. We sold a lot of players this summer who struggle to adapt outside of their natural positions, we integrated the team with a number of very versatile players who can seamlessly interchange across a wide variety of positions.

This team is 100% better than last season, I am very optimistic.

Also in my own opinion on Ozil if he didn't want to leave he could of stayed and tried to fight it out, he knew he couldn't, he knew he would struggle in the position required under Ancelotti and did not want to take the risk in a World Cup year. Fair enough, I've moved on. We are Real Madrid.

Starting 11 (not necessarily formation) and back-up 11 while not using a single player twice.

i like the team as is, but i just feel like we are missing a back up AM/SS, someone who can create play. A lot of our forwards are attackers mostly. well, we will see.

This is the squad

GK: Casillas, Diego, Jesus
RB: Carvajal, Arbeloa, Ramos, Nacho
CB: Ramos, Varane, Pepe, Nacho
LB: Marcelo, Coentrao, Nacho, Arbeloa
DM: Khedira, Casemiro, Illarra, Xabi
CM/DLP: Modric, Illarra, Xabi, Casemiro
AM: Isco, Bale, Modric
RW: Bale, Di Maria, Jese
LW: Ronaldo, Jese, Morata
ST: Benzema, Morata, Ronaldo




I don't expect Xabi to play very much this season, considering he will leave next summer

23 man CL squad:

Goalkeepers: Casillas, Fernandez, Lopez

Defenders: Varane, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrao, Marcelo, Carvajal, Arbeloa, Nacho, Casado

Midfielders: Khedira, Bale, Alonso, Casemiro, Modric, Di Maria, Isco, Illarramendi, Garcia

Attackers: Ronaldo, Benzema, Rodriguez, Morata

Move it to a diff thread. We shall come back to this in Jan, had enuff of this

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add the £5 M we get for Negrito and Soldado to the departure list and we would have spent net of roughly £54 M (the Illaramendi fee on that list is more than we paid as well) this is £5 M less than our average yearly spend which is €70 M (£59 M)

financial fair play

Losing Kaká's salary is like a trophy

If Morata doesn't perform, what do you say about Klose being Benzema's backup ?

I think we should have got a striker like Klose/Santa Cruz etc who would be happy being a backup. If Benzema gets injured, we'll only have one proven forward.

Sell Benzema, bring in Falcao.