If Real Madrid sign a striker, who will it be?

Suarez? Cavani? etc etc. Which striker?

I can't see us NOT signing a striker now...

The potential candidates:
CAVANI - my preferred choice. Can play RW as well which would help us not pushing Ozil there whenever Di Maria plays like crap (so, very often). He also works hard and can finish - scoring in Italy has never been very easy. Would command a huge transfer fee but Perez doesn't care about that, does he?

LEWANDOWSKI - not my favourite player due to having seen him miss a lot of golden opportunities in the Bundesliga and I think he is too one-footed. He also did shit all with Poland last big competition. However, he is a great team player and probably just the type of player our current crop of players needs, so I wouldn't mind us snapping him up for those 30+ mil reported.

SUAREZ - please no. A serial biter, a serial diver and a proven unsportsmanlike person (so more suited for Barca). Plus he is a selfish, puts-his-head-down-when-he-dribbles and shoots-from-all-angles player and we have one already. Good player overall and can play multiple positions, but should never come close to our club due to off- and even on-field issues.

ROONEY - he was way overrated when he had that one good season, otherwise he is just an overhyped TEVEZ. A firm "never" to both of them.

IBRA - hell no. Oldish, a real primadonna (again, we have at least one too many), and a red card waiting to happen. Also overrated. Plus his idea of fun is kicking his teammates - psycho.

I am guessing a cheeky move for Villa or a surprise buy of a younger talent (Jovetic, Damiao, Lukaku) is out of the question since they don't tick any of the Perez criteria.

Clandestino wrote:I can't see us NOT signing a striker now...

The potential candidates:
CAVANI - my preferred choice. Can play RW as well which would help us not pushing Ozil there whenever Di Maria plays like crap (so, very often). He also works hard and can finish - scoring in Italy has never been very easy. Would command a huge transfer fee but Perez doesn't care about that, does he?

LEWANDOWSKI - not my favourite player due to having seen him miss a lot of golden opportunities in the Bundesliga and I think he is too one-footed. He also did shit all with Poland last big competition. However, he is a great team player and probably just the type of player our current crop of players needs, so I wouldn't mind us snapping him up for those 30+ mil reported.

SUAREZ - please no. A serial biter, a serial diver and a proven unsportsmanlike person (so more suited for Barca). Plus he is a selfish, puts-his-head-down-when-he-dribbles and shoots-from-all-angles player and we have one already. Good player overall and can play multiple positions, but should never come close to our club due to off- and even on-field issues.

ROONEY - he was way overrated when he had that one good season, otherwise he is just an overhyped TEVEZ. A firm "never" to both of them.

IBRA - hell no. Oldish, a real primadonna (again, we have at least one too many), and a red card waiting to happen. Also overrated. Plus his idea of fun is kicking his teammates - psycho.

I am guessing a cheeky move for Villa or a surprise buy of a younger talent (Jovetic, Damiao, Lukaku) is out of the question since they don't tick any of the Perez criteria.

Why are you saying that Suarez shouldn't go to Real cause his off the pitch scandals, I mean the dude lives fairly normal family life he is only an idiot on the pitch. you said also ''Plus he is a selfish, puts-his-head-down-when-he-dribbles'' What the hell what kind of lame ass reasons are that?, and what's with on-field issues yeah Pepe is sportsmanlike, Ramos is real gentleman?

Luis_Suarez123 wrote:
Why are you saying that Suarez shouldn't go to Real cause his off the pitch scandals, I mean the dude lives fairly normal family life he is only an idiot on the pitch. you said also ''Plus he is a selfish, puts-his-head-down-when-he-dribbles'' What the hell what kind of lame ass reasons are that?, and what's with on-field issues yeah Pepe is sportsmanlike, Ramos is real gentleman?

Don't get your panties in a bunch, my bad, I meant off-field as in non-football issues meaning him biting people, for instance. It doesn't really matter where he does them, does it?

And as for me not wanting an unsportsmanlike player who is a selfish bastard with a horse-like vision being lame ass reasons, then fair enough, call me hard to please if you like. But when you are pushing the idea that we should solve our negative image issues (so, get rid of players like Pepe) by adding even more - and much worse - morally questionable players, you'll have to excuse me if I say your post is worth jack s***.

Cavani is not leaving Napoli. Raiola has already said Ibra is not leaving and PSG would rather die than to sell him to Madrid if Carlo comes here. Lewandowski is either going to Bayern or staying at Dortmund.

Rooney and Suarez are the only options from your list. But with Benz, they're all redundant. If you want to bring a striker, bring someone who gives you something different.

My vote? Mario Gomez all day and every day. He won't cost a fortune and he will give us the perfect complement to Benz. Problem is, he wants to start and we can't guarantee him that. Maybe playing for Madrid and getting paid lost of money will make him relent.

At this point just give Morata a shot. Couldn't hurt and if we sign Bale CF will not be the focal point of attack anyway.

Doesn't matter.
Benzema is the first and only option next season.

Benzema lacks balls, which is the main concern with him. would be nice to have a no bullshit front man still in the squad. Benzema is ridiculously skillful but he lacks the drive and hunger other elite CF have. just a reality, if we go into next season just with him it's gonna be bad.

Plus I'd be surprised if Real Madrid had only one world-class striker in their squad. You can't ignore depth. I'd be very surprised if you don't buy either Suarez or Cavani.

What was the reasoning to sell Higuain and not Benz? (Apart from Higuain's person decision, it seemed like Real was happy to get rid of him). In my opinion, Benz should have been sold and not Higuain. What has Benz really done to cement his place in the starting line up for next season? Benz should never be trusted to lead a team like Real. Sure he has more potential than Higuain, but he rarely demonstrates it on the pitch atleast recently. He has gained more weight than usual, has lost a lot of his pace, doesnt have the ability to make off the ball runs, sure he is a amazing passes and finder of space for Ronaldo, but he is the definition of a inconsistent player.

Benz reminds me of when I used to play 2008 fm. For ex ( Fm example) There are always games when your main strikers get 5 at halftime. Now if your main striker is Falcao or Van Persie and they got a 5 in halftime, you still keep them on because they can win matches on a consistent basis. But if that 5 rating is for Benz, then you immediately replace him with ur other striker. Thats how I see Benz, if he is good then he plays fine for rest of the game, but if he starts shit then he never really recovers from it.

StevieRayVaughan wrote:What was the reasoning to sell Higuain and not Benz? (Apart from Higuain's person decision, it seemed like Real was happy to get rid of him). In my opinion, Benz should have been sold and not Higuain. What has Benz really done to cement his place in the starting line up for next season? Benz should never be trusted to lead a team like Real. Sure he has more potential than Higuain, but he rarely demonstrates it on the pitch atleast recently. He has gained more weight than usual, has lost a lot of his pace, doesnt have the ability to make off the ball runs, sure he is a amazing passes and finder of space for Ronaldo, but he is the definition of a inconsistent player.

Benz reminds me of when I used to play 2008 fm. For ex ( Fm example) There are always games when your main strikers get 5 at halftime. Now if your main striker is Falcao or Van Persie and they got a 5 in halftime, you still keep them on because they can win matches on a consistent basis. But if that 5 rating is for Benz, then you immediately replace him with ur other striker. Thats how I see Benz, if he is good then he plays fine for rest of the game, but if he starts shit then he never really recovers from it.

Zidane is leading our project and it's quite obvious Benzema is getting the advantage from this.

Also Zidane should never lead such a project. It is just a PR thing that Perez is doing, I doubt Zidane is qualified to actually run the sporting project for Real Madrid. Zidane is such a emotional person, he just seems like the person who would buy a player because he likes them, and not someone who would be a better fit. I obviously get the feeling because of his constant talk of Bale. Sure he recommended Varane, but he was already a well known prospect in France when Real bought him anyway.

Actually it's simpler than that: For 2.5 years, Benz has outperformed Higuain. You don't need to look farther than that.

2010-2011
Benz - 26 goals and 9 assists
Higuain - 14 goals and 6 assists

2011-2012
Benz - 32 goals and 19 assists
Higuain - 26 goals and 13 assists

2012-2013
Benz - 20 goals and 20 assists
Higuain - 17 goals and 8 assists

The team doesn't play to Higuain's strengths though. The only player who used to consistently look for his runs was Di Maria and his passing has gone full retard.

We don't play to any of our CFs' strengths. That's the problem. Our CF has to figure out how to make himself fit in somehow... It's not the featured scoring position which is really what the position is supposed to be.

That's why Benz has struggled with NT for a year (beasted before that). He suddenly has to flip from being a provider to a scorer... and it's not that easy to do.

I actually think Benzema is perfectly happy to just be part of the build up and chip in here and there.

If the club wanted Higuain sold, it was probably because he wasn't turning up in the big games.

However he made the decision by himself to leave?

We were going to sign Cavani, Suarez etc and Higuain deserves to start every game, instead of rotating/being backup.

We should either sign a young u23 player or an experienced player, who accepts being a backup to Benzema. Not someone like Cavani/Suarez/Lewa etc...

LE: has anyone followed Muriel from Udinese ?

IMO, Suarez will be the right person to be sign as he's almost get the top scorers title in Premier League.

Suarez =
Performance (+)
Attitude (-)

Maybe like Eric Cantona after the kicking incident? or Balotelli? Yeah, that's what i mean.

Smartest choice actually would be to promote Jese...
The guy is a beast...
Or Benavente

Get Benz to lose wait and he'll be a beast. Can't believe how out of shape he is for a professional footballer.

You guys do understand this having 2 WC strikers is a luxury that's only been available in Madrid. We just need 1 guy that can produce consistently and Benz can be that guy if he quits weeping and gets hi shit together which he should now that Mou is gone.

AND FFS PROMOTE JESE

It hurts to see Soldado and Negredo hit 30 and 31 goals respectively this past season, and knowing that Jese is probably headed the same direction.

Jese is getting promoted brah

BVB is ready to sell Lewa to any club, except for Bayern.

http://www.dw.de/anywhere-but-bayern-for-lewandowski-gomez-may-leave-munich/a-16870961

this makes it easy for Madrid to go after him. Cavani is waiting for RM to make an offer, else he is headed to Chelsea.

Lewandowski is only interested in going to Bayern and playing for Guardiola, so i really doubt that he is going to go somewhere else.