I doubt we would sign him in Winter.

It could make sense, it gives him half a season with no pressure and he can get used to the club and the language before stepping in the starting role next season.

But I just doubt it.

There is always the possibility to loan him back for half a season, but that wouldn't make much sense for Barca lol

Well, on the plus side, I stumbled over some other rumour that BMG might be inclined to replace an outgoing Marc-André ter Stegen with Yann Sommer ^^

Good. Stay tf away from Courtois.

ProXima wrote:

Collblanc wrote:8m is enough for a keeper.

Maybe for a Valdes, not for Ter Stegen.

We bought Courtois for 9m. GKs really aren't that expensive tbh. And its not like he's at a top club(like De Gea who attracted a large fee).

Blue Barrett wrote:We bought Courtois for 9m. GKs really aren't that expensive tbh. And its not like he's at a top club(like De Gea who attracted a large fee).

Courtois was purchased by Atletico as reserve goalkeeper of Chelsea... 9m for reserve GK isn't small money.

ProXima wrote:

Blue Barrett wrote:We bought Courtois for 9m. GKs really aren't that expensive tbh. And its not like he's at a top club(like De Gea who attracted a large fee).

Courtois was purchased by Atletico as reserve goalkeeper of Chelsea... 9m for reserve GK isn't small money.

Whut???

Come back and post again when you research what the actual(obvious) facts are.

So what if Chelsea signed Courtois 9m? ter Stegen is already known for a young talented goalkeeper and has proved his quality for 2-3 seasons unlike Courtois back at the time.

ter Stegen costs 8-10m because of his contract situation, not because he's 'only' a GK.

urbaNRoots wrote:So what if Chelsea signed Courtois 9m? ter Stegen is already known for a young talented goalkeeper and has proved his quality for 2-3 seasons unlike Courtois back at the time.

ter Stegen costs 8-10m because of his contract situation, not because he's 'only' a GK.

Good point about the contract situation but Courtois was already one of the best young GKs in the world before Chelsea bought him. He has improved since then, no doubt, but he was already a known name. Obviously not as known as he is right now, but then again most football have never heard the name "ter Stegen." I can bet a number of people viewing this thread had no idea who he is before they did a quick google search or something.

What I'm saying is, its not about popularity. Talent speaks for itself and the talent was already there for Courtois if you knew him then.

Lots of reports suggest that we're going to buy BOTH Reina+Ter Stegan.

I don't no why some don't rate Reina, he's World Class.

I would be satisfied with Reina + Masip for next season!

Last time Reina was world class was 2009 mate.

khaled doesnt watch liverpool, he hasnt seen all the blunders.

You're the only club that's stupid enough to pay a decent fee for him, so please buy him.

EDIT: Talking about Reina.

obviously he is good enough to stand in goal for barca, i just don't know if he can pull himself out of the shit when he has a bad spell and the media torments him. unlike public opinion, i don't see him having that "kahn"-personality (yet)...

Do Barca GKs also have to have Barca DNA?

Blue Barrett wrote:Last time Reina was world class was 2009 mate.

Still a top class penalty saver.

In his first year he was easily the best keeper in the Bundesliga. One man of the match performance after the other. Don't know how he would do at Barca tbh.

Forza wrote:

Blue Barrett wrote:Last time Reina was world class was 2009 mate.

Still a top class penalty saver.

Because penalties come by every match?

Sorry mate, if that's the only thing he's still "top" at then it doesn't count for anything. Most of the best GKs in football history are average penalty savers. Doesn't matter because you hardly get to save penalties. There's more to goalkeeping than that.

Pepe Reina is only really being bought (if he is bought) as a short term starter to let the young German adapt, and long term bench warmer, like Pinto who should retire this upcoming season or be sold.

I've only seen a bit a MaTS since we've been linked to him but I was was watching this and it makes me think twice....


I know it's just one instance but still!

i would really love it if barca went for both reina and ter stegen..

both extremely error prone. would be quite the chuckle

ter Stegen isn't really error prone for BMG, though, just for the few shit Germany C, D, or even F-teams he got to play with.

Has been the boss in the league for three seasons now.

About five steps up from that gimp Valdes.

Lol no, Valdes is unreal thia season. I believe if Barca fans have a choice, they would want Valdes stay in a heart beat and wouldnt want to trade him with anyone.

VivaStPauli wrote:ter Stegen isn't really error prone for BMG, though, just for the few shit Germany C, D, or even F-teams he got to play with.

Has been the boss in the league for three seasons now.

About five steps up from that gimp Valdes.

Lol, people really know nothing about football. Hilarious.

VivaStPauli wrote:ter Stegen isn't really error prone for BMG, though, just for the few shit Germany C, D, or even F-teams he got to play with.

Has been the boss in the league for three seasons now.

About five steps up from that gimp Valdes.

I can't speak about the bundesliga since I only watch Dortmund and Bayern, but Valdes is the most in form keeper in Spain right now, and judging from the Serie A and EPL matches that I watch, is playing better than any keepers there as well.

Okay, judging from the last 3 or 4 seasons.
This season Valdes has decent numbers, I won't pretend to have seen him more than 3 times this season, I just used to be impressed at his ineptitude, considering he's won a couple UCL titles.

All the power to him if he's finally become good. Maybe make him an offer he can't refuse?