2014 Summer Transfer Rumours Mk. III

Mr Nick09 wrote:Ever since Fussball changed his username he became a better poster

Yohan Modric wrote:Sagna opens talks with Manchester City, according to the Telegraph. They are offering him 100k a week, while Arsenal are offering 90k.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10842215/Bacary-Sagna-opens-talks-with-Manchester-City-but-Arsenal-hopeful-after-FA-Cup-triumph.html

VendettaRed07 wrote:

Yohan Modric wrote:Sagna opens talks with Manchester City, according to the Telegraph. They are offering him 100k a week, while Arsenal are offering 90k.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10842215/Bacary-Sagna-opens-talks-with-Manchester-City-but-Arsenal-hopeful-after-FA-Cup-triumph.html

Ffs.

If sagna goes to city over 10k

Fußball wrote:I don't believe in myths like "Serie A defenders not doing well in Spain" based on examples like Cannavaro. Cannavaro was 33 when he moved and he moved to a completely dysfunctional Madrid side. You know, those glory days when they used to ship in 4 goals against Liverpool and get their asses handed to them by Lyon regularly.

High line or deep line, it is all about organization and collective team play. Mascherano isn't even a defender to begin with, neither deep or high or middle line but he's actually doing an acceptable job apart from getting bullied in the air and some positional errors. Benatia would be a huge upgrade. Obviously if the front 6 plays like we play now you can get prime Maldini and it won't change anything.

Also the alternative is David Luiz. So take our money pls.

McLewis wrote:

Name me one Serie A center back who walked into La Liga, embraced the high line, and absolutely goated like you think Benatia will at the kinda money Barca is offering.

You're assuming that Benatia can adapt to a high line when he's never played one in his career. It's very possible that he's simply good enough to do so and I may be selling him short here as a result, but we don't know that for sure, do we? That's my point here. A Barca in transition needs a good deal of pragmatic and practicality. A FIFA-esque transfer like this flies in the face of that.

Art Morte wrote:

VendettaRed07 wrote:

Yohan Modric wrote:Sagna opens talks with Manchester City, according to the Telegraph. They are offering him 100k a week, while Arsenal are offering 90k.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10842215/Bacary-Sagna-opens-talks-with-Manchester-City-but-Arsenal-hopeful-after-FA-Cup-triumph.html

Ffs.

If sagna goes to city over 10k

That's football for you

But it's also a little bit funny.

What I also find a little funny is Barcelona's apparent willingness to sell Fabregas.

in 2011: "He's our boy, castaway so young, now shining elsewhere, we must bring him back home "

in 2014: "Son, we think you should move out - again".

Fußball wrote:

McLewis wrote:

Name me one Serie A center back who walked into La Liga, embraced the high line, and absolutely goated like you think Benatia will at the kinda money Barca is offering.

You're assuming that Benatia can adapt to a high line when he's never played one in his career. It's very possible that he's simply good enough to do so and I may be selling him short here as a result, but we don't know that for sure, do we? That's my point here. A Barca in transition needs a good deal of pragmatic and practicality. A FIFA-esque transfer like this flies in the face of that.

Well, I don't think it's relevant what other Serie A defenders have done as there is no connection to Benatia's abilities. Nor does the current Roma side play some sort of diametrically different defensive system à la catenaccio like a classic 90s Serie A team where doubts may be warranted. Roma are actually playing quite a high line themselves. Here is your avg. positioning against Juventus:




Here is Barca's against Atletico Madrid in a must win push everything forward game:



There is no guarantee he will succeed obviously. But I repeat. The alternative is David Luiz.

Yohan Modric wrote:Manchester United expect van Gaal to win the league and have given him £150m to rebuild the squad, according to the Guardian.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/19/louis-van-gaal-150m-manchester-united-premier-league-title

Mr Nick09 wrote:typical Rodgers signing. His technique for signing players seems to be, sign 5 and maybe 1 will be good

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has voiced his frustration at failing to nail down a regular starting place under Brendan Rodgers this season.

While the club challenged for the Premier League title, the Denmark international was often overlooked for a starting spot in favour of Mamadou Sakho and Martin Skrtel, stating Rodgers did not feel he was "good enough".

Agger stopped short of confirming any plans to leave Anfield the summer but warned he would not be content to be a substitute next season.

Asked about being benched for the crucial late fixtures against Chelsea and Manchester City, he told Ekstra Bladet: "It definitely wasn't great. But I don't make the decisions. I think it is because the manager doesn't think that I'm good enough.

"[My future at Liverpool is] up to the manager. I can't go and put myself on the team sheet.

"I'm no-one's third choice."

Agger moved to Liverpool in 2006 from Brondby and has made 232 appearances during his time with the club - winning the FA Cup and the Capital One Cup.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2014/05/19/4828998/agger-frustrated-at-liverpool-im-no-ones-third-choice

Manchester City's transfer activity will not be stifled this summer despite facing a spending cap as a result of UEFA sanctions, insists the club chairman.

City's net outlay on players this summer has been limited to £49million as one of their punishments for breaching financial fair play regulations, but the newly-crowned Premier League champions seem determined as ever to build on their dominance.

"We know exactly what needs to be done," City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak told City TV.

"We know exactly the players that need to go and the players that need to come in, the areas that need to be strengthened, the players that we intend to bring in to fill these areas.

"I can tell our fans to expect, as last year, an efficient and swift execution plan. We will have, after the World Cup, a good pre-season and we will go into the season very ready, as we did last year, to compete for four championships."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11679/9318173/manchester-citys-transfer-plans-unchanged-by-spending-cap-says-chief

Fußball wrote:

McLewis wrote:

Name me one Serie A center back who walked into La Liga, embraced the high line, and absolutely goated like you think Benatia will at the kinda money Barca is offering.

You're assuming that Benatia can adapt to a high line when he's never played one in his career. It's very possible that he's simply good enough to do so and I may be selling him short here as a result, but we don't know that for sure, do we? That's my point here. A Barca in transition needs a good deal of pragmatic and practicality. A FIFA-esque transfer like this flies in the face of that.

Well, I don't think it's relevant what other Serie A defenders have done as there is no connection to Benatia's abilities. Nor does the current Roma side play some sort of diametrically different defensive system à la catenaccio like a classic 90s Serie A team where doubts may be warranted. Roma are actually playing quite a high line themselves. Here is your avg. positioning against Juventus:



Here is Barca's against Atletico Madrid in a must win push everything forward game:



There is no guarantee he will succeed obviously. But I repeat. The alternative is David Luiz.

I am weighing up my options for playing next season with my agent and sadly it does not look like chelsea will be one of them.