sounds too good to be true

luan's agent also publicly said we made a 25m bid

Romero is like the best journalist around when it comes to Barca though

And only one source seems to be denying the deal is being sealed as opposed to a shit ton of outlets claiming it's almost done dealio


Alcacer would make this transfer window almost perfect

Luan wouldnt be THE WORST option for a backup role but damn Paco is almost the perfect choice

I hope

Paco is a CF, we need someone that can also play the wings.

No idea about Luan, never seen him play.

i mean is luan really that bad? some brazilian outlets say he has potential to do something.
i mean i find it hard to believe he is worse than munir or mario gomez / van persie

but anyways hope paco goes through would be a perfect 22 age transfer summer
and he's one highest potential

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Paco is a CF, we need someone that can also play the wings.

No idea about Luan, never seen him play.

enrique said he only wants a substitute that is a pure striker "someone to lead the line and score goals" something like that is what he said
we're going to use rafinha / turan / denis suarez on the wings i assume

Paco is the club's most important name to go for, negotiations might take long while, but the deal is expected to be closed for €30m. [md]

Munir has been playing on the wings in all the pre-season games so far. So the idea is to sign a "9", to play back up striker with Munir being the back up wing player.

I'm assuming next summer when the new Nike shirt sponsor moneys kicks in is when we will likely shell out a shit ton for Bellerin.

it's either munir or samper going to valencia if paco goes through.

i guess samper would be the smarter choice to ditch as we have too many midfield players

Valencia not qualifying for the Champions League really bit them in the ass. From what I read, they built the squad with the intentions of recouping money from the Champions League, which explains the exodus (or rumored exodus). The goal for them at this moment is to get players contracts off the books, and therefore are taking lower than expected transfer fees for players (but still want a good to great offer for the big name players, just doesn't have to be the exact release clause)

Players that left Valencia this summer..

Gomes (35M.E) to Barca
De Paul (3M. E) to Udinese
Barragan (2.7M E) to Middlesbrough
Feghouli (Free) to West Ham

Loaned out
Piatti to Espanyol
Yoel to Eibar
Negredo to Middlsbrough

Barbosa and Cheryshev, both were on loan with option to buy and the club declined both options (both are solid players that they would of kept)

Then you got the rumors of Abdennour headed to Everton, Mustafi to Arsenal, Paco or Santi Mina to Barca, Diego Alves to Barca if we sell one of Bravo/Ter Stegen

That's some serious offloading for one summer

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Paco is a CF, we need someone that can also play the wings.

No idea about Luan, never seen him play.

Suarez can't rest anymore NT-breaks so he could also use substitute.

Arsenal have made an inquiry for Barcelona defender Jeremy Mathieu. [sport] #fcblive

Too good to be true



Samper will be part of Alcacer's transfer. [sport]



this has been a great summer so far

Valencia have frozen Alacer deal. Club demands his release clause of 80m must be paid & Barca are sticking to 24m including Samper. [sport]

Next.

Luan it is

I guess Paco would have wasted himself here anyway. Ah well

Bravo very close to Man City [md]

Pep sidelined Hart because he almost desperately wants Claudio Bravo or so I've heard.

Bravo has a 40M release clause.

Thought he wanted ter Stegen, not Bravo

https://my.mixtape.moe/fltfns.mp4

Luan's goal from the last game against Colombia (assist Neymar)

If we get a good offer(and not a stupid loan or we let him go on a free to City of all clubs), then I am all for offloading Bravo. It will allow Ter Stegen to finally get a legit shot.

If City want Bravo, I would force them to pony up. They are good for it and we know they are desperate for a keeper.

TBF when MATS has played he has not been as reliable as Bravo. I would be pissed if I were offloaded solely because of my age and not my performance.

We have little choice in that matter. Bravo hasn't played a single CL game, so I'm grateful that he hasn't complained about it, but I also feel for him just sitting there without a CL game the biggest club football tournament, which he deserves. MaTS is the future and he won't develop if he isn't given consistent minutes and cup games alone won't help him much.

I'm wondering what's happening and both are probably demanding that #1 at the moment, so will see.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:TBF when MATS has played he has not been as reliable as Bravo. I would be pissed if I were offloaded solely because of my age and not my performance.

I agree, I believe Bravo to be the superior keeper of the two. Smart thing to do would be to either loan MATS out or sell him with a buy back clause like we have with Halilovic and Deulofeu, and use Bravo for all of our matches for a few years or whatever then bring back MATS. Real fawkn mess the club has made

My two cents: the better player plays. It's not a small difference from what I can see either. Bravo at the moment is on another level, if you want to drop a decent amount of points just to play a youngster I wouldn't do it

Manchester City have an agreement with Barça for Bravo for 17m, but the deal has been put on hold due to a knee injury to ter Stegen. [sky]


Stegen will not cost us points. He's not worse than Bravo.

Ter Stegen is shaky although that may be due to lack of continuous playing time. Let's hope it will go with increased experience. In long run its better to have Stegen than Bravo that's for sure though.

For 17M?! Jesus we literally love to give every club in Europe a homie hook up. His release clause is 40M, and they are desperate, why not force them to pay closer that figure or then can F off?

I hope they don't include Bony or some Cty trash in the deal. Only player I would like though is that young striker Ikeheacho, he would be nice but I doubt they want to give him up