Barcelona want to formalize the agreement with Todibo to incorporate him next summer. The French centre back of 19 years will arrive for free next summer. [@gerardromero]

it's official, he will join for free in the summer

Barcelona have a fetish for centre backs the same way Real Madrid have a fetish for midfielders.

There are other areas of your team more in need of reinforcements, so I don't understand this transfer. I've heard he's good though.

Lenglet doesnt have a future here, Vermaelen is useless

that makes Pique, Umtiti with injury issues and the new guy

it kind of makes sense for a CB to come in the summer tbh

In comparison you don't have a LB back up and don't even have a proper RB. Surely these areas need more TLC than CB.

Semedo is a good RB, I rate him. Roberto is not bad as a back-up.

Alba does need a better back-up than Digne for sure tho.

I think we were linked to some LB from Ligue 1 not long ago but I can't remember his name.

Barcelona ready to launch £50m player-plus cash bid for Chelsea winger Willian in deal which would see Brazilian Malcom go the other way

I'm sure (or HOPE) that it's bogus but its on a ton of sites right now. what in the fuck.

Why are you upset? Willian is much better than Malcom.

Oh, I see the Willian rumours are back. How lovely. He's 31 this year, what's the point?

windkick wrote:Barcelona ready to launch £50m player-plus cash bid for Chelsea winger Willian in deal which would see Brazilian Malcom go the other way

I'm sure (or HOPE) that it's bogus but its on a ton of sites right now. what in the fuck.

That sounds so absolutely stupid it couldn't be true for any other club but Barca..

I refuse to believe it's real

As stupid as the Eto'o Ibra deal if true. Every time I think we have gotten better at transfers, see something stupid like this. Even if we are in for him, they should give us Willian plus cash for Malcolm.

Munir officially sold to Sevilla for 1.5 million. And rumors now we will get Moratta, the madridista, on loan. Garbage.

I would never go for former Madrid player, or Portuguese again after Turan and Gomes. Too much of a risk of getting a past player or saboteur. Luckily Semedo seems to be all Barca though.

Odion Ighalo is the name being tossed out to replace Munir

Morata is very unlikely

It'll probably be a cheap no name like that Ighalo guy

I hope we don't do any business with Chelsea

Celta Vigo striker Maxi Gomez is in Barcelona currently, there are links to a possible loan deal.

Can someone tell me why you are against a swap deal between Willian and Malcom?

danyjr wrote:Can someone tell me why you are against a swap deal between Willian and Malcom?

Its Malcolm plus cash that is being talked about. Willian is 31 and on a downward spiral. We will be left with an ageing useless player on a monstrous wage and will be struggling to get rid of him after realizing a year down the line that he is garbage. Malcolm is young and could still make it as a useful squad player.

We would be swapping a shit player for another shit player.

Obviously it's better to keep the one who is MUCH younger. No-brainer.

If it is Malcom plus cash then I agree but Willian is not a bad player. He is currently better than Malcom, no doubt.

Willians never had a great season, and will be 31. Actually Malcom at his age has had a better season numbers wise than Willian. I get it’s a different league, but Willians done nothing to warrant 90M (30 we paid for Malcom plus 50m in cash is retarded).


2018 season Malcom scored 12 goals in all comps
Willians only once surpassed that with 13 goals.

And from what I've read Malcoms also had more assists per season and Malcom is 21 and Willian is going to be 31. So yeah, would be idiotic to drop 90m for Willian. Reminds me of the nonsense expensive old proven players Lucho liked, like Arda and Mathieu. Total nonsense purchases that if not for the holy Xavi-Iniesta-Messi-Busq set we have had we wouldn't win crap due to our board being so dumb.


Fernando Llorente is another striker name that popped up today. Trash

And rumors today now state DeJong chose PSG.

cristhian stuani latest name linked to us.

Btw damn shame if we lost DJong to PSG and end up with Rabiot.

We're linked to a bunch of garbage players every window.

I don't remember a summer without a Llorente link.

Rabiot, Morata, Willian...... absolute trash, but there's little truth to those links, I'm pretty sure.

windkick wrote:cristhian stuani latest name linked to us.

Btw damn shame if we lost DJong to PSG and end up with Rabiot.

Stuani wouldnt be all bad, he'd be a decent backup striker for the time being

Scratch that, didnt know he was already 32 lmao

De Jong seems all but lost.
Seems we just don't have the money. A recent KPMG report states that our Salary to Operating revenue ratio is 86%. That leaves barely anything for transfers. Hence, why we are looking for free deals. The report also states that we pay over 200 mil more in wages than the next highest club PSG. That seems unfathomable but possibly true.

Apparently in for Vela. If we want a short term option from MLS, why not Rooney? Would be a very good backup.