Transfer Rumours V6

Moussa Wague promoted to first team

Junior Firpo from Real Betis almost confirmed, fee 25M

Anyone know this Firpo guy?

We basically sold him for what we got him for so can't complain.

Malcolm sold. He was never going to make it here since Valverde hated his signing. Valverde wanted Willian and the club got him Malcolm. As a signal to the board, Valverde froze even though Malcolm played well whenever he got a chance.
At the least, Malcolm could have been a good squad option but never under Valverde. So sale makes sense. Decent money but should have been higher.

Firpo almost confirmed. Decent buy but he is a LWB and not a LB. Has Valverde's blessing so that's a plus.

Down a winger with Malcolm's departure. Are you going to sign a replacement for him? Preferably a Brazilian too...

Nah I doubt they're signing any wingers. Probably promote someone from B team - Carles Perez or Abel Ruiz. Maybe La Masia will be revived a little seeing how they already promoted Wague to be Semedo's back-up.

Perez could be our new Pedro with a little faith in the man.

Playing Malcom was like playing with a man down anyway.

danyjr wrote:Down a winger with Malcolm's departure. Are you going to sign a replacement for him? Preferably a Brazilian too...

from a squad rotation perspective we are not though as he rarely got playing time

Down a winger but we play a narrow 4-4-2 with the FB's providing width. So, from a depth perspective we are good. There is still the possibility of Neymar as rumors refuse to die. If we sell Coutinho, then Neymar becomes a real possibility.

Quique Setién (former Real Betis coach): "Barcelona have done an excellent operation by signing Junior Firpo." [cat radio via sport]

Firpo looked like shit yesterday. Another Douglas Santos in the making.

Rumors of Neymar refuse to die down.
Well, if he was the target, why did we move for Griezman? That money could have been used for Neymar. It all makes no sense.
120 for a 28 year old Griezman, 180 for a 28 year old injury prone Brazilian. Great long term planning.

I don't think you overpaid for Griezmann, he is a far better player than Coutinho, but much like the Brazilian he is not compatible in a 4-3-3.

We dont play a 4-3-3. We play a 4-4-2. And neither Griezman nor Neymar have a place in a 4-4-2 with Messi.
Messi plays one of the two which means the other player has to play ahead of him. Only Suarez can do that. The only other option for either player is playing on the wing in the 4-4-2. Cant play on the right since Messi drifts there and the player playing RM is expected to carry Messi's water. This leaves the LM spot. Paying 120m to play Griezman there is an utter waste. Paying 180 to play a 28 year old Neymar is also an utter waste.

Only way this would make sense is by getting rid of Messi. A Messi Neymar swap would be ideal. We finally get rid of Messi and Neymar can slot in on the left of a 4-3-3.

Get rid of Suárez instead imho, he's been shit for a year now.

Although that probably wouldn't solve your tactical issues.

Getting rid of the player who's kept the club a float the last seasons having one of the all time individual peformances in the latest almost carrying the club to trible treble? Nice reminder why I stopped reading this section.

Coutinho goes to Bayern on loan which means Neymar deal is all but dead. Good that he left. He would have been wasted here. Maybe leaves us a little short on offense but Perez can make up numbers.
The Neymar deal is off which is all that matters. There are serious concerns that he reinjured his metatarsal and that it is chronic. Paying 200 for him now is suicide.

Looks like Madrid are really pushing for Neymar. I wonder if this is just to piss Barcelona off or they actually want Neymar after having spent gazillions this summer

They can have him for 200. His injury is a serious concern. Not worth the risk.
In other news, Paco keeps scoring and we sold him for 20m
Scrubs are going for 60m and we sold him for peanuts. Should have got 100m for him but we insist on being charitable while clubs rip us off when we buy from them.

No Madrid won't get him either. Zidane has confirmed that Bale will stay which all but rules out a Neymar push. That's not to mention the fact that it would've been against the coach's wishes to get him anyways. I don't think RM was ever in the race. Probably a ploy by the Neymar camp to get Barca to stump up the cash. We haven't made a single offer contrary to what the media has protrayed. My prediction is that Neymar stays and goes to Barca next summer

Been reading that similarly to the Coutinho>Bayern move, a loan deal could be reached with PSG for Dembele in exchange. Things are getting interesting.

Would rather have an injured Neymar over fully fit Dembele. Both have been injury prone lately anyways.

Let's be real, we need Neymar. If Dembélé turns out a bust, which is a 50:50 at this stage, we are only left with Griezmann who is under 30. Suarez I give 1 more season at best. Messi maybe 2.

Dembélé injured for 5 weeks. Looks like PSG aren't letting Neymar go on a loan either.

You guys might as well sign Icardi and Dybala both on the cheap. It's not like you play 4-3-3 any more. You need a striker to replace Suárez and while Icardi is a totally different animal, he's world class. Less keen on Dybala as he doesn't play well with Messi in the national team.

if not Neymar, we're not signing anyone

those imbeciles don't have a plan B and even if they do, it's absolute garbage a la Prince Boateng......

They should throw Dembele, Semedo and every penny they have towards Neymar because at this rate we're looking at a trophyless season ffs.

Dembele if he continues at this rate will turn into Bale

danyjr wrote:Dembélé injured for 5 weeks. Looks like PSG aren't letting Neymar go on a loan either.

You guys might as well sign Icardi and Dybala both on the cheap. It's not like you play 4-3-3 any more. You need a striker to replace Suárez and while Icardi is a totally different animal, he's world class. Less keen on Dybala as he doesn't play well with Messi in the national team.

Icardi the cantera product coming back to Barca

Toxic player, don't want

Toxic wife. Pretty sure Antonella won't invite her to any Messi parties