(07-13-2012, 07:35 AM)GeoTav Wrote: PS : But I agree our team play could be better with the right additions in our team ... My main concern though is our defence, which looks like a mid-table defence now.

(07-13-2012, 07:41 AM)edysim Wrote:

(07-13-2012, 07:35 AM)GeoTav Wrote: PS : But I agree our team play could be better with the right additions in our team ... My main concern though is our defence, which looks like a mid-table defence now.

Yes I agree here, btw is PSG Sakho any good ? who knows we can get him at a bargain

(07-13-2012, 07:29 AM)Beppe Wrote: Relax guys, this hasnt got to be the end, we got money now, saved A LOT on wages, not only Ibrahimivic and Silva's BIG wages but also the expensive old guard is all gone.
So we can (MUST) expect something now on the transfer market. There should be many things possible now.
Also remember Ibrahimovic will be 31 this year, this is the last time we could've got money for him. (25m) and we sold Silva for 40m, wich is also good money;

Now the most important thing of all this is not that we lost 2 players but who we will buy in return. I'm expecting at least 4 starters!! We could come up stronger as a team, as in attack our team was way too one dimensional witch Ibrahimovic. This will also be good for Pato!

Rumours also say Mesbah will probably gone to Torino, maybe in a deal with Ogbonna? as we refused the Marseille offer for him.
And Taye Taiwo got an agreement with Benfica, dunno what they wanna pay for him.
And according to reports from Brazil Santos is interested in Robinho again, if we could also sell him we have even more money to spend, he's also nearing 30 and isnt one of our most important players, we got Cassano and El Shaarawy so.

as for transfers:
Ogbonna & Astori or Dede (wich seems difficult now as he just renewed his contract and his buy out clause gone up)
Sahin or Verratti
Lucas or Jovetic
Dzeko or Destro

I'm just trowing in some interesting names. Key is to spend it one players who are yet to reach their prime, players age 20-25. Not older players with big wages and who's market value will go down soon.

(07-13-2012, 07:44 AM)GeoTav Wrote:

(07-13-2012, 07:41 AM)edysim Wrote: Yes I agree here, btw is PSG Sakho any good ? who knows we can get him at a bargain

Would be a huge downgrade compared to Thiago Silva. We should let that guy in Paris ... He's not better than Mexes nowadays (but he has more potential).

We should go for a guy like Hummels, or one of the defenders we are linked with (is Ogbonna really that good ? I never saw him play, or I don't remember him ).

(07-13-2012, 08:24 AM)WCmilan Wrote: I understand that I maybe to optimistic but I think some of you are being way to negative. Thiago would've been gone in the next couple years regardless, why not work on a replacement now? Rolando from Porto is a heated link this guy is sick , no thiago silva but solid yes very. Negotiations for tevez will reopen this week according to milannews, taiwo to benfica with a cash sum for witsel is also apparent.. Thiago is irreplaceable, ibra is not, so we lose out height advantage but what about the fact that our whole attack revolves around him? That we're so one dimensional? That he slows down play a heck of a lot plus at 31 a big liability don't get me wrong ibra is great but tevez, I think he'll add something we've been missing, remember barca is a team of midgets so I'm not worried about the height thing well just have to take our long ball technique out of the equation. I think this will be a good Mercato if we play our cards right you'd gotta be insane to think berlusconi won't invest at least on a nEw defender and forward

(07-13-2012, 08:54 AM)Ryo Wrote: The difference between us and Barca is that their players actually want to stay and play for the shirt. When one great player leaves, the rest of the squad don't mutiny and immediatly request for a transfer out of there. When they let go of Dinho, Guily, and Deco, did Xavi, Iniesta or Messi hand in a transfer request? See the difference?

(07-13-2012, 09:29 AM)GeoTav Wrote:

(07-13-2012, 08:54 AM)Ryo Wrote: The difference between us and Barca is that their players actually want to stay and play for the shirt. When one great player leaves, the rest of the squad don't mutiny and immediatly request for a transfer out of there. When they let go of Dinho, Guily, and Deco, did Xavi, Iniesta or Messi hand in a transfer request? See the difference?

But Barcelona has its own system, building their team from youth to the senior one ... The guys always played together for this club, and that's why they stay and don't care if someone leaves.

Anyway, I'd put a bemol on that : you see nobody complaining when a star player leaves, but look at these players who left ... None of them was from Barcelona, they all came in their prime in Barcelona and left then.

Barcelona builds its team this way : the core of the team comes from their youth teams, and they add some WC players here and there. Dinho, Henry (wasn't a WC player anymore), Eto'o, Ibrahimovic, they were WC players who left Barcelona after some years there.

Back at the end of the 90s, from 1999 to 2005, Barcelona wasn't a threat for any big team in Europe (and nobody never said Barcelona wasn't a big club at that time), they won nothing for years ... It's at that time they started to build their team this way. They worked on their youth, they built their identity and it resulted in the Barcelona of nowadays.

Nobody in Barcelona will complain if Villa, Dani Alves or Sanchez leave, because they're not from Barcelona youth ranks. I wonder what would happen if Barcelona was to accept a big offer for a guy like Iniesta. I'm sure some would start to complain ...

All that to say that we should build our identity directly in our youth ranks, for some years (even if that means we win nothing or almost for 4-5 years), to build the core of our team. Then, we will have to add one or two players here and there to complete it and you'll see, again, players like Maldini (not his level, but the love for the shirt) in our team ...

As a consequence, this money should be invested wisely and not be splashed in new players who will leave, for sure, in 2-3 years (Tevez anyone ?) ...