UpWithRivers
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This story thats been going on for a year!Woah Nelly! Who rattled your cage?!
This story thats been going on for a year!Woah Nelly! Who rattled your cage?!
Only bordering?!This thread should be closed. This obsession with him is bordering on weird.
I was trying to be kindOnly bordering?!
Nicolo Barella is a playing I rate highly for that controlling number 8 position. Exceptional ball retention, press resistance, passing range, and engine. Not an individual super star, but I think a perfect system player in a well functioning midfield that would be greater than the sum of its parts.
I’d love to see a midfield three of Casemiro, Barella, Eriksen/Bruno. He was utterly brilliant at euro 2022.
Good squad player, but we should look for even better options.Yeah Barella is a quality shout,however only seen him loosely linked to scousers
No way, would be one of the best midfielders in the prem. He's unreal.Good squad player, but we should look for even better options.
Barella? He‘s good but not unreal. Frenkie or Bellingham are.No way, would be one of the best midfielders in the prem. He's unreal.
Barella? He‘s good but not unreal. Frenkie or Bellingham are.
We should try (again), we have more pull now than we have had for many years.Don't see us signing either,therefore have to look elsewhere for Casa's partner
We should try (again), we have more pull now than we have had for many years.
A club like ours should always go for the best players.
I think it’s pretty clear De Jong is a non starter now and Barca would try to sell the likes of Christensen, Kessie, Alonso, Torres and Roberto all before De Jong so I think we should go for Bellingham or if we think that’s a non starter due to price then Bennacer and Lavia plus we’ve Mejbri (who I see a lot of Modric in) back next season as well.
Yup, I’d go for Lavia as the younger talent and one more established high quality passing CM.What about Barella & Lavia instead,think Bellingham is a non starter like De Jong
What about Barella & Lavia instead,think Bellingham is a non starter like De Jong
We should definitely sign this guy if we can. There’s nobody better in his position and he’s the perfect partner for Casemiro. But we can’t sign him so the point is moot.
I think Barella would struggle with the speed of the PL, I think he’s a good player but Serie A is so much slower than the PL that I don’t think Barella could replicate his form. On the other hand I think Bennacer could do despite also playing in Serie A as his game reminds me a lot of De Jong, of the two I’d choose Bennacer over Barella.
Could see links to all of Bennacer/Barella/Kovacic pick up in the summer with De Jong now fully secure in that Barcelona first team
I’d be very happy with Kovacic.I’d be very happy with either Bennacer or Kovacivic, I’m sure I saw the other day that Kovacivic just turned 28 which is prime years for a midfielder and the fact he’s shown his class already in England means they’d be no settling in at all so if he’s available Kovacivic would be my first choice.
I think I did say we can’t sign him. Um, yes, I did.No we shouldn't. We shouldn't be signing anyone who made it abundantly clear he didn't want to join us last summer. He even was happy to take a pay cut to stop the move happening. His Mrs is apparently dead against the move to England too.
This thread needs to be closed. It ain't happening. Time to move on.
What? Barca literally threatened legal action to make him either move or take a pay cut and he basically laughed in their faces. He didn't take any pay cut.No we shouldn't. We shouldn't be signing anyone who made it abundantly clear he didn't want to join us last summer. He even was happy to take a pay cut to stop the move happening. His Mrs is apparently dead against the move to England too.
This thread needs to be closed. It ain't happening. Time to move on.
What? Barca literally threatened legal action to make him either move or take a pay cut and he basically laughed in their faces. He didn't take any pay cut.
I don’t follow your logic. Why would he even consider it?Reckon he will take the pay cut now if necessary as he's pretty much an automatic pick
I don’t follow your logic. Why would he even consider it?
Barella? He‘s good but not unreal. Frenkie or Bellingham are.
Then surely he'd leave like the club wanted him to?He will do whatever it takes to help club
I’d be very happy with Kovacic.
I highly doubt he'll just take a pay cut. If he gets offered an extra two years or so on his current contract then he might drop it a little, but I doubt it'll be much.Reckon he will take the pay cut now if necessary as he's pretty much an automatic pick
No he’s not don’t be silly.Best midfielder in the PL when fit, but very injury prone. At 29 that could be a problem. Do not expect him to age well with all those injuries.
Oh right. I didn’t understand what you meant.He will do whatever it takes to help club
Probably not, but a great fit for us.No he’s not don’t be silly.
Careful now, there’re a fair number bellicose folk on here who’d happily berate you for even suggesting that!This thread should be closed. This obsession with him is bordering on weird.
He was excellent. I think it’s the beginning of the end for De Jong at Barca, mark my words.
He was excellent. I think it’s the beginning of the end for De Jong at Barca, mark my words.