Barca's scouting has been very impressive of late. Getting linked to the right players all the time, more so than before.
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Barca's scouting has been very impressive of late. Getting linked to the right players all the time, more so than before.
Ermm, like who?
The likes of Coutinho, Dembele, Griezmann?
Coutinho and Dembele IMO are very good players but they do not exactly fit the Barcelona style, especially Dembele.
Also just after Griezmann decided to renew at Atletico, Barca suddenly decided to buy a midfielder instead. How is that good planning?
If they had a real plan for a #10/shadow striker, they would be targeting another player who plays in the same position, but instead they are looking at a CM. That tells me they were looking at Griezmann because he is a good player and relatively cheap, not because they had definite plans for him
Arthur may come good but he isn't exactly a hidden gem, wasnt he the player of the tournament in the Brazilian league?
Lengelt? Many clubs are after him,including us ( allegedly), mainly because he is cheap
And SMS? Again not a hidden talent for them to have discovered him through their great scouting.
To be frank, I don't like what Barca has become. They are looking to sign big names / Galacticos at the same time they are ignoring their academy and have lost few talented kids.
If you look at Real, they have been buying talented youngsters like Cabellos, Theo Hernandez, the Brazilian kids, that new 19 y/o GK, and are targeting Odriozola.
Barca have fallen behind in the race for talented youngsters.Cebellos could have been a good player for them, same with Theo Hernandez but Barca decided to funnel their funds into buying Coutinho.
And I'm not even going to talk about their previous signings.Turan, Digne, Andre Gomes, Deulofeu, Vermaelen are a few flops from the top of my head.
Barca have been buying very poorly for some time now. And if you mean the reports linking them to De Ligt and Frenkie, we'll they are not going to sign all the players in the world, they get linked with players just like we do. I don't see them signing De Ligt if the Lengelt signing goes through.
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By scouting, I am not talking strictly about unknowns but good players in general. Moving from signing the likes of Gomes, Turan, etc to Coutinho, Dembele, etc is certainly a better policy. They are getting linked to good players as opposed to suspect ones.
Secondly, give Coutinho a full season before judging him as "not suited for Barca". Even Dembele may have a future yet.
So? Mbappe chose money and staying in France. Neymar went for money but is angling for a move to Madrid. This doesnt make them bigger draws than United. We also just finished runners up in our top domestic competitions. PSG and City havent made any great inroads to winning the CL and outside of shitting on FFP by spending half a billion every season they are not on the same level as United Barca and Real for draw power.
I don't mean they are bad players or bad signings but IMO from what I've seen of Coutinho and Dembele, I just don't feel they are perfect for a possession based system.
Both of them are best at running with the ball, quick transitions and in the case of Coutinho, long range shooting. Those traits are not best used In a possession based system IMO.
Also by good players you mean galacticos. If you feel they are not signing galacticos but looking merely for good players who just happened to be very costly, why did they decide to buy a CM when a #10/false 9 they really wanted to buy snubbed them?
Barca by and large seem in a transition themselves of sorts. You may be right about Dembele but Coutinho has too much class and intelligence about him to not adapt. Give him time, even Suarez took a few months to really get going when he joined Barca.
Transition in terms of team and players maybe, not in terms of tactics. Barca are not going to change tactics, they play the same way at every age group in their academy.
That's the reason why they prefer managers who were ex players or players from academy as they already have some idea about the style if play.
And Also by good players you mean galacticos right.
If you feel they are not signing galacticos but looking merely for good players who just happened to be very costly, why did they decide to buy a CM when a #10/false 9 they really wanted to buy snubbed them?
As for the Darmian soap, Italian insiders say he is in Inter’s minds now, with Juve finalising Cancelo (€38-40m spred over 3 years) and thinking of Florenzi (Roma still needs cash before 30 June because of FPP... if not Alisson, if not Manolas, it might be Florenzi).
Wasn't Leao in the United's reserves, or on a trial here long time ago?
Different one seven years ago: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-Brazilian-Rafael-Leao-Manchester-United.html
Sometimes it's said to see how some of our fans underestimate their own club.
That was a really weird year. There was like 5 of those Desportivo players on lodge at us. Felt very dodgy.
It does make one ponder...
Ah thanks, the name sounded familiar to me but I couldn't google it.
That's nice. He'll start on Tuesday too so he'll be up for it.
Marca said Real aren't going to let him go easily. With us they'd probably demand £20M more than they'd ask of Juventus or Roma anyway.
Is there not a €50m release clause? If so Real can't do dick.
The link says €300M. Real Madrid tend to do high release clauses.
I never understood the kovacic hype. It always felt like real's midfield quality dropped when he played, not that it's easy to replace modric, kroos or casemiro but still he never really looked the part.
I have to agree. He has a fantastic drive with the ball, but he is not this playmaking midfielder that we need. Seems like one of those players who will forever be a talent, but never fulfill it.
Oh, to be honest I don't read Marca, I just seen an earlier tweet saying €50m!
I still say the BOOM! In my head when I read the tweet
Easier said than done but we really need to find the next Modric or a player like that. He’ll be lurking around somewher.
Kovacic is the man of my dreams but I can’t see it with us having signed Frederick. They operate similarly, and I imagine both would expect to start, as would Pogba of course. Then we’ll naturally play Matic too.
Not sure what to believe regarding his release clause but he’d be a welcomed addition
Nothing dodgy, it was an agreement we had with them, they were an affiliate club.
There's no way his release calsue is €50m.
It was, until last year, when Real renegotiated a load of player contracts in the wake of the Neymar transfer - his new release clause is €300m and his contract has 3 years remaining.
Yeah but they were a club that was simply a farm to loan out young players.
Well isn't he an idiot
I think I’d prefer adding that lad from Lyon. I think he’d dovetail better with our other cms
Stay away from Lewandowski the fraud.
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