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[Salvadora]

would love to get Milner and Fabregas. think Milner would be a good workhorse CM type alongside Ramsey. experienced, good discipline. would prefer to get a long-term, bigger upgrade over Flamini/Arteta but Milner would definitely be a better option than Arteta at this point, I think.

It'd be a bit mental if we went into the transfer market and bought two more midfielders.

 

[Suen]

Someone that always misses 1 of 2 passes has no room at Barcelona, talking about Keylor.

Alexis and Pedro - id keep Pedro, Alexis 21 goals are deceiving.

I'd say it's anything but deceiving especially with the overreliance on Messi.

 

[Lightning]

would love to get Milner and Fabregas. think Milner would be a good workhorse CM type alongside Ramsey. experienced, good discipline. would prefer to get a long-term, bigger upgrade over Flamini/Arteta but Milner would definitely be a better option than Arteta at this point, I think.

No..... Just no. 2 midfielders? We playing cesc as a striker? Who drops to the bench?

 

[tarzanpuyol]

Alexis have been amazing this season. It's so weird that people talk about him possible leaving. Barca would have to be stupid less they have a better plan or better replacement and you won't find many better replacement.

Alexis is inconsistent, if he were to perform at a high rate every match or most matches yes, but he gets lost way too often and to be honest the team has way too many wingers.

Remember Rafinha and Deulofeu, Rafinha can easily fill that position.

 

[L1NETT]

Guardian saying Muller will reject LVG and Man U

Sorry if a tad old

 

[wedward]

No..... Just no. 2 midfielders? We playing cesc as a striker? Who drops to the bench?

If we buy Cesc do you not think we should buy a DM also?

 

[Mr Cola]

Id like to be linked with some Wingers, I miss fast and efficient wingers

Someone said Depay?

 

[jtb]

It'd be a bit mental if we went into the transfer market and bought two more midfielders.

I don't know...

we NEED:
a DM
a striker
a RB

and then there are areas that we could definitely use some improvement:
Arteta replacement
Winger
CB (dunno what's happening with Vermaelen)

if we get Fabregas, that shouldn't influence what we do elsewhere, I think. Or hope, anyways. Milner is a good signing no matter what.

I imagine if we get Fabregas, that means we don't get any wingers besides maybe a dirt cheap Vela. I can live with that.

 

[bjaelke]

Mirror: Liverpool and Arsenal on transfer alert as Bernard looks for Shakhtar Donetsk exit

Brazil winger Bernard has been offered to top Premier League clubs as he bids to escape Shakhtar Donetsk.

Parties working on behalf of the livewire winger have contacted Arsenal and Liverpool about his availability, with both the Gunners and the Anfield giants having monitored the 21-year-old when he was in his homeland with Atletico Mineiro before last summer's switch to Europe.

 

[Feorax]

Bernard wants out of Shakhtar? Well, lets be honest, it was a pretty fucking terrible idea to begin with.

 

[Dark Rider]

ME! I've even thought of a thread title

is it: Madrid city Derby in Lisbon?

 

[EmiPrime]

No..... Just no. 2 midfielders? We playing cesc as a striker? Who drops to the bench?

We play nearly 60 competitive games a season. Nobody can play an entire season un-rested.

Nothing stops the Fabregas-Schneiderlin hype train!

 

[jtb]

Milner-Ramsey
Ozil-Fabregas-Theo

don't tell me that wouldn't be the best midfield in the fucking world

 

[tarzanpuyol]

I'd say it's anything but deceiving especially with the overreliance on Messi.

Alexis scored in most large margin wins

Valladolid, Levante, Osasuna, Rayo, Villarreal; sorry but his goals dont make a difference.

Its been like that for a while, not to mention his passing accuracy is only slightly better than Pinto.

 

[bjaelke]

is it: Madrid city Derby in Lisbon?

Getafe, are you even trying?

 

[wedward]

We play nearly 60 competitive games a season. Nobody can play an entire season un-rested.

Nothing stops the Fabregas-Schneiderlin hype train!

We can finally rotate. Less injuries.

GET INNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

 

[Sviatoslav]

Bernard hasn't been particularly good at Shakhtar to be honest. Rightfully rode the bench quite a bit. Douglas Costa and Alex Teixeira are both considerably better IMO.

 

[Meier]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...s-Milner-as-replacement-for-Bacary-Sagna.html

Christ. Where do people come up with this shit.

Lol. The apparent reason Milner wants to go is BECAUSE we're playing him on the right rather than as a CM. So he'd go to Arsenal to make less, win less and play in an even less natural position? Rolling.

He won't go this summer though. We'll just have to lose him on a free next summer if he doesn't extend. He's too important this upcoming season. We'd have to spend double to get another English player who could actually play for the first team with any level of consistency so it just won't happen.

 

[jtb]

Lol. The apparent reason Milner wants to go is BECAUSE we're playing him on the right rather than as a CM. So he'd go to Arsenal to make less, win less and play in an even less natural position? Rolling.

He won't go this summer though. We'll just have to lose him on a free next summer if he doesn't extend. He's too important this upcoming season. We'd have to spend double to get another English player who could actually play for the first team with any level of consistency so it just won't happen.

how about a Wilshere - Milner trade?

I'd make that trade 10 times out of 10 and I imagine so would City

 

[johnthequad]

Milner wants to leave City to play in CM, we want to sign him and convert him into a RB oh dear.

It's all about playing for some players. Milner has the work rate to be a class fullback. It worked with Gibbs and Lauren.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Guardian saying Muller will reject LVG and Man U

Sorry if a tad old

Not too broken up by that tbh. Not what we need.

 

[Dark Rider]

Getafe, are you even trying?

Getafe and Rayo Vallecano is the other Madrid city derby
that should've been the EL final

 

[Salvadora]

I don't know...

we NEED:
a DM
a striker
a RB

and then there are areas that we could definitely use some improvement:
Arteta replacement
Winger
CB (dunno what's happening with Vermaelen)

if we get Fabregas, that shouldn't influence what we do elsewhere, I think. Or hope, anyways. Milner is a good signing no matter what.

I imagine if we get Fabregas, that means we don't get any wingers besides maybe a dirt cheap Vela. I can live with that.

It shouldn't influence what we do elsewhere, but you know it would. At most I can only see us bringing in 3 players.

Right there you've got:

-Striker
-RB

100% nailed on signings, in my mind. That leaves one more. And, tbh, I'd rather that be a DM than Cesc.

 

[Meier]

Apparently we are going to sign Keylor Navas as our second keeper. Zubi is pulling all the right strings so far in this window.

Just please keep Alexis and sell Pedro instead

Navas is quite young (by GK standards) and was one of the best keepers in Spain last season. That'd be pretty sad if he took a backup position at his age. I think more likely they'd have him start for a year or two and blood ter Stegen in over time. He'll need to get used to communicating with his defenders, etc.

 

[EmiPrime]

how about a Wilshere - Milner trade?

I'd make that trade 10 times out of 10 and I imagine so would City

Fortunately neither Wenger nor Wilshere would.

 

[johnthequad]

Signing Milner will cover three positions. I definitely like the idea of making him a fullback. It gives Jenkinson time to improve and brings more Englishmen to the club

 

[Clegg]

Not too broken up by that tbh. Not what we need.

If it means we won't be wasting our time going after players with no intention to move then I'm all for it.

 

[tarzanpuyol]

Signing Milner will cover three positions. I definitely like the idea of making him a fullback. It gives Jenkinson time to improve and brings more Englishmen to the club

but i thought you guys wanted to win something important?

 

[jtb]

if we get Milner, I would still want to sign Aurier. neither would be too expensive, he's young and would be a long-term solution, and would be good competition for Jenkinson. Milner deserves a chance in CM. He's definitely good enough to do a job for us.

 

[Meier]

Bernard wants out of Shakhtar? Well, lets be honest, it was a pretty fucking terrible idea to begin with.

It was a fine decision. They have a great track record with Brazilians -- ~40% or so of their team is Brazilian and most of them are pretty young. He's just down the pecking order a bit and probably doesn't like that. I wonder if his size is to at a disadvantage there in Ukraine.. I can imagine it being a pretty physical league and he's so small. I think probably too small for the PL personally.

 

[Xpike]

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

 

[LTWheels]

Can't see City letting Milner leave now with the FFP penalties.

 

[3Sixty]

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

Costa Rica?

FARK OFF M8

 

[Salvadora]

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

Welcome!

 

[Mr.Marston]

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

Welcome.

 

[Wilbur]

I know, its just sad that whenever the press and the board talks about a player that can play the ball and be a good complement to Pique, they always go for Luiz, or Benatia; a player like Koscielny very small chances to get booked, excelent pass accuracy, not a slow player and can play with a high defense is often overlooked.

Hummels, Luiz, Benatia, Laporte all have worse passing records than Mascherano.

the other true alternative is Marquinhos, that kid has a higher potential than Thiago Silva and he is only 21, PSG would be fools to let him go,

Benatia is better than Koscielny.

 

[Razor554]

Navas is quite young (by GK standards) and was one of the best keepers in Spain last season. That'd be pretty sad if he took a backup position at his age. I think more likely they'd have him start for a year or two and blood ter Stegen in over time. He'll need to get used to communicating with his defenders, etc.

One thing is certain that Barca will sign La Liga keeper (or Pepe Reina), i don't really mind who we sign as second keeper since the league is full of great gk's.

Hope Ter Stegen learns to speak Spanish as fast as Pep did with German language.

 

[johnthequad]

but i thought you guys wanted to win something important?

Milner is a class. He's the type of player that makes the difference against the likes of Chelsea/United.

 

[Barzul]

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

Welcome!

 

[Zabojnik]

Verona have activated the 15 million buy clause in Iturbe's loan deal. There's no way they have that type of money right? Surely they're re-selling him somewhere else.

Real and Roma are after him, accoring to Verona's sporting director. So, yeah, they'll be looking to sell.

Good, he's still 19 <3

No. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. The Berardi dream is over. Jesus fuck. We're gonna sign Nani, won't we?

 

[jtb]

what are the HG rules again? 4 have to be from your club, 8 from your country? the scary thing about Fabregas being available on the market is he'd definitely qualify as a HG player and with Yaya's petulance, I can see City pushing hard for him.

 

[90TilInfinity]

Someone that always misses 1 of 2 passes has no room at Barcelona, talking about Keylor.

Alexis and Pedro - id keep Pedro, Alexis 21 goals are deceiving.

Pedro seems to cope better when passing the ball at a high tempo, right? One of the issues I see with Alexis at Barca is that he can, ironically, slow things down to square up and try and beat a defender. He's obviously the more talented of the two, but I know which one I'd want feeding off of and combining with Neymar/Messi/Iniesta.

Seems most Barca fans would prefer to sell Pedro though.

 

[Wilbur]

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

Nice! Welcome man. Stick around for when we draw with you in the World Cup.

Who do you support at club level?

One thing is certain that Barca will sign La Liga keeper (or Pepe Reina), i don't really mind who we sign as second keeper since the league is full of great gk's.

Hope Ter Stegen learns to speak Spanish as fast as Pep did with German language.

Keylor deserves better than to ride your bench.

 

[Sviatoslav]

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

Welcome. Which club do you support?

 

[FortuneFaded]

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

Please go easy on England. Which club(s) do you support?

 

[Rikkun]

No. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. The Berardi dream is over. Jesus fuck. We're gonna sign Nani, won't we?

The Berardi dream has never been real. We always knew if Sassuolo didn't go back in B he would've stayed. Hopefully he'll have another GOAT year and Nani will fuck off.

Our attack for next year for the Italian press is Tevez - Llorente - Drogba - Sanchez - Nani

PS: Welcome Xpike!

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Latest Guardian article says Muller says no, LvG has ended our interestin Kroos and that we're likely pulling out of any deal for Fabregas.


So that's good then.

 

[Yurt]

Someone that always misses 1 of 2 passes has no room at Barcelona, talking about Keylor.

Alexis and Pedro - id keep Pedro, Alexis 21 goals are deceiving.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

what's wrong with him?! -_-

Finally my account has been activated, wouldn't really know what to say, but big soccer fan here from Costa Rica (appropiate, with all the Navas talk I guess), hope to be an active part of this part of GAF.

Welcome!

No. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO. The Berardi dream is over. Jesus fuck. We're gonna sign Nani, won't we?

Alexis

or rather Alexis ;( according to Barca GAF

 

[Meier]

what are the HG rules again? 4 have to be from your club, 8 from your country? the scary thing about Fabregas being available on the market is he'd definitely qualify as a HG player and with Yaya's petulance, I can see City pushing hard for him.

At least 4 who have spent 3 years before 21 in the country and another 4 who have spent 3 years with your club before 21. You can just leave a registration slot empty if you can't meet the requirements. Doesn't seem like it's entirely clear how the 21-man squad will affect these requirements. Some talk they may be lessened, but we'll see. Either way, losing Milner with any restrictions at all would be a terrible move.

 

[Ushojax]

Latest Guardian article says Muller says no, LvG has ended our interestin Kroos and that we're likely pulling out of any deal for Fabregas.


So that's good then.

He's going to make Cleverley his new Kroos.

You know this to be true.