BlueLyon

In PL, its good to have at least one clinical finisher ala Rvp or Aguero. Who is such type of player that you mentioned above? Where is aerial ability and some direct play if plan A wouldnt work?

If it means anything, he at least likes the club and is not some fucking mercenary.

What about buying Granero from QPR for 10mio? He seems like very good player, but QPR is shit team. He is very good friend of Mata (both are from RM Castilla). 25 yrs old and his stats are quite good. He was praised from Mourinho several times too. Would be cheap but very quality option in january.

Are we looking for a poacher or someone that can play with the team (passing, creating chances, etc...) Because there are three such players: David Villa Sergio Aguero Luis Suarez or poachers Cavani Falcao Lewandowski (he is actualy a mix of both) And I dont see Aguero or Suarez that could join us anytime soon...

God please never let that happen!

I would realy take Strootman ahead of this guy. The guy is 22 and already Holland NT captain. He could lead our midfield. Imagine him with Romeu once...but right now, if we get anyone like Strootman (young), he will stall Romeu's development.

Inflated prices? Ok, but isnt Falcao 'worth' €60m and if we want him we will have to pay that much in january or in summer? So, in theory, we wouldnt pay more, despite 'inflated' prices...

Just be patient with him. If we will play possession football someday soon, he will be very usefull. Not many CBs are so skilled as Luiz, but he needs to learn how to play tacticaly.

Agree. Bender wouldnt be bad either. Or Holtby.

He should never be lone DM here. He would be fantastic for rotation, but maybe we dont need him here at all. De Rossi or Fernandinho fits more to our team actualy

I think (if he comes here) he would play along Mikel. Mikel is DM and Fellaini would be B2B player. Could work, but he lacks speed and long pass ability.

I would pick Falcao/Cavani anytime ahead Neymar realy. They are just clinical finishers, while Neymar is creator and we have plenty of that.

Well I realy liked germans in WC 2010 with their young team and fantastic football. They lost to spain, but were equaly good opponent in that game. I remember when Lahm? (or someone) said that 'once you have ball in possession against Spain, you just dont know what to do'. That football was pure joy to watch. Definately most beautiful football on NT level since Brasilian 'samba'. The speed, efficiency, skill, defending. Ozil, Muller, Khedira realy had great tournament back then.

Just wondering, if Atletico and Everton would be ready to sell Falcao and Fellaini, can we actualy AFFORD both of them? It would cost us at least £50m and £20m for both... I mean, isnt that a bit against FFP rules and our new way of 'positive management' ? Can we actualy afford two top players in January? I have feeling that board will stick to Torres and buy Fellaini and Bony as backup.

Well he didnt play there much as I said, but the point is that he can play there if needed.

And Schalke beats Arsenal. Irony isnt it? And germans took one CL spot from Italians. Probably because they are shit right? Anyway, I dont realy care about german football, I was closely looking only at Bayern, BDortmund and Schalke. This three clubs have some very good players. Bayern was never club I would realy like to watch, but Schweini was very good in past few years. And so was Bayern and Germany. German NT was so unlucky in last two tournaments, they deserved more if you ask me. And those stats are actualy from this season btw. I was quite surprised too... Anyway, if we spend 40mio on Fellaini, I would be dissapointed. He is worth max 20mio. But I wont have anything against it. While Schweini was only wish and obviously, it will never happen. Der Rossi would also be great buy. Now I would like to end the discusion

Yes, he does. Sure he is suposed to be CB, but he plays RB lot. When Matip and Papadopoulos (both CBs) are fit, he plays RB. If they are injured he is CB. Sometimes he was LB too, but on rare ocasions.

So basicaly you are saying that if you had 40mio available you would choose Fellaini over Schweinsteiger? His average of pass acuraccy is 88,6 percent, while Xabi Alonso has average of 81.7. And we all know that Xabi is fantastic passer. Schweini makes 9 long balls (acurate) per game, area we lack big time. Just check whoscored to see more info about Bastian and compare him to Toure, Alonso, Fellaini and DeRossi. And you are saying BuLi is shit? Well Dortmund is playing better than City and Real so far just for you to know. And its not just luck that Bayern got to finals twice.

Schweini is class player, maybe he gives that feeling like he is not that good, but have you wonder why is Bayern so sucessful? Bastian is their motor, while Robben has problems with inconsistency, Ribery and Schweini are most. important players at Bayern. And about his stats: he is CM, not CAM. His role is not to give assists, but to make that pass that leads to goal eventualy. Xabi Alonso also has similar stats to Schweini, but he is most important player at Real, not Ronaldo or Ozil. CMs dont have great stats in goals or assists, check their pass accuracy, tackles, creating chances, dictating game, long balls, etc. If Bastian wouldnt be class player, Bayern wouldnt play in CL finals two times in last four years. And to say that Fellaini is almost as good as Vidal or Schweini...just telling that Fellaini never played in CL before Is enough.

I would take Fellaini any time. Seems like special player. But problem is his price. He is just not worth or with other words we need to spend those 40mio for striker. For 40mio, you probably get any of Derossi, Vidal or Schweini...Fellaini is not in their class unfortunely. Besides, we have Mikel, Rambo, Romeu and Kdb next year to play in pivot pair. Essien joins us too. That is 5 players. Enough to rotate. If we are buying CM this january (since we will only have Rambo and Romeu + maybe Lamps available) I hope we buy older player, because he wont destroy development of our younger players as well he will give us some experience to midfield. Possible choices are Derossi or Schweini (but he is probably Bayern bound, no matter how big offer we might send). Maybe Fernandinho would be good option, since he wouldnt cost that much.

Well if this Belgium team wont qualify to Wc 2014, I have no words...so much talent. Along with Colombia (Falcao, James, Zapata, Guarin, Martinez,...) this is fantastic to have two new strong international teams that become so good in last year.

Cavani and Schweini wouldnt be bad either

Great player anyway, he would bully all our opponents. We dont have such man since Didi left. A powerful guy who would protect whole team if needed. And since he plays for italy, he must love the blue colour

We need some experience and authority in the team. De Rossi would be perfect. And he can play top football for long time, like all italians. When they are 30, its same as they were 26...like wine, older the better. DeRossi could easily play for 5 yrs here (until 33-34).

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