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maybe di maria too?

60 max imo. 85 is ronaldo/messi/balon d'or territory.

The following is from 'The Madrid One' in the Luka Modric thread. Thought it would be interesting for discussion. Because i have been getting aneurisms for 3 years now watching him in madrid. He is predictable and inconsistent. The only positive thing in him is his final ball and his work rate. The guy could be an RWB which is one of the reasons mou took him to madrid since the midfield in madrid is really bad in defending due to its poor and slow technical players like khedira and alonso, and ozil and ronaldo not knowing how to defend for their lives. Di Maria is predictable with his dribbling as he gets almost know where with it, he has bad decision making, and cant pass the ball for sh*t, i cant tell you how many times hes ruined counter attacks and is an even bigger reason as to why madrid sucks with the ball. He cant pass the ball for sh*t, only good pass is his final ball which is usually a cross or a looping "Teaspoon pass" as i refer to it as. Not only is his dribbling pathetic, his passing non existant, but he is a diver as well, he has made a bad name for him self specially in late 10/11 and early 11/12. Forget about his assist tally thats not the end of the story. One thing is to do well against betis and villareal, its another to flop everytime u face dortmund or bayern. Nonono he doesnt justify his prescence here. He is predictable and sh*T, and a diver. And inconsistent. He got injured in the middle of last season, came back, had little impact, was very good in the pre season with us against teams like LA GALAXY and some 2nd division spanish team, and then preceeded to suck @#!!@ big time in all of 12/13 with only one good game which was the game against valencia. He is predictable, horrible passer, inconsistent, and a diver. But lets face it, chelsea will have mourinho here, he wont focus his game on passing, and if he bought di maria and had him play many times then its because he likes what di maria brings to the table for mous style of football. Hes shit though, but u know what, mou probably doesnt like him enough to take him to chelsea, but mou has made some VERY bad purchases recently, so u never know. If i were u id hope not to get di maria, but then again he'd probably bench, for a purchase less than 15 mil maybe hed be alright but he cost madrid 28 million and didnt justify it, hes a handicap. He wont go for less than 25 btw, i doubt madrid will be foolish to do that. Psg is on him atm ive heard.

Why do you think Di Maria sucks? Just asking for your opinion.

I'm not sure I believe all the rumours about Benitez wanting Torres back - after being our manager for ~6 months, he would've realized how dire Torres actually is now. I do think Torres would score more at Napoli, if he did choose to move there, but Benitez probably has his own list of transfer targets. Who knows, maybe they could get Jovetic or one of Benitez's inexplicable transfer targets...

An easy way to see if an offer is appealing is asking yourself, if I was the one receiving the offer would I take it? In this case, if I was de Laurentiis, the answer would be no every time. This sounds like the rumours that Barca have offered Sanchez and 17 million for Mata - a massive slap in the face. It would be far more logical to take the 50-60 million and reinvest in another elite striker rather than getting less cash AND an under-performing striker.

When are dortmund going for kdb and not schurrle? Why is the leverkusen president so insistent on the kdb loan and nothing else? Isnt that suspicious to you?

He also said that he wanted to play for either us or Juve in 2009

Ah my bad!

Not true. Khedira, Di Maria and Ozil have played more than him.

But there are some players who are just so good (like once or twice in a generation of players) that you simply have to go for regardless of the existing squad - and I believe Neymar and Hazard to be tactically flexible enough, since they are so intelligent! Here's hoping he does a Robinho with Barca and signs with us

Do you think there's any chance in the slightest that he might consider us at all I remember him referring to us positively and also talking to our brazilian contingent about London

Wow who do you think you are? And what's with the racist insinuation?

They can't possibly afford ALL the names they've been linked to!

Ah but the rumoured price is upwards of 20 million, isn't it? De Bruyne and Courtois were purchased for relatively low fees. All I'm questioning is whether we're really getting a player worthy of such a valuation.

Why are none of the big clubs chasing him? Why are we paying such a 'low' fee for a young German international, compared to say Gotze or what Reus might go for? Doesn't that set off alarm bells?

Would love love love this player here. Looks like such a complete player. Superb dribbling, double-footed, powerful shot, great link-up play and passing. A bit more refinement to his game could make him a world-beater. Think that people are only turned off him because of a protracted transfer saga and his apparent desire to join Barcelona - but if he came here, I think everyone would be more receptive.

Don't really trust him, really unreliable

How is that unacceptable? Maybe he only plays football for money, I see nothing wrong with that. Of course it would be ideal if all players aspire to improve and play at the highest level, but it's still a job for them

Didn't he get a pretty bad injury recently

Lamela would be an amazing purchase that provides an extra edge to this team on the right. Strong and fast on the ball, intelligent passing with a knack for goal - see a lot of potential in him. Add with the fact that we definitely need extra depth in attacking midfield I'm all for the likes of him/Isco/Rodriguez.

Dzeko over Higuain??????? And Lewa because of one good showing against Madrid?

Care to explain?

I really don't see how he suits Barcelona more than us. I think the converse is true.

But Sanchez is not tiki taka and he is pretty strong too.