Rumoured Maicon

[Beepu 1,714]

I am almost every time against transfers of players that are over the age of 30, but I am not against this one. Bosingwa is out, Fereirra is an inferior player to Maicon, so we keep Paulo as 3rd choice and have 2 great full backs. Maicon ain't the fastest, but for 8 mil he is well worth it.

If we sign a younger RB like Debuchy, Azpi etc they are going to sign only if they are going to be the 1st choice here. If the club agrees to that and they are worth it, we will lose Bane. I would rather go to Madrid to work with Mourinho, play week and week out then sit on the bench at Chelsea if I was him. I do think he thinks that too.

With Maicon, they can rotate, we can have a good full back for a couple of years and we wouldn't have to spend much.

Not an ideal deal, but a good one.

Yeah exactly what i thought, not the ideal signing, but not a bad one either. How much will he get in terms of wages though, there have been rumours saying madrid dropped out because of his wage demand

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Rinse, wash, repeat

Great Cross and great Goalkeeping...

[bababoom 4,478]

Hmm, not impressed by this at all.

[Seventeen1 2]

I think, Maicon is too old dor us, for our plan....

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Hurry up and announce this magnificent deal already!

[milanoww 81]

He was a beast when Mourinho was in charge, but after that don't know, recently I'm not watching Serie A. Anyway it will be a good signing IMO.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Only thing I'm not too sure about is his wages. Inter are known to pay outrageous wages, and if he's coming to be backup for Iva, should we match those wages?

[Spike 12,049]

Only thing I'm not too sure about is his wages. Inter are known to pay outrageous wages, and if he's coming to be backup for Iva, should we match those wages?

It would be an odd state of affairs to see the back up earn more than the starter.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Only thing I'm not too sure about is his wages. Inter are known to pay outrageous wages, and if he's coming to be backup for Iva, should we match those wages?

Probably the only concern when it comes to this transfer..

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

It would be an odd state of affairs to see the back up earn more than the starter.

Which would suggest maybe he might not actually be coming to us as back up, like many think? It all still seems to be just twitter-talk at the moment anyway.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Which would suggest maybe he might not actually be coming to us as back up, like many think? It all still seems to be just twitter-talk at the moment anyway.

I don't know why everyone's assuming Branislav is going to be our right back. He prefers Center back and said so a few years back. If this signing is made the way I see it is this:

Starting

Cole - Terry - Ivanovic - Maicon

Back Up

Bertrand - Luiz - Cahill - Hutchinson/Ivanovic

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I don't know why everyone's assuming Branislav is going to be our right back. He prefers Center back and said so a few years back. If this signing is made the way I see it is this:

Starting

Cole - Terry - Ivanovic - Maicon

Back Up

Bertrand - Luiz - Cahill - Hutchinson/Ivanovic

But he plays much better at RB. I think that SeB made the point that it is very difficult to switch between the two positions, Iva has been playing at RB for a long time that he looked out of his depth when played at CB. In the few time that he played at CB he was less than average there which makes me think that there is no way he will start ahead of Luiz and Cahill.

[jmarlow 458]

I don't know why everyone's assuming Branislav is going to be our right back. He prefers Center back and said so a few years back. If this signing is made the way I see it is this:

Starting

Cole - Terry - Ivanovic - Maicon

Back Up

Bertrand - Luiz - Cahill - Hutchinson/Ivanovic

Ivanoivc will be our RB next season! he is quality there! and we also have Cahill and Luiz who are quality CB's so it would make sense to play Branna RB where he is a beast, so one of Cahill/Luiz can play with JT! instead of leaving them both on the bench like your suggesting.

Cahill and Luiz are better CB's than Ivanovic, and Ivanovic is the best RB in the PL! you do the maths.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Time will tell. One thing is for sure, we'll have plenty of good options and cover for our Back 4.

[English Freak 456]

I don't know why everyone's assuming Branislav is going to be our right back. He prefers Center back and said so a few years back. If this signing is made the way I see it is this:

Starting

Cole - Terry - Ivanovic - Maicon

Back Up

Bertrand - Luiz - Cahill - Hutchinson/Ivanovic

Cahill is better than a backup CB & He seems to have a good understanding with Terry.

Ivanovic has looked shaky at CB, in comparison to his consistent RB performances.

Our starting back 4 should be:

Ivan---Cahill-----Terry-------Cole

Backup defence:

Maicon---Luiz/Ivan---Hutcho-----Bertrand