Part and parcel for Barcelona nowadays. They don't sign players of the right fit. The signed Coutinho (to replace Iniesta of all people), Griezmann (Suarez), Dembele (Neymar) for mad money. I fear for them when Messi leaves because their DOF or whoever decides the transfer been having shockers.
Memphis Depay | Atletico player
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Aren't they looking to offload Griezman, or is that just an unsubstantiated rumor I read? In any case, Koeman worked with Depay at the Dutch national team and pushed him to great heights there, so he will know how to best use him and will have a plan (if only for a back-up role).
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Oh I hope this is true. Barcelona will be irrelevant soon if they keep these transfers up.
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Our signings' value following Transfersmark:
Memphis Depay: 45M€
Kun Agüero: 25M€
Eric García: 20M€
Emerson Royal: 25M€
Total: 115M€
Barca paid 9M€ for all four players.
lovely bit of business
Memphis Depay: 45M€
Kun Agüero: 25M€
Eric García: 20M€
Emerson Royal: 25M€
Total: 115M€
Barca paid 9M€ for all four players.
lovely bit of business
Come back when they've played.
I think he'll be a success there. Can see him suiting them pretty well.
Seems very good on paper though.
hope You’ll do the same, can’t go wrong with those salaries
Koeman will use either Agüero-Messi-Depay or Griezmann-Depay-Messi; Agüero will be usually benched as a super sub, and Fati will be used sparingly after his hideous long term injury.
I think Laporta really intends to sell Dembélé for 50-70 million.
I think Laporta really intends to sell Dembélé for 50-70 million.
Memphis Depay for free is a great signing no matter what way you look at it. Worst case scenario he gets sold for decent money in an year.
exactly, criticizing these signings especially considering how cheap they are is moronic
How are Messi, Memphis and Aguero going to fit in? Makes no sense.
What happens to Griezmann now?
He'll be sold next summer for €20-30m, only bought as a means to show big profit on FFP when they do sell him.
I totally forgot about Griezmann. So that's Aguero, Memphis, Dembele and Griezmann vying for forward positions.
Barca's transfer business since Neymar has truly been shocking.
Messi, Trincao and Fati too.
I'm guessing they'll go with Aguero ST, Memphis LW, Griezmann no.10, Messi RW.
Koeman signing?
Wages and signing on fees plus agents fees.
How far Barca have fallen
Call me crazy but I'd have taken him at United again. I hope he succeeds at Barca, he seemed to actually care about United.
Scary signings these for Barca. Once they were forced to go out and sign David Villa when they already had Xavi, Iniesta, Messi & Co.
Whereas nowadays they have a good mix of mediocre and past it players.
Whereas nowadays they have a good mix of mediocre and past it players.
sounds awful. You going to play with 4 central players in attack
Depends on the wages they are paying him. If it’s above €200k / week, he may be a Barca player for a long time.
Impressive whilst his contract is until June 2023.
Haha ... a past it "has been" and the rest of "never was" collection of players if there ever were.
Memphis is going to be a squad player on the bench pretty often. He's definitely not in their best 11. Ansu Fati should be ahead of him too.
It's their best case scenario.
Anyone think this is a bad move for him?
It's a no-brainer of a move. Sign on fee, solid wages, one of the biggest clubs in the world.
very confused by the criticism of Barca’s business this summer. It’s a relief they aren’t splashing 150M signings on players who don’t fit at all
Free and only for 2 years. Quite sensible business by Barca for once.
you kidding?
Messi contract doesn’t expire in 10 days?
Fair, but that depends what his priorities are.
Is it really meaningful if he just wastes away on the bench during his prime?
I've seen that kinda thing happen a lot at Barca over the years, and they are so stacked with overpaid players that it's likely to continue.
I doubt that's going to be the case as long as Koeman is the coach. It is obvious he was the reason that Depay chose Barca and I have zero doubt that Koeman will put his trust into Depay.
Whether or not that works out is another question but I'm certain he wouldn't have picked Barca otherwise, the short contract length also points to that (he wants to see if Koeman stays and that he doesn't end up on the bench despite any promises made).
Memphis is not a great player. Aguero is past his peak. Such strange signings.