KingMinger22
City >>> United. Moaning twat
If we signed him this place would have exploded. As a Real Madrid signing, they barely care.
Crazy that a player like kroos doesn't really improve them, starting 11 wise at least.If we signed him this place would have exploded. As a Real Madrid signing, they barely care.
Kroos had a year left on his contract, was bound to cost less.Strange inflation doesn't apply to Fabregas and Kross transfer in this market, yet it always happened to us.
30mil€ for 1 year contract. That means he would cost 90mil€ if he had 3 years left.Kroos had a year left on his contract, was bound to cost less.
Completely agree. From what I see, he is the last proper German midfield general playing now. Kroos is nowhere near Schweinsteiger in terms of being the complete midfielder.While I don't disagree with the rest, that comment really is silly. It's just plain wrong. Schweinsteiger has played as the holding midfielder for Germany about 5 years now and countless times bailed the team out when Khedira went awol. He's an excellent defensive midfielder with outstanding workrate, he's just such an incredible complete central midfielder, that he's equally good in a more advanced role.
Which rock were you under?Wow, this seemed to come out of nowhere, or have I just been under a rock for a while? :/ Didn't see anything about Real in for him!
More like a mountain, a fecking huge mountain .Wow, this seemed to come out of nowhere, or have I just been under a rock for a while? :/ Didn't see anything about Real in for him!
Yeah, never wanted him even when we were heavily linked with him for the simple reason that him and Mata playing centrally in the same team would leave us lacking a bit in mobility. A player like Vidal always was the ideal signing in my opinion, whether we manage to find someone of his ilk is a different question altogether.I can actually see reason in us pulling out of this one. I don't think a 3 of Mata, Herrera and Kroos would work particularly well.
I think we'd have the same problem as we currently have (and have had for years) with Carrick. Having a player with a great passing range who sits back but doesn't have much mobility increases the burden hugely on his partner. Kroos sits but doesn't put in a great shift, Mata stays up top and doesn't put in a great shift and Herrera would then be expected to do all of the grunt work. As poor a player as Cleverley has been, this is the reason for his downfall and would almost certainly be too much for Herrera to. Kroos is perfect in a Juventus/Bayern style midfield, with Vidal/Pogba or Schweinsteiger/Martinez next to him, both of which are mobile and contribute quite a lot defensively.
I believe that we need a Schweinsteiger/Vidal style partner for Herrera who will take on a portion of the responsibility in terms of harassing opponents and making space in the middle of the park. I firmly believe that part of the reason our central midfield has been dire for years is that trying to find a single partner for Carrick is an impossible task. You put even Yaya Toure, Vidal, Modric etc next to Carrick and they aren't going to be able to cope with what would be required of them.
If LVG wants a midfield 3 of Herrera, Mata and A.N Other there are plenty of inferior players to Kroos who would be a much better fit for the team.
Kroos is another drop in the pond at Madrid.If we signed him this place would have exploded. As a Real Madrid signing, they barely care.
Id think they would need more of a CDM/destroyer type to balance out Modric and Kroos... keeping Khedira would be a smart move and Alonso becomes a squad player.What an absolutely fanatic signing, wonder who will lose out at Madrid. Gotta think it will be Alonso at the moment. Wonder what that also does for a player like Isco.
No-one is 'a lot better than Modric' right now. In fact no CM in world football was better last season.What happened that he didn't sign a new deal at Bayern? I don't understand why Pep would see a player of Kroos' quality happily leave and I don't understand why he'll probably play Lahm in midfield again. Doesn't make sense to me.
As for not improving their starting 11. I don't think that's true. He's a lot better than Modric, Alonso and Khedira, IMO.
You want Alaba to move in to midfield then?I'll miss him, but if Bernat turns out to be a very good left back and Alaba gets lots of playing time in midfield, we'll be fine. We might even play more direct football again .
It's a very strange transfer summer for us. We already have our superstar signing, it's just a bit boring because he came on a free and we knew about it for more than a year now . I'm not sure if we spend a lot this summer. Our wage bill probably exploded with all the contract extensions and with Kroos and Mandzukic we lost two players on relatively low wages while we signed a new top earner in Lewandowski now. But I like the team a lot and would actually a bit annoyed if we signed a new midfielder instead of giving Hojbjerg playing time. It's the same at centerback, signing a new one would make it almost impossible for Badstuber to play often enough.You want Alaba to move in to midfield then?
As for Kroos, I'll miss him as well but we will manage without him. I'm happy with the transfer fee, now remains to be seen whether we'd invest it into another player. I really need something to satisfy my inner muppet..
The most of the Bayern players are top quality.What happened that he didn't sign a new deal at Bayern? I don't understand why Pep would see a player of Kroos' quality happily leave and I don't understand why he'll probably play Lahm in midfield again. Doesn't make sense to me.
As for not improving their starting 11. I don't think that's true. He's a lot better than Modric, Alonso and Khedira, IMO.
If they buy James, then I'll also be confused even more. If they sell Di Maria, Kroos could fill in the role of Ozil when he was at Madrid as a no.10 I'm sure he'll like this, as he'll be involved quite fairlyHe's a very good player and came at a cheaper than Value price.
But i am not sure where he fits in the Real team, even more so if they buy James Rodriguez.
It's ridiculous alright. All those players have been muppet dream signings at some point or the other.Ronadlo, Bale, Benzema, Kroos, Modric and now Rodriguez, holy shit
James Rodriguez also, bloody ridiculous
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern practically possess world class talent in every position, but we don't have to worry about them this season. Chelsea and City are the immediate issue, they both enjoy superior squads to ours, van Gaal has a lot of work to do.We are so far behind in terms of players, our wingers and midfielders and defence are still poor