FCB - Transfer Talk

[Dragoen]

Originally Posted by Munchen Minded

Yep -- this article is just a wish list by some writer who loves Barca, and to get the rumour mill going. Ribery is going nowhere, Bayern said they would NOT sell at any price. Lahm, he is replacable with Jansen and Lell doing well at filling in, plus everytime Lahm does play he is either subdued or making mistakes.

Also, for the Mertesacker comment, here we go with another German to bring in since he used to play for Klinsmann in the NT. This is stupid, look at the schoolboy defending he did last weekend and got suspended on top of it. Even when Bayern were interested in him a couple of years ago I didn't like him, and couldn't figure out why they were interested in him. In fact Van Buyten is much better than him, and we already have Lucio and Demichelis (a rock solid pair), and Breno as well. We don't need him.

As for Barca, they can go to hell!! Barca are in the process of falling apart, especially if Rijkaard heads out.

Definetly not

Ok against Stuttgart he played bad but nearly every defensive player on the field played bad that day plus he is 23 so still very young. In one or two years he is ready for a club like Manu or Barca

But anyway in todays Kicker Merte said that he won't leave Werder in the summer

if you want to hire a CB you could try to get metzelder if Real Madrid really wants to sell him

[Munchen Minded]

Only that Metzelder is injury prone -- at one point Bayern was interested, then he had a knee injury, and Bayern did a 180 and never thought about him again. Mertesacker's strength is his height and long legs for closing down fast, but I still don't think he is that great of a defender, but like you said, he wants to stay at Werder.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Dragoen

Definetly not

Ok against Stuttgart he played bad but nearly every defensive player on the field played bad that day plus he is 23 so still very young. In one or two years he is ready for a club like Manu or Barca

But anyway in todays Kicker Merte said that he won't leave Werder in the summer

if you want to hire a CB you could try to get metzelder if Real Madrid really wants to sell him

was only quoting a good friend.
Anyway About Merte himself. He is atm the by far best cb Germany has. He is rock solid and you can especially see in international matches how brilliant he is. In my eyes one of the best 10 cbs on the planet right now and especially one of the most promising as he is just 23. van Buyten is far off that class which market values clearly reflect too. 7 Mios compared to Merte's 15.

I also can't see it happen but it's not the first time i heard this rumor and appearantly it also was in several german papers

[Vargas_4]

As King Kahn said himself, it has been the best defence he has ever played with. We have only conceded 11 goals in the Bundesliga. There is no rush for adjustments.

[Munchen Minded]

^Vargas_4 you said it all -- damn straight. No sense in bringing in Defenders to mix up our current good formula.

[USBayernMunichFan]

Personally, I'd welcome Mertesacker with open arms. I love Lucio and Demichelis in central defense but if the chance was there to land a world class defender as young as Per, you've got to make the move.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by USBayernMunichFan

Personally, I'd welcome Mertesacker with open arms. I love Lucio and Demichelis in central defense but if the chance was there to land a world class defender as young as Per, you've got to make the move.

I agree. If the game last night showed anything then it is that you can't trust van buyten and lucio lately.
I resonally would sleep A LOT better with Demichelis / mertesacker as our cbs

[BlackNess]

Originally Posted by Eric

I agree. If the game last night showed anything then it is that you can't trust van buyten and lucio lately.
I resonally would sleep A LOT better with Demichelis / mertesacker as our cbs

Absolutely, Bremen played horrible today without Merte ....

Naldo was lost, Marcelinho was totally unmarked .

[RunX]

YOOOHOO bremen lose !
mertsaker in bremen leader on the defense
if he upsent its a problem
to uli hoenes !:
we need a CDM fastly
dE rossi is a good one or lorik cana ! ...

[Dragoen]

Originally Posted by MiRo^KloSe

YOOOHOO bremen lose !
mertsaker in bremen leader on the defense
if he upsent its a problem
to uli hoenes !:
we need a CDM fastly
dE rossi is a good one or lorik cana ! ...

great english


I really hope Merte is not joning because it is really getting boring now. Bayern should try to buy another team weak and not always us


I think you will find another excellent CB somwhere else. Maybe in the french league. They always have some excellent CBs and french teams mostly give away there players easy if have the money

[RunX]

i heard that Lucio will leave next season .... to barca for 20 milion ... euros ..

[Trim]

Originally Posted by MiRo^KloSe

i heard that he will leave next season .... to barca for 20 milion ... euros ..

I've read the same, but I wouldn't believe it. Lucio won't leave, not at least before summer 2009, I think.

According to Munich's AZ newspaper, the 29-year-old has reportedly agreed a deal with Barcelona and will leave for an estimated €20 million in the summer.

[Trim]

You guys not in good mood? Here's something to laugh at.

[Munchen Minded]

HAHAHA!!! and they are planning to bid a whopping €10m **SARCASM**, WOW! AC Milan are dreaming. He chose to come to Bayern instead of teams like AC Milan last year, why does goal.com keep posting bullshit like this? I would imagine AC Milan would have to pay something like €50m to get him, not just 10. AC Milan also say they want schevchenko back, what desparate fools.

[Munchen Minded]

Originally Posted by Trim

I've read the same, but I wouldn't believe it. Lucio won't leave, not at least before summer 2009, I think.

^Especially before Breno is fully integrated, and Lucio helps him out alot. Although 20m sounds like alot, I only wish we could sell Van Buyten for that much and get another CB.