2018/2019 Midfielders Rumours Thread

[andrei]

Rakitic-Barella-Brozovic midfield has quality but it would work together? aren't they too similar in a way. I mean, none of them are super fast or can play as AM


Edited:
Actually Madrid were quite good with Kroos-Modric-Casemiro.

So i would accept Rakitic-Barella-Brozo if we have wingers like Karamoh-Keita in one side, and other winger who can actually score a lot of goals and doesn't have to defend a lot. So definitely a 4-3-3.

The question is: it would work in a 3-5-2? Forget about wings and concentrate at wing-backs! You know why?

 

[Alex de Large]

-----------De Vrij-Godin-Skriniar---------
Soares---Rakitic-Barella-Brozo---Dalbert
----------Lautaro/Keita---Icardi----------

Ideal scenario for me would be get a player like Draxler instead of Rakitic, and 3-4-1-2

-----------De Vrij-Godin-Skriniar---------
Soares-------Barella-Brozo---------Dalbert
-------------------Draxler------------------
----------Lautaro/Keita---Icardi----------

 

[MusicalMafia]

-----------De Vrij-Godin-Skriniar---------
Soares---Rakitic-Barella-Brozo---Dalbert
----------Lautaro/Keita---Icardi----------

Ideal scenario for me would be get a player like Draxler instead of Rakitic, and 3-4-1-2

-----------De Vrij-Godin-Skriniar---------
Soares-------Barella-Brozo---------Dalbert
-------------------Draxler------------------
----------Lautaro/Keita---Icardi----------

Thing is that we cannot play with wingbacks with Cedric, we wouldn't have him here in the first place if he was capable of that.

I actually think more and more of Bereszyński. Very decent RB IMO and there are no superbly better options on the market... And he's an Interista, in moments like now I would really like to see someone really fighting for the club.

 

[akusukako]

Coutinho and kovacic for inter next season. Loan to buy arrangement.

It's time they come home to inter and do good

 

[firmino]

I would totally go for it. I'm not so sure Coutinho and Kovacic would come back though, far from it.

 

[akusukako]

I would totally go for it. I'm not so sure Coutinho and Kovacic would come back though, far from it.

Why not?

Coutinho is a sub at barca and he is unsettled. Kovacic is looking for regular minutes hence why he is on loan at chelsea.

Both went out from inter thru the front door. If we have a good manager at least by june, convincing them to come would be easier.

Their quality is what needed at inter now too

 

[Wobblz]

That boat has long sailed. Let bygones be bygones. Not to mention that both will be 200M total and I'm not too sure they'll work out that good the second time either.

 

[Bluenine]

Coutinho and kovacic for inter next season. Loan to buy arrangement.

It's time they come home to inter and do good

I don't understand this Kovacic lovefest at FIF anymore. Kovacic has failed to live up to his potential. If anything, his end product is even worse than what it was at Inter, and it wasn't good enough to start with. At Chelsea, even with the perfect coach for him who regularly started him, he is failing badly to perform to the extent that even Barkley who doesn't suit the coach's tactics is performing better. Sarri was desperate for Barella this January, that is how poor Kovacic is.

Its sad, but thats how it is. We shouldn't waste a penny on Kovacic, instead focus on our targets like Barella - who not only has potential, but at 21 is already better than what Kovacic will ever be.

Coutinho is entirely a different story, and he developed his end product in leaps and bounds at Liverpool. Maybe he is not good enough for Barca, like Rafinha he can still improve us a lot. If we can afford him, I would love to have him back.

 

[ScottishInterista]

Their quality is what needed at inter now too

Their quality could be used at a lot better clubs than us at the moment. I didn't realise you were being serious when you posted but c'mon. At the moment they are owned by clubs who are guaranteed to win major trophies every year or at the minimum every 2 years. We been to two semi-finals in the last 7 years, no sane player who is at their level would consider us unless they had 0 other options.

Plus Kova doesn't do anything for me

 

[Alex de Large]

Inter can't afford Coutinho price.

 

[rfU]

Its sad, but thats how it is. We shouldn't waste a penny on Kovacic, instead focus on our targets like Barella - who not only has potential, but at 21 is already better than what Kovacic will ever be.

that's false. Kova plays a role not suited to him but no one, coach or fan wants Barkley starting over him, even if Barkley is better suited to the role. Remember when Brozo was dropped further back and all of a sudden became our best mid, that's Kova if hes played in his preferred role. Sarri prefers Jorginho however but most Chelsea fans would prefer this. Personally I think Chelsea have problems with off the ball movement and hogging the ball too long (Willian and Hazard) once.they get it right Jorgihno will get back to his old Napoli self.

I agree about end product, but again that's not his game. I think these Modric comparisons have really hurt him because it keeps coming up. Kova won't give you assists. His job is to transition ball from defence to attack which he does very well at Chelsea. We could use that instead of relying on our CBs. I'd easily throw 40m at Kova. Easily.

 

[Wobblz]

I'd easily throw 40m at Kova. Easily.

I'd throw them at a party with lots of coke and model bitches on my yacht but it's your money after all.

 

[akusukako]

The problem kovacic faced at chelsea is one of reason why we do have a chance to sign him. Sarri at chelsea somehow asking him to play differently with less ball holding and he seems unable to express his quality there unlike the season before in real madrid where he's able to cover for modric sufficiently.

Loan to buy is certainly a good option and having him here does not meant that we wont buy barella.

 

[brakbrak]

Loan to buy is certainly a good option and having him here does not meant that we wont buy barella.

It pretty much does, why would you want to add another b2b mids?We have shitload of them, what we need is an AM, someone who can actually create plays like Isco or James. We'll see if Zhang has the ball(s) to put his money where his fucking mouth is this summer with (hopefully) no FFP restriction in play.

 

[rfU]

It pretty much does, why would you want to add another b2b mids?We have shitload of them

a) We wouldn't sign Kova to be a b2b b) a minute ago we were crying that Brozo has no support in midfield now you say we have shit-ton of b2b mids smh c) they'll plenty of games for all them, and actually i could see them exceling in a 3-man midfield, Kova as the regista and Brozo and Barella slightly ahead. But we would need better, more creative wingers.

what we need is an AM, someone who can actually create plays like Isco or James

Agreed.

 

[varmin]

We need someone to link midfield and attack because Nainggolan failed.

 

[Wallace]

We need someone to link midfield and attack because Nainggolan failed.

No he didn't, he's just recovering

 

[akusukako]

It pretty much does, why would you want to add another b2b mids?We have shitload of them, what we need is an AM, someone who can actually create plays like Isco or James. We'll see if Zhang has the ball(s) to put his money where his fucking mouth is this summer with (hopefully) no FFP restriction in play.

I'm suggesting the club to try for loan to buy for coutinho and kovacic. Based from their current situation at their club, this is doable. Coutinho shall play the AM and compete with naiggollan for place. Kovacic shall compete with brozo and whoever other new midfield like barella we bring in. I dont place hope on vecino or any other current mid we have at the moment will bring us anywhere.

There's not much position we need to improve next season. The CB is set. Wing backs need improvements at both side, and midfield is just pathetic. Signing 3-4 players for midfield is not too much if we wanted to fix the midfield. Do you have any other on form midfield which would be available for loan to buy next season which are still young, less injury prone and can improve our current midfields?

 

[brakbrak]

a) We wouldn't sign Kova to be a b2b b) a minute ago we were crying that Brozo has no support in midfield now you say we have shit-ton of b2b mids smh c) they'll plenty of games for all them, and actually i could see them exceling in a 3-man midfield, Kova as the regista and Brozo and Barella slightly ahead. But we would need better, more creative wingers.

Agreed.

Problem is we still wont be creating chances with those midfielders. As you agreed on,we need an AM. We have shit load of b2bs like Nainggolan,gags and vecino. Whether or not they are good,its another discussion.

On a separate note, I honestly see Nainggolan as b2b and he is not at all fit as AM where he mainly plays here thanks to our lovely Spaghetti.

Where would we play Kova if he were to come here? Take brozo position where he has arguably excelled here since the middle of last season and put brozo further forward where he fucked up big time?

 

[akusukako]

-----------De Vrij-Godin-Skriniar---------
Soares/politano---kovacic-Barella-Brozo---pellegrini
----------coutinho/naigollan---Icardi/lautaro----------

Should have enough creativity and dynamism there