How can they be ripping you off, you don't have to pay if he's shit anyway
I like the little I've seen of him though, he's absolutely rapid.
FC Bayern 2015/16
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I like the little I've seen of him though, he's absolutely rapid.
I'm guessing their thought-process is something like;How can they be ripping you off, you don't have to pay if he's shit anyway
- They don't use wingers anyways
- They get a decent fee for the loan
- If he comes good, they doubt he's gonna be worth ~28 mio anyways
- If he turns out to be bang average, and we don't exercise our option-to-buy, they can sell him on regardless
If you talk about players like Beckham who usually run down the line and whip in a cross the answer is no. I still call players like Ribery, Costa or Robben wingers though simply because they start in the wide positions higher up the pitch as the FBs. Fast, technically gifted, versatile players who can assist and finish attacking moves equally well.
How did Bayern line up yesterday? The three full backs as a back three?
Think he's talking about Juve mate
Yes, with Alonso too, who had a stellar game.
Oh yeah just noticed. Well yeah they don't or didn't so far. But wasn't their manager always saying he wanted to go away from the 5-3-2 to a 4-3-3 /4-2-3-1 but was missing the players for it so far?
Reported fees: 7 million euros for a 2 year loan and a buy option for 21million in 2017.
Altough I have no idea about how good this bloke is, it sounds like a sensible piece of business for both clubs. With the return of Ribery to anything resembling top form looking more and more uncertain and Robben's injury record, signing a promising young, fast winger for 7 million sounds pretty okay to me. If he turns out to be amazing, 21million in 2 years for a 21 year old seems perfectly alright as well. If not, we had a back up winger for 2 years that didn't cost much.
From Juventus' point of view, 7 million for the loan of a practically unproven young player is not a sum to be sneered at either.
Altough I have no idea about how good this bloke is, it sounds like a sensible piece of business for both clubs. With the return of Ribery to anything resembling top form looking more and more uncertain and Robben's injury record, signing a promising young, fast winger for 7 million sounds pretty okay to me. If he turns out to be amazing, 21million in 2 years for a 21 year old seems perfectly alright as well. If not, we had a back up winger for 2 years that didn't cost much.
From Juventus' point of view, 7 million for the loan of a practically unproven young player is not a sum to be sneered at either.
How long does Pep have on his contract? Asking for a friend.
2016
Is he by any chance called Ed?
The way United are doing their transfer business, I wouldn't be surprised if Ed asks people on the Caf for information on players, talents, contracts and stuff like that.
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Just caught the full Leverkusen match on BT Europe. Costa looks immense.
Spielverlagerung analyzing the Bayern-Bayer match - in English
http://spielverlagerung.com/2015/08/31/bayern-munich-bayer-leverkusen-30/
http://spielverlagerung.com/2015/08/31/bayern-munich-bayer-leverkusen-30/
Alonso. As in Xabi Alonso? Playing CB? That will end well.
It did end well. Not that we had much choice, 3 centerbacks injured and one suspended kinda forced Guardiola to do something crazy.
Alonso in the recent matches looks like rejuvinated. The shapes Bayern is playing right now again fits him very well and it emphasizes his strengths. For me he resembled in the recent matches Matthäus in his last years for Bayern in a somewhat Libero role.
Do not know who translated the press declaration. The not (The city of Munich will take over) is wrong.
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Class from Munich!
That's pretty amazing.
Classy move from Bayern
Muscle injury in the adductores...
Robben out atleast 4 weeks...
(not, that I did not expect it)
Robben out atleast 4 weeks...
(not, that I did not expect it)
I guess Coman might get his chance rather sooner than later. How many times did Robben get injured while playing for the Netherlands? It must be at least the 3rd or 4th time.
How many times did Robben get injured while playing for the Netherlands? It must be at least the 3rd or 4th time.Low blow. Ring the bell ref.
We'd just recommend him to take one if their legends anyway, and he'd do it.
If Coman starts the next game ahead of Götze, we maybe should consider selling Götze in January. Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if Pep actually gives Coman the chance.I guess Coman might get his chance rather sooner than later.
Götze gets so much chances.
But - the hype around Coman already gets Usami-proportions. The guy played 500 minutes for Juve especially when the league was over. That what Bayern does with the U23 players, too. He will get minutes. That is why he is loaned and not bought. I think that Arjen's minutes will be covered by Bernat, Rafinha and Götze.
Re: Refugees
Good on Munich. In a saner world, we'd be letting in more refugees from Syria and other war-torn places right now and football would be a small but enjoyable part of their integration and language work. A huge chunk (majority, I think) of the Syrian refugees are young men, so they are the right demographic to be interested in football.
Good on Munich. In a saner world, we'd be letting in more refugees from Syria and other war-torn places right now and football would be a small but enjoyable part of their integration and language work. A huge chunk (majority, I think) of the Syrian refugees are young men, so they are the right demographic to be interested in football.
Surely Man City could take ten or twenty thousand in. Give them something to do.
Between City's empty seats and Chelsea's loan list I think the crisis could be sorted within the week.
A bit unrelated to football but the other day I was reading on Hoeness and Rummenigge and I was wondering, these guys are ex-footballers, why were they appointed key positions at Bayern? Were they already smart enough for those positions or did they follow some kind of education during their football days or after their football careers? Couldn't find anything about how that works. Same with Monchi at Sevilla etc. Or are their positions purely football related as in they don't have to know anything about doing deals, marketing and other economic activities ?
Hoeneß must have been very interested in this stuff (he actually wanted to study business administration in Munich) and was a natural manager. He brokered a sponsor deal for Bayern while still playing there as a 26 year old that helped buy back Breitner. He had to put an end to his playing days the year after, just 27 years old and immediately joined the management. He proceeded to turn Bayern into a financial juggernaut. So I don't think he just got the job because he was a former player, but because he showed great natural skills.
Yeah some people are naturally sharp and smart as in they don't need necessarily need a 3-4 year university education to achieve something in life so I suppose Hoeness is that kind of guy.
Lets not forget he turned his familys butchery into a company with a healthy 2-digit Mio revenue at the same time
A lot of it is probably learning by doing, too. And even if today a university degree seems to be mandatory for even a position in midlevel at any company it has not been like this for the ones that are born in the 40s or beginning 50s.
I actually prefer his solid middle class thinking at Bayern, too. Don't take loans, pay off what you buy as fast as possible, make profits and all under the common goal to win titles.