Maybe not the worst thing in this situation to pass on a backup defender for €25M. Barca had money to spend and desperately needs new blood.
Hope Kalle&Brazzo now realize this roster is way too thin. It's a joke how we reduced roster size despite having the most jam-packed season of all time ahead of us.
I would be perfectly fine if we don't win the Bundesliga this season...if we take the Champions League title again.
Don't see any team providing the consistency to reach 75-80 points. Our guys will get there with ease. L'Equipe says we're selling Cuisance to Leeds for €20M. Would be a great deal, generating a lot for a player that is rarely on the field.
It seems like we must be loading up to buy someone. Made a lot of money last season despite the lockdown, now we sold Thiago and Cuisance, and likely to still sell Martinez...probably made about €55M on these three deals, more than we spent for Sané. Not sure where this is going.
I don't understand the roster planning at all. Despite knowing this season would be a huge struggle schedule-wise, they have now gotten rid of Perisic, Cou, Thiago, Odriozola, Batista-Meier and soon Martinez+Cuisance. That's seven guys less than last season, and so far we've only added Sane and Kouassi (not counting Nübel and Fein as real first team options atm). If we really get rid of Thiago, Martinez and Cuisance, this would leave the depth chart with only Kimmich, Goretzka and Tolisso for the 6/8 position. That's already not enough, but with the tightened schedule and possible injuries, we would be completely without any rotation options if even one midfielder gets injured. Now they seemingly also screwed up the Dest operation by lowballing Ajax for half a year and making a last minute desperation attempt after realizing Barca were serious about him. There's only one week left in this transfer window and we haven't heard about any concrete targets besides Aarons, it seems like they are making the same mistakes as in the past, not investing enough after successful periods and overrating the roster.
Cuisance did never strike me as a Bayern player. Not very smart, etc. Selling him at a profit would be good.
It says we're selling him because he's not well integrated, not sure what they expected after the crap he pulled to force his way out of Gladbach. Guy seems like an arrogant dickwad with zero respect.
Draws are in: Bayern with a pretty easy group, Dortmund with the most luck imo. Group H with PSG, Leipzig and RB should be quite competitive, same with the Real-Inter-Donezk-Gladbach group B. Rest of the groups are quite lopsided.
Don't like the Atlético matchup for us, but we'll be fine nevertheless. Shity should be banned but gets the easiest group... same old ****.
