Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Bayern confirm talks with Real Madrid for Xabi Alonso. Rumoured fee is €10m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Bayern confirm talks with Real Madrid for Xabi Alonso. Rumoured fee is €10m. In a heartbeat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Bayern confirm talks with Real Madrid for Xabi Alonso. Rumoured fee is €10m. In a heartbeat. You have enough Shabby already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Didnt expect a fee. Isn't Alonso ancient? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 32. He's getting on, but not finished yet. His legs started to go last season, but used adequately he's still an amazing player. Actually Real Madrid will greatly notice his loss unless Illarra steps up to the plate (or they sign somebody else). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Obvious parallels with Milan letting Pirlo go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Of course, they may think that with Kroos they already have enough creative players, and play Khedira in a more conventional holding role. But Alonso really made them tick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 32. He's getting on, but not finished yet. His legs started to go last season, but used adequately he's still an amazing player. Actually Real Madrid will greatly notice his loss unless Illarra steps up to the plate (or they sign somebody else). They'll probably play Kroos in his role tbh, in fact I'm convinced now that he was bought as Alonso's long term replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 My guess is that they'll go from: Alonso-Modric-Di María to Khedira-Modric-Kroos -although that leaves out James Rodríguez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 My guess is that they'll go from: Alonso-Modric-Di María to Khedira-Modric-Kroos Downgrade if you ask me. Still pure quality though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Modric Kroos Bale James Ronaldo Benzema is what I thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Modric-Kroos-James has the balance of an elephant on ice skates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Alonso has been poor for most of 2014 if you ask me. Maybe he's just declining and they wanted to cash in now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Apparently it's him who wants out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Modric-Kroos-James has the balance of an elephant on ice skates. Yeah, with that midfield they might only finish 2nd this season. The horror. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Even Khedira isn't a typical "defensive midfielder", certainly in the past year or so he seems to have been getting beyond the midfield more and more. Extremely smart player. Let's be fair, Real Madrid don't really need a defensive midfielder per se. I think they'll do fine. Mind, if they have any choice in the matter, it's odd to let Alonso go. He's not finished just yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Don't know if it's already been posted here, but the Tottenham purchase of Fazio (central defender) from Seville (I think) is a great transfer. He really is class and a leader, he's hard in the tackle, reasonably fast and can pass the ball, reminds me of a younger Vidic. He will transform spurs' defence... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I was wondering about him when I heard it on the radio, sounds good. Head many goals from set pieces? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Fazio's crap Okay, he had a decent finish to last season, but was terrible up before that and the seasons before. I'm skeptical. He wasn't even a starter for Sevilla. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I remember someone on here claiming Haangeland was crap when Fulham signed him, and it was the same when Lovren signed for Southampton. Centre backs are so difficult to judge, as this league is quite different. Fazio looks like a physical specimen, which could work for him here. With those mini spaniards whizzing about under his feet, he probably kept falling over. Ironic that our very own MYM was lauded on here, only to be relegated to beneath Steven Taylor. Frightening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 A few I've seen on Twitter including a Sevilla fan seem to rate Fazio pretty highly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Problem with Fazio is that he's thick as a brick. He has great physicality, and will do his share of last-ditch blockings and recoveries that will make him look good, but he's prone to clangers, terrible decision-making and Titus Bramblesque acts of WTF defending. It's the kind of guy that you look at him and think "when he sorts out his mental game, he'll be great". But Sevilla have been waiting for that for 8 years, and eventually have given up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Can't be any worse than Michael Dawson and his 6 tonne caravan in tow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Might skip him for fantasy football for now then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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