I guess I'm alone in thinking that bringing Kaka back is a really smart move for the club.

For 8mil a season its not such a great deal though. Doubt thats what we'll pay him. Probably in the 5m range.

You are not. Bringing Kaka' back is always smart because he's a world class player ...... But it won't be smart if we pay Real Madrid a hefty transfer fee since we just sold Thiago Silva because we want to erase our debts or whatever. It would also be unwise to pay him high wages since that's the reason we got rid of Ibrahimovic in the first place.

The only way to get Kaka' is if we can convince him to take a pay-cut in his current wages at Real Madrid and somehow fool them into selling Kaka' for cheap. Since that situation is unlikely at this point (not impossible), a lot of us are trying to be realistic by not paying much attention to this deal but rather on someone that we can afford i.e talented young players, unproven players, average players and of course rubbish players.

This post has been edited by amancik: Aug 16 2012, 12:34 AM

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Metro.co.uk reports: "AC Milan sign 10-year-old girl after scouting her on family holiday."

He can play everywhere in the midfield, but he's the best at right wing. He does great as an attacking midfielder too. It's a shame we didn't get him.



You're not alone. I agree with you, Milan will never pay him 8 mil. wages, I read Kaka and Milan agreed on 5.5 m + bonuses. Nevertheless, he'll add a lot to the team. He'll calm the fans, cold the bloods of the players, add a lot technically to the squad. I believe he doesn't have those dribbling skills anymore, but he's a great passer, creator and assister. A fast duo like Robinho and Pato should/would benifit a lot from him.

Who's Martinez? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javi_Mart%C3%ADnez

€40 million for that guy??? Insane.

We were linked with him last season, I remember well. The reported fee was 15m. He can play as an DM or anchor. Maybe Bayern's coach wants to change from a 4-2-3-1 into a 4-5-1.

He'll probably take Luis Gustavo's place.


No?

This post has been edited by X-Offender: Aug 16 2012, 01:43 AM

Yup. He's good, will be very good. But 40m? Wow.

Javi Martinez also can play as central defender, and very well. Jérôme Boateng has been a disappointment in central defense in my opinion. I'd trust Dante over him any day of the week. They won't change the formation, I don't see why. 4-2-3-1 and 4-5-1 are pretty much the same, by the way, so what changes you have in mind anyway?


I would bench Boateng, and form a central defense existing of two of Dante, Badstuber and Martinez. Also, Kroos is the starting attacking midfielder. Thomas Müller will start many games, but is probably nowhere first choice. Badstuber and Martinez in central defense, with Schweinsteiger and Luiz Gustavo in central/defensive midfield, would be very good, and much better than what Bayern had last season. They upgraded where they needed to. Schweinsteiger and Martinez in midfield is very possible as well, but also then I'd bench Boateng thus play Dante.

This post has been edited by CHU-LIP: Aug 16 2012, 05:41 AM

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I thought you were kidding but it actually happened: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/9086...-family-holiday

Based on the picture in the article, I would start her ahead of Mesbah.

Dante over Boateng? Not sure. I'd rather bench Badstuber, if you ask me, he's the really terrible pick. Martinez the kind of player Bayern like - just like Demichelis and Tymoschuk or Hargreaves before them, he can play both DM and CB. That's why he's a good match.

And I doubt Robben will be considered a starter.

Dont you guys realize that selling Ibra was the main discussion ever since ibra fall out with allegri and in order to justify it they include Silva as well thus restarting a project which will be built around Pato whereas on the other hand it will lower salary expenses down to the ground while claiming to re-candidate for president or prime minister whoever it is. this was all planned wisely.