Tassotti: "Mexes isn't in the best condition. Even on Sunday he had some fever"

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) So much for the rumour mills. Damn, if this had gone on any further we would have made our own James Bond novel on this forum.

I still think we're gonna sell him.

Yeah, recent trends suggest so.

Yep, this is what we do, offer us enough and we'll sell especially if the player is on a huge wage that the management themselves gave to him without blinking an eye at the time

Smartest thing to do would be to extend his contract and spread what he's earning now over a longer period.
@ R7, I've chosen to swallow that bitter pill a while ago now

Maybe, but not in the particular case of Mexes. He's already 31, injury prone, has a bad temper and a questionable disciplinary record. If the club think he's causing problems, I don't have a special problem with him leaving.

Yes, he's the best defender we got, but anyway, this season is over. There's no possible/achievable goal to fight other then avoid relegation (and win the Coppa perhaps), and that we'll manage with or without Mexes.

Next season the building process begins (again). My only hopes our we'll find a truly talented defender who could make us stronger. But seeing the overall situation, where Pique, Boateng, Dante and Barzagli tend to be treated as star defenders, I'm pessimistic.

Don't worry man. Viagra is proven to work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

P.S: I never quite understood the swallow the bitter pill part. If you swallow it then there is no bitterness coz you can barely taste it right? It ought to be bite the bitter pill (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Well you can ask the person who came up with the saying... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

If mexes leaves and we get Doria then thats a very good thing i'm sure Seedorf and co can facilitate that.
We have already been linked to Doria since the arrival of Seedorf. aswell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B3ria

This post has been edited by Ry4n: Jan 21 2014, 05:01 PM

Just ask yourself, how many horrendous games has Mexes had in the past 3 seasons? Then ask yourself the same questions about Bonera\Zapata\Silvestre etc...

Mexes is a good defender. The only reason he gets so much flak as opposed to the likes of Barzagli or Bonucci is because he is not an Italian defender. Had he been so, people would be lining up to suck his ****.

Absolutely. Well said.

I disagree with that part. If that were true, you would be hearing statements of letting Mexes go to bring in Bonucci and/or Barzagli.

I think while we accept Mexes is our best defender on paper, we don't feel our best is nowhere near good enough.

The question on my mind is Mexes' 4 million wage keeping us freeing wages that would let us get in a truly class player (not necessarily for defence) ?

Please note, not saying 4 million will get us a top player, but freeing 4 million plus whatever money we have left could together give us that sum to pay a top player's wages.

Theoretically it's good. But starting from Sheva who got replaced by Oliveira, which sale of a "top" player freed space and made us stronger in recent years?

The bigger picture with Mexés comes back to his questionable discipline. If he were a straight-shooter like Thiago, I don't think anyone here would be dissing him.

Yep, let's sell our most established CB and bring in some unknown from the Brazilian league...


Completely correct


Mexes has discipline issued yes, but people here make it sound like he gets sent off every other week. He's had something like an average of 1 or 2 red cards per season, which is not exactly a picture of what you guys are implying. Sure he can lose his head once in a blue moon ala what he did at Juve, but that's a rare thing and I'm willing to put up with it because we have no one of his quality on our roster. And if Rami flops, we're absolutely, 100% f@cked over big time!