What's new

Barkley

Status
Not open for further replies.
zolawannabe25 said:
I meant before he was converted to cm, when he came to England he was an average winger attacking midfielder, Fulham then started playing him in cm
Click to expand...
Ah, ok. 

Btw, if the option is him or Drinkwater, then I'd pick him

 
Zeta said:
If I had to choose between Barkley and Drinkwater, I'd go barkley, but I think we'll end up with Drinkwater, the links to him seem to be a bit louder.
Click to expand...
I know its your opinion, but honestly WHY?

we have hazard, willian, Pedro, one of our best youth talents in musonda and Boga to play the 2 LF/RF spots. Moreovere Cesc is more suited for the RF/LF position than the CM position. Drinkwater can provide decent back up to CM position. Barkley would be as good a CM as Rooney got to be for United. I would rather Luiz play there than have barkley tackling late and getting red carded.

 
DonAntonio said:
They have put a 35 mil price tag on him, worth a punt for me 
Click to expand...
Tottenham still aren't interested at that price...to be fair with only 12 months left on his contract and him being unwanted by his club, he's only worth £20m tops...he'll probably go right at the end of the transfer window when Eversh*te's desparation is at its highest...

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Barkley > Drinkwater for sure. Atleast Barkley was top talent and he is only 23, when Drinkwater is proven average bang player, who is 27.

 
brakeit said:
Barkley > Drinkwater for sure. Atleast Barkley was top talent and he is only 23, when Drinkwater is proven average bang player, who is 27.
Click to expand...
And they would have completely different roles. If we are interested in a player like Drinkwater, Barkley would never be an alternative. With that said, Barkley is also bang average. Hasnt improved over the last 3 years, and isnt likely to improve any further. Pass

 
Could just need a better manager to work with him - Moyes and Martinez were dross

 
brakeit said:
Barkley > Drinkwater for sure. Atleast Barkley was top talent and he is only 23, when Drinkwater is proven average bang player, who is 27.
Click to expand...
in drinkwater's defence, he was one of the best players along with mahrez, vardy and kante in their title winning season. what has barkley been apart of? the guy is overhyped, unproven, and really is inconsistent. i wouldn't pass on baker for him. also, like many young english players he is likely entitled and wouldn't wanna sit on the bench as a back up. 

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Not gonna happen Eversh*te never sell to us anyway...w**kers they can keep him!!!

 
Why does everyone keep saying they prefer him to Drinkwater as if it's either/or.

Barkley would be perfectly suited to the floating AM roles we have, Drinkwater to the defensive CM role.

Chalk and cheese.

 
Fatty_Speeding said:
Why does everyone keep saying they prefer him to Drinkwater as if it's either/or.

Barkley would be perfectly suited to the floating AM roles we have, Drinkwater to the defensive CM role.

Chalk and cheese.
Click to expand...
To be honest if conte wants both I hope we sign both. As ever I hope we do all we can to sign who he wants so our manager can win or fail based on his own merits. No doubting both can be bought if we are willing to pay what their clubs want. This is not pie in the sky transfer targets like Sandro. 

 
It's a driving midfielder like naingolan we need. 

We are getting pressed bringing the ball out from defense. Willian gets it under real pressure and isn't getting a chance to turn and run. A. Fab replacement could do that. Has to be very safe on the ball, and super energetic. 

 
ozboy said:
It's a driving midfielder like naingolan we need. 

We are getting pressed bringing the ball out from defense. Willian gets it under real pressure and isn't getting a chance to turn and run. A. Fab replacement could do that. Has to be very safe on the ball, and super energetic.
Click to expand...
Something Nainggolan isnt. The player you describe isnt someone we can realistically get. At least not this late in the window. Its kiterally only a handfull players iut there who have great passing ability and at the same time very high energy levels. Verrati, to a lesser degree Pogba, Modric and Vidal. Thats it really

 
Xfaxtor said:
Something Nainggolan isnt. The player you describe isnt someone we can realistically get. At least not this late in the window. Its kiterally only a handfull players iut there who have great passing ability and at the same time very high energy levels. Verrati, to a lesser degree Pogba, Modric and Vidal. Thats it really
Click to expand...
Jean Seri is available for €40m

 
Jean Seri is absolutely brilliant BTW, what Nice did this season is in great part due to him.

Unfortunately Barca are well ahead of us and already looking like completing a deal soon.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Jean Seri would be a great choice and at €40m not too difficult for us to compete in getting him. If we went in big straight away then he could really work out for us, along with Kante. That would certainly give us a powerful midfield.

 
BordeauxBlue said:
Unfortunately Barca are well ahead of us and already looking like completing a deal soon.
Click to expand...
Then I would take Wylan Cyprien, from what I've seen of him, he's equally as impressive, just got an unfortunate injury towards the end of last season.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
zolawannabe25 said:
I may be crazy but looking at barkley now isn't too dissimilar to looking at moussa dembelle 6 years ago. And look at how much we crave a dembelle now. He has the attributes to be a very good box to box midfielder who can also cover the rf role. He is probably the English player that I would prefer. Him and oxlade chamberlain could be 2 very good signings. 
Click to expand...
I agree and said almost the exact same a couple of weeks ago. I can see it in him. My worry is that Pochettino sees it too and he'll end up there.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top