I feel like that Guardiola want a 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 system with that stacked midfield.
Ribery-Götze-Robben
Alaba-Schweinsteiger-Thiago-Lahm
Martinez-Dante-Boateng
Neuer

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Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

July 15 2013 10:36 GMT

#782

Indeed i kind of agree, he is joining Bayern with the same problem Barcelona have, lots of midfield competition, but the difference is Xavi is getting older so surely there would of been more opportunities to play at Barcelona than Bayern on the face of it. But i think with the deal that has been struck that he has been promised x amount of games. Going to take him a while to get used to the physicality in the Bundesliga as well...That also is the reason why Moyes did not want to sign him by the way, that Moyes feared he would not be able to deal with the physicality of the Premier league

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

July 15 2013 10:37 GMT

#783

thiago would be more suited to filling iniesta's role. he can play anywhere though, so i guess it doesnt really matter. but as a man utd fan i have to say im pretty pissed at bayern for taking this player away from us. and pissed that man utd couldnt close the deal after several weeks when bayern did it in a couple days. hope thiago sits on the bench there

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Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

July 15 2013 11:22 GMT

#784

News

Italian daily La Nazione claims Manchester City have a 90% chance of signing Fiorentina's Stevan Jovetic with Chelsea and Manchester United only having a 5% chance of landing the playmaker

French paper L'Equipe claims Paris Saint Germain star Zlatan Ibrahimovic could be a serious target for Manchester City

Barcelona are considering a move for Marseille star Mathieu Valbuena, according to the player's agent

The agent of Julio Cesar has confirmed that the Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper is closing in on a move to Napoli

David Moyes claims Wayne Rooney is still needed at Manchester United - as cover for star striker Robin van Persie

Tottenham are set to 'get serious' and table an opening bid for Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, according to the Daily Mirror

Arsenal are determined to sign Luis Suarez and will make a £35million offer for the Liverpool striker!

Feyenoord boss Ronald Koeman has revealed the club are looking to sign Ryo Miyaichi from Arsenal.

Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen says he has not heard anything about a potential transfer amid reported interest from Liverpool

Reports emerging that Richard Dunne is on the verge of a move to Queens Park Rangers.

Brazil defender Maicon is on the brink of a move to Roma from Manchester City after arriving in Italy for a medical

Tottenham target Bernard has hinted he may stay at club Atletico Mineiro and reject a move to London this summer

Reports in Spain are confirming that Crystal Palace are closing in on a €2million deal with Sevilla for Spain Under-20 international Jose Campana

Parma have revealed they have abandoned their attempts to sign Inter Milan defender Matias Silvestre.

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Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

July 15 2013 11:23 GMT

#785

Safe to say Rooney is on his way out of United ^_^

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

July 15 2013 11:30 GMT

#786

holy shit that is SO harsh on Rooney. One of the most talented and useful strikers in English history being used as cover!!!!! Brutal. Get him the F out of there and come to Chelsea where you will be adored and probably win the league with us!!!!!!!!

Steveling

Greece10806 Posts

July 15 2013 11:36 GMT

#787

Man, Rooney is so much better than RVP.

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Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

July 15 2013 11:37 GMT

#788

Indeed, think it probably edging to be our deal if he stays in England now. Mourinho will love his style due to his ability to track back as well as attack. Plus he is better than any striker we got so i would be happy too.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

July 15 2013 11:41 GMT

#789

cover for rvp is indeed harsh, but i dont think rooney would ever go to chelsea anyway. hed probably do what ronaldo did if he ever left; go overseas. hope he doesnt leave though we still need him

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Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

July 15 2013 11:53 GMT

#790

Breaking News

Man Utd make €30million bid for Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

July 15 2013 11:53 GMT

#791

He would do well in pretty much any setup but the Chelsea setup is great - a lone striker with the ability to create opportunities for attacking midfielders. He would fit in perfectly. But yeah I guess it might be the case that he wants to go overseas but where would he go? Potentially PSG if they sell Ibra to Man City. Imagine him switching to City haha! Or I guess it's always possible he goes to Real. But where else? Some random Russian team?

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

July 15 2013 11:57 GMT

#792

thats the good thing about rooneys situation. no place for him to really go assuming you rule out the english teams. i just dont see him going to another premier league team because hopefully he respects the club too much. and if that bid for fabregas is true, thats awesome. doubt well get him though

sharkie

Austria18413 Posts

July 15 2013 12:18 GMT

#793

On July 15 2013 20:53 Pandemona wrote:

Breaking News

Man Utd make €30million bid for Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas

I just don't understand it...

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

July 15 2013 12:39 GMT

#794

I think Fabregas could do really well at Man U.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

July 15 2013 12:40 GMT

#795

Will make there midfield go from being meh, to actually looking nice imo too. A world class CM to bump Carrick to holding mid and Cleverly to the bench and thus out of the England side and make me happy :3

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

July 15 2013 12:50 GMT

#796

always thought fabregas would be the ideal midfielder for us even when he was still at arsenal. brilliant player and proven himself in the premier league already. if losing thiago lands us fabregas i will shit myself

WillyWanker

France1915 Posts

July 15 2013 12:53 GMT

#797

Barça isn't going to let Cesc go after losing Thiago though... If they have to free some space, it's going to be Tello/Alexis/Pedro leaving (and I will be really sad if any of them leave). If Cesc had to leave, Barca's midfield would be left with:

- Busquets/Song/Mascherano
- Xavi/Dos Santos
- Iniesta/Sergi Roberto

Which is reaaally short for a team of that level considering that Dos Santos and Sergi Roberto aren't ready to play so many games...

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

July 15 2013 12:56 GMT

#798

On July 15 2013 20:57 evilfatsh1t wrote:
thats the good thing about rooneys situation. no place for him to really go assuming you rule out the english teams. i just dont see him going to another premier league team because hopefully he respects the club too much. and if that bid for fabregas is true, thats awesome. doubt well get him though

Easy to respect Man U, but also easy to lose that respect when you are relegated to toilet seat warmer for the great RVP.

Also I would also wholeheartedly agree with the Fabregas move to United from a tactical standpoint. He's a class above and would fit in great. Still waiting for someone to snap up Fellaini for that bargain basement price!!!

evilfatsh1t

Australia8657 Posts

July 15 2013 13:07 GMT

#799

well in man utds defense rooney wasnt his best last season, and if u compare it to rvp obviously rvp is going to be favoured. but rooney wouldnt be who he is without man utd so, who knows.

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

July 15 2013 13:09 GMT

#800

On July 15 2013 22:07 evilfatsh1t wrote:
well in man utds defense rooney wasnt his best last season, and if u compare it to rvp obviously rvp is going to be favoured. but rooney wouldnt be who he is without man utd so, who knows.

I watched Man U's games quite a lot and I never saw a bad game from Rooney. He was playing a more supportive role. When he and RVP played together I actually thought he did very well even though they had a goal drought.