Thiago Alcantara

[Armaan]

Please Thiago.... Please.

 

[TrueBlueMike]

Seems everyone is forgetting Pep's use of youth players wherever he's gone aswell. We also have Aleix Garcia who looked like he could make the step up.

EDIT: Not suggesting as a guaranteed starter, but as a squad player in rotation to ease burden on midfielders we do have.

 

[Viridian]

Seems we're after one more CB (Stones), two fullbacks (Peres, ?), one more CM (Thiago) and two more FW (Sane, Nolito).

 

[Sudkurvv]

Seems everyone is forgetting Pep's use of youth players wherever he's gone aswell. We also have Aleix Garcia who looked like he could make the step up.

EDIT: Not suggesting as a guaranteed starter, but as a squad player in rotation to ease burden on midfielders we do have.

Not a single Bayern youth player was given a significant role under pep.

 

[Dax777]

De Bruyne , Silva, and Nasri are not CM's they are CAMs. Sane and Nolito are wide men/forwards.
Which again only leaves you with a currently injured Gundogan. Fernandinho who is obviously good enough but can't play every game and then Fernando and Delph who are both not good enough.

I'm not even going to count Yaya as his legs have gone and he will not fit in to the Guardiola system

We are talking about different things entirely. The premise that we need 2 more CMs is predicated on the argument of who is or isn't good enough ( just as you've outlined above.) However, my claims are based simply in logistics. It's acnumbers game. Currently we have 8 players who are not considered Wingers, Strikers, or defenders. I listed those 8 above.

All 8 invariably will slot in to one of 3 positions in the middle. Even if you are right that they are not good enough (an opinion I somewhat disagree with) it still doesn't change the fact we have to move at least 2 to make room for a new 2.

Gundogan, Silva, Fernando, Delph, DeBryune, and Dihno seem definitely safe from reports. Which means you really already have the 6 (I.E starters and Backups) for all positions. True some may be moved elsewhere (Dihno RB, Delph LB) which will then open 2 spots. But to even fill those 2 spots both Yaya and Nasri will have to be moved.

Right now, that is proving difficult. Assuming we are able to move Yaya and Nasri, redeploy Delph and Dihno, then we can start talking about getting 2 CMs. As it stands now, getting 1 more will be hard enough.

Also redeploying Delph and Dihno will end any meaningful search for fullbacks.

 

[TrueBlueMike]

Not a single Bayern youth player was given a significant role under pep.

Coman, Kimmich...

 

[Blue warrior]

Not a single Bayern youth player was given a significant role under pep.

Kimmick? tbf Bayers youth is pretty wank.

 

[Sudkurvv]

Kimmick? tbf Bayers youth is pretty wank.

Coman loaned from Juve, Kimmich bought from RBL, both arrived last summer.

 

[Doncbluing]

Which is not too shabby when you consider just how threadbare Munichs academy was on his arrival

 

[Dax777]

Coman, Kimmich...

Neither Coman nor Kimmich were Bayern youth players. Coman was from France via Juve, and Kimmich from Stuttgart via Leipzig.

I think the point Sudkv is making is not to confuse Pep showing faith in young players he hand picks for showing faith in the team's youth players. These are 2 different things