Isco (merged)

[vincent]

If he is as good as some on here say he is why would Real accept a reported fee of £30-35m? Surely they would value him much higher.

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

Is he in the team for tonight then?

 

[TFC]

that doesn't make any sense, you surely buy players that you need and think work well in the team. madrid did exactly what your saying buying the next big star, despite the fact it didn't help the team and they already had players as good. i think he's a great player, but i just dont see how he's what we need right now.

I'm thinking bigger picture than right at this moment. I would think there will be a large turnover of players in the summer and this is the kind of player like I mentioned that would fit a PG system perfectly. I can see a number of midfielders (Yaya, Nasri, Navas?) being shipped out and sooner rather than later we need to start thinking about lowering the average age of the squad. Some of the older lads wouldnt last 5 minutes pressing the way Guardiola will want them to.

^All predicated on Pep actually showing up of course.

 

[domalino]

Agreed , central midfield is where we need to strengthen , I just believe that someone like Pjanic , Koke or Kroos would better fit the bill , especially in the premier league where you need a bit of physicality

If pep is coming then he would be great , playing the iniesta role in a 433 , but we already have three players already who fit the bill in de bruyne , nasri and silva

What we don't have is a Xavi type player , Yaya could play this role but he's not disciplined enough. Perhaps Thiago could be prised from Bayern

Did you just call Kroos physical? When they played together in central midfield, Isco was the enforcer. He's 5x more physical and aggressive than Kroos.

 

[vincent]

On the bench

 

[BenLlewellyn]

On the bench tonight

 

[Lkzerinho]

He is on the bench

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

On the bench again

 

[Blue Haze]

This man has recently said that Real Madrid will not sell Isco in January

They might not. Although if he keeps kicking up a stink, they'll risk sabotaging their season. Apparently he made some sarcastic gesture on the bench meant to embarrass Benitez. Criticism of Benitez calls Perez into question.

If Isco really wants to move, and this isn't just about playing time, he'll escalate..

Good to hear he's on the bench

 

[aguero93:20]

that doesn't make any sense, you surely buy players that you need and think work well in the team. madrid did exactly what your saying buying the next big star, despite the fact it didn't help the team and they already had players as good. i think he's a great player, but i just dont see how he's what we need right now.

They did win the champions league tbf.