sam-caddick said:charliebigspuds said:we should be buying players that Munich and the like want and not buying the ones they want rid of, I'm not a big fan of Dzeko but I fear we're swapping like for like
I would swap Edin for Lewandowski, I would even do straight swap.
Not convinced with Gomez, many say he has not been the same player since his injury and I think that is why Bayern want to move him on.
No. He has been pretty good whenever he played. And he scored very good. 6 goals in 134 minutes in the cup (only against Bundesliga teams), 2 goals in 204 minutes in the Champions League, and 11 goals in 871 minutes in the Bundesliga.
But there is personal reasons, too, that might be part of that Gomez' story. A year ago he was Schweinsteiger's best friend - today they seldom seem to have contact. Something seems to have happened outside of the pitch. There is some rumours. A year ago he was pretty inside the German camp in the Bayern team - today he is part of the group (like everybody in that team), but more on the outer ring.
There is rumours that some of the players have promoted the acquisation of Lewandowski at the bosses - and in that team only the group around Schweinsteiger and Lahm has that much influence.
Gomez is a goal machine. He is a guarantee as a goal outlet in most matches. But - he is not the guy to build on in the biggest matches - but that is in my eyes less a problem of his footballing abilities but of his mentality - he is somebody that needs extra attention of the coach to really be great - that he did not get at Bayern, especially at van Gaal and in the last season.