2018/2019 Midfielders Rumours Thread

Fapuccino · Aug 1, 2018

Wallace said:
Is it done yet?

You mean both Modric and Vidal saying fuck off, because we can't afford Modric's wages and Vidal getting pissed off that we backtracked? Not yet.

ADRossi · Aug 1, 2018

First person who tries to open a Modric thread is getting permabanned

CafeCordoba · Aug 1, 2018

Hahaha

Il Drago · Aug 1, 2018

M.Adnan said:
For a club that couldn't pull 40m for Malcom, I'm very interested to see how Modric will go through. Real Madrid will never settle for some loan with 20m option BS. Only some hidden friendly relations will let this go through.

Recalling all the active transfers between Real and Inter in the past two decades, there might be some hope.

When it had become evident Inter wouldn't close the deal for Malcom, and prior to the Roma links, there was an (unconfirmed) rumour on twitter that Inter had decided to get a top midfielder but they would have to give up on Malcom to do so. I thought it was one of the many bs twitter rumours but perhaps there was some truth in it.

nutsncider · Aug 1, 2018

I feel like this modric nonesense is a diliberate disruption from the possibility of signing Vidal. Maybe juve are leaking this to try and sabotage negotiations with Vidal! Or maybe I’m stuck in the last 7 years of hell and expect nothing but anguish and sorrow from inter, idk.

Sassuolu · Aug 1, 2018

Modric rumour started from Sky last night, apparently Inter have been chasing Modric for weeks and listen to this gem they said that for Vidal all we need to do is pick up the phone.

So, let me get this straight, did we just go from a midfield of Kuzmanovic, Gargano and Guarin to putting Vidal on hold to try and sign Modric? Wtf is going on man.

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On the Modric front the logic behind the deal is the reasons JJM pointed out but also that Luka has 2 years left on his deal and he has not been renewed. I don't think it will happen but if it does, well, if it does, God help us.

Pajo · Aug 1, 2018

PHM1605 said:
Were you watching Cuadrado last season? He was a beast whenever he played, and I didn't only watch him vs Inter.

Wrong. He was pretty bad most of the time. I said he can do damage in tight space as he is good dribbler, and is pacey, but that's it. And yeah, i watched 90% of the Juve games last year.

PHM1605 said:
He provided one goal/assist every 100 minutes. Speed, dribbling, crossing, all in one package. He was absent for 17 matches due to injury/ suspension and still provided 5 goals 10 assists. Only score once? Candreva better??

Both are the same. Cuadrado might be a bit better as player, but it's not worth to change them now as they are both as mediocre as they get. what 5 goals? He scored 4, he has 6 assists and not 10 (most from low crosses in counters, which doesn't help your point. Unless you check on trasnferamrkt, where the stats aren't their strong side. They count as assist when the ball bounced from his shot and someone scored, or when it was foul on him and someone scored a FK. Not valid really.

Candreva had 8 assists in worse team. Granted, Cuadrado did play much less.

PHM1605 said:
You might hate him as a Rubentino but you can't deny his talent.

Oh, i never do that. I can't deny Dybalas talent, or any player at Juve that's actually good, but Cuadrado simply isnt. I still wonder what is he doing there, i guess his dribbling and pace are helpful when Juve plays on counter, he doesnt whine and can cover few positions.

Anyway, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but if you check Candreva and Cuadrados stats on whoscored, it's amazing how similar they are.

https://www.whoscored.com/PlayerComparison

javier_zanetti <3 · Aug 1, 2018

I don't want to loose Vidal no matter what. Close Vidal and than try for Luka, in the "worst" case we'll only have Vidal.

Balor · Aug 1, 2018

My heart nearly stopped with shock and joy when I saw this being reported as a possibility on sky sports but I'm just struggling to keep my head out of FFP. Surely this guy has to go for 40m at the absolute minimum and I worry that the figure would be more like 50-60m.

I struggle to see Mario even being sold and at most I reckon we'll get 15m or another loan because the jackass dropped his value with his comments.

We'd need to sell one of Vecino or Gagliardini just to afford Vidal but we'd definitely need to sell them both to afford Modric alone, and getting that much money for them is ambitious.

Not to mention we go back to depth issues of last season: Naingolan, Brozovic, Modric, Valero and Mario (assuming Spaletti doesn't banish him to training with the youth team) as our only senior midfielders with three competitions to play.

That said, I pray that Ausilio has some tricks up his sleeve to pull this off without damaging the squad depth because Modric in our midfield would be a glorious sight to behold.

Black Knight · Aug 1, 2018

Pajo said:
i watched 90% of the Juve games last year.

Reported as a RuBentino

Pajo · Aug 1, 2018

Black Knight said:
Reported as a RuBentino

I watched 90% of Serie A games. Better?

Tanel · Aug 1, 2018

Pajo said:
Candreva had 8 assists in worse team.

Just couldn't avoid pulling this one out of context, but Candreva is probably among the top reasons why Inter is worse.

PHM1605 · Aug 1, 2018

Pajo said:
Wrong. He was pretty bad most of the time. I said he can do damage in tight space as he is good dribbler, and is pacey, but that's it. And yeah, i watched 90% of the Juve games last year.

Both are the same. Cuadrado might be a bit better as player, but it's not worth to change them now as they are both as mediocre as they get. what 5 goals? He scored 4, he has 6 assists and not 10 (most from low crosses in counters, which doesn't help your point. Unless you check on trasnferamrkt, where the stats aren't their strong side. They count as assist when the ball bounced from his shot and someone scored, or when it was foul on him and someone scored a FK. Not valid really.

Candreva had 8 assists in worse team. Granted, Cuadrado did play much less.

Oh, i never do that. I can't deny Dybalas talent, or any player at Juve that's actually good, but Cuadrado simply isnt. I still wonder what is he doing there, i guess his dribbling and pace are helpful when Juve plays on counter, he doesnt whine and can cover few positions.

Anyway, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but if you check Candreva and Cuadrados stats on whoscored, it's amazing how similar they are.

https://www.whoscored.com/PlayerComparison

Why did you not include CL matches and Coppa (where he scored 1 goal 2 assists in 7 matches). To hide that he wasn't shit?

Here are his stats in Serie A: 4 goals 8 assists in 1359 minutes, almost a goal or assist every match. It was excellent, what more do you expect from a winger? Again, you try to hide the minutes, to prove he was a little bit above Candreva? Nope, the latter played double that amount and provide much less.

For 8 assists in Serie A, again, you tried not to count the deflection to own goal, for whatever reason. But they were FAR from lucky cross.
- vs Sassuolo: lowpass for Dybala
- vs Fio: great cross to Mandzukic
- vs Torino: great cross to Pjanic
- vs Udinese: cross to Khedira
- vs Benevento: pass to Dybala
- vs Inter: we all know, 2 assists. The statistic shows Skiriar own goal, but was 90% Cuadrado goal from tight angle, you tried to exclude it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdEYNFuSbdU
- vs Bologna: own goal by De Maio, but if he didn't touch the ball it reached Khedira right there. Cuadro aimed at his teammate, not blind cross aka Candreva. Why wasn't an assist?

They count as assist when the ball bounced from his shot and someone scored, or when it was foul on him and someone scored a FK. Not valid really.

Come on man, don't try to invent story just to support your ideas. As you see, NONE of the Cuadrado assists were from bounce-from-shoot deflection or foul leading to freekick goal.

A.l.i · Aug 1, 2018

GDS now reporting and Marca too that the Modric deal is impossible.

JJM · Aug 1, 2018

Modric would be a nice response to CR Rube deal tho but but let's not hold our breath to long... We have settlement agreements to respect as past incompetences are fucking us over still
Vidal will have to do I guess as Real will probably say fuck off with our 10mil now+40mil in the next 10 years lol...

Mino · Aug 1, 2018

The only thing that may convince him to stay, is the chance of winning the three trophies at the begenning of the year that might help him get the golden ball.

Other than that, playing with his croit bros is perfect.

ElDuccio · Aug 1, 2018

Well i dont care, please get Vidal now.

At last Inter let us have dreams and Rubentus fans are warned that we are not Napoli or Roma. Without FFP we will have even better upgrades in the next years...

Mino · Aug 1, 2018

Marca journalists report is damage control, there is zero official statement from the management or his agent in it.

It's like they are begging him to change his mind and stay.

RM this year with their no-name spanish coach is a fucking joke.

We have three of his bros, they have three more cups for him, i can see us easily getting him in the winter mercato. They would have nothing to offer him then.

militoscores · Aug 1, 2018

ADRossi said:
First person who tries to open a Modric thread is getting permabanned

have mods not learned from closing vidal thread?

Pajo · Aug 1, 2018

PHM1605 said:
Why did you not include CL matches and Coppa (where he scored 1 goal 2 assists in 7 matches). To hide that he wasn't shit?

Here are his stats in Serie A: 4 goals 8 assists in 1359 minutes, almost a goal or assist every match. It was excellent, what more do you expect from a winger? Again, you try to hide the minutes, to prove he was a little bit above Candreva? Nope, the latter played double that amount and provide much less.

For 8 assists in Serie A, again, you tried not to count the deflection to own goal, for whatever reason. But they were FAR from lucky cross.
- vs Sassuolo: lowpass for Dybala
- vs Fio: great cross to Mandzukic
- vs Torino: great cross to Pjanic
- vs Udinese: cross to Khedira
- vs Benevento: pass to Dybala
- vs Inter: we all know, 2 assists. The statistic shows Skiriar own goal, but was 90% Cuadrado goal from tight angle, you tried to exclude it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdEYNFuSbdU
- vs Bologna: own goal by De Maio, but if he didn't touch the ball it reached Khedira right there. Cuadro aimed at his teammate, not blind cross aka Candreva. Why wasn't an assist?

Come on man, don't try to invent story just to support your ideas. As you see, NONE of the Cuadrado assists were from bounce-from-shoot deflection or foul leading to freekick goal.

I use Whoscored as most reliable source for stats. They count as an assist only if the assists is the final pass, which IS assist by definition. And yeah i didnt count the cup and CL. We didn't play there

Again, there is comparison module in WhoScored. Go check the overall stats. Him and Candreva have pretty much the same stats, in both defensive and offensive aspects of the game. Now I did say he might be better player, but not worth changing as he wouldn't bring too much difference here. And I also didn't say shit, but mediocre. There's difference

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