Transfer Rumours | Tactics | Who to buy/sell etc

A Bola announced Tuesday in its print edition that Angel Di Maria is about to become a new player of the Paris Saint Germain for about 25 million euros. According to the Portuguese newspaper, the operation would be about to close.

Sevilla received an offer of around 30m for Jesus Navas from Man City, however Navas prefers Real Madrid. He's waiting for an offer from Real Madrid.

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So how should we improve tactically for next year?

1. To begin with I hope our defending is better. We need a solid defense to win the CL. Under Mourinho our defense wasn't the best. When we first got Mourinho, I thought our defending would at least improve, it did improve a bit, but not as much as I expected, considering Mourinho is a defensive coach.

Also Ronaldo will need to track back if he plays LW and the entire team will need to defend and attack at the same time.

Marcelo will need to improve defensively and Ramos will need to cut out his errors and occasional haphazard defending.


2. Our possession will need to improve. However I think with Modric/Gundogan starting it will, since Khedira at CM doesn't allow us to really have effective possession. Having a playmaker at CM should improve the possession.


3. We need a clinical striker who won't waste chances. No more missing 1v1's in big games or messing up etc.


4. We need to be more intelligent and tactically astute in big games. Under Mourinho we weren't like that. If you look at teams like Man Utd, Bayern etc, you can see that big game mentality in them.

Because Khedira is just a B2B player. He's not really a playmaker and he isn't technical.

Gundogan/Modric can dribble, attack, playmake etc. Having someone at CM that can do all that makes it easier to play possession.

If both the CM and B2B are high up the pitch, then there would be a gap between the midfield and defense. Teams could use an AM there and exploit the space.

I think Khedira-Alonso is more of a counter-attacking partnership. Khedira was bought to complement Alonso.

However with Modric/Gundogan now taking Alonso's place, we'd need someone to complement them and that would be a DM.

Khedira I think would be a good sub/rotation player who would come on and solidify the midfield.

Gundogan plays with a DM, Bender. Also Martinez doesn't attack as much as Khedira would.

Gundogan wouldn't really be able to act as a DM and I'm sure he'd be more effective playing in a more consistent position instead of switching roles with Khedira.

It would be better having a pure DM protecting the defense while the CM is allowed to attack, playmake etc.

Carvalho's joined Monaco on a 1 year deal.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is eyeing Barcelona midfield pair Sergio Busquets and Thiago Alcantara.

El Confidencial says Florentino is determined to make a hostile raid on Barca after being angered by comments out of the Nou Camp aimed towards Jose Mourinho. The Real chief is also upset missing out on Neymar this week.

Real see Busquets as a replacement for Xabi Alonso, while Thiago can be signed this summer with his buyout clause an affordable €18 million.