Fans having reservation against Mario,
Name me the striker which is available right now with same quality and within price range which our club can afford.
I can't see any striker. AW knows what he is doing, Mario will be fantastic for us.
Chelsea did inquire about Mario in January! Thing is for all his attitude issues he appears more immensely gifted than the likes of Cavani or Hulk who are quoted at bigger fees. I mean, if Real want 25 million for Morata or Liverpool demand 75 million for Suarez(let's not forget, Suarez has one of the record bans in the premiership)
Good call but at his age Mario is more gifted than Benzema in my opinion. It depends how much Real value the Frenchmen
Benzema is not good enough. Yes you heard it correct. He can do it at Madrid because players like Maria, Ronaldo, Modric. I doubt he will cut it at Arsenal.
I think get Mario, Raina, DMF and RB. If TV leaves obviously bring CB in. Send Sonogo on loan.
This means we will have firepower of Mario, Joel, Giroud. Along with that Ozil, Podli, Cazorla, Walcott, Ox and Ramsey.
Yes B10 age is another issue. We might get good 4 years out of Mario before shipping him out for good value as per our club history. Benzema will have hardly any resale value. He is already 26,27 ?
I'd take either in truth. You underestimate Benzema who is a fantastic player. But Balotelli is also fantastic. Benzema is very fast, deceptively so and that'd work well in our system more than Balotelli who, while not slow, doesn't rely on a pacey game.
If we got Balotelli, Ginter, Aurier, a GK and a winger I'd be very happy.
There's no doubt that Benzema on form is pretty good, as shown in the France game, but when he is off form he is horrible to watch.
I think there is something crucial someone mentioned and that's the fact that Mario is engaged to get married! He has been engaged before but if he does get married the dynamics of his social life change entirely.
Truth is he will have a classy World Cup and he will behave and invariably a number of clubs will make a bid for him including Liverpool and Spurs!
Question is will Wenger make a bid!
The problem with Benzema (who is just as good as Balotelli), is that Real Madrid may prefer to give him a new contract. Benzema wants to stay at Madrid which is a problem because Madrid will need to push him out of the door. That will be difficult if continues his goal scoring at the world cup and especially if Suarez goes out. It will be difficult for Madrid to justify spending so much money on Suarez the season after wasting so much money on Bale.
Bale is considered a success for them though Jenius.
comment by Giröulski Alt-153 forever (U14971)
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Bale is considered a success for them though Jenius.
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No he isn't. However the heavy criticism he was getting stopped after that wonderful goal against Barca.
Bale cost more than C.Ronaldo. And fairly or unfairly they expect to see a better player when clearly he isn't. But the point was not so much abt expectation of spending €100m. Its more that Madrid have to justify all the spending based on marketing return. Suarez wasn't target last season because of that. And Bale's marketing return is not of the level of Messi or C.Ronaldo which pretty obvious because of media attention they both get compared to Bale. Madrid need to build that before they splash another £75m. And Suarez not doing anything so far in the world cup hurts the chances of Madrid buying him this season.
Better than Costa?
Nominations for dobber of the day are now closed
Costa is a F2 car driven by Vettel. Balotelli is a F1 car driven by a young talent.
Truth is Costa is well spent after a season of a lot of running for Atletico just like Giroud! He is a very good skillful player and his performances at the end of the season and for Spain aren't reflective of his qualities.
I would take Benzema over Balotelli too. I know Balo has it in him to be a better player, but his attitude holds him back. And I don't mean the off the field stuff or training ground fights, I mean his habit of letting games pass him by and becoming a complete passenger because some days he just doesn't seem to fancy it. That is my main concern with him.
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posted on 17/6/14
Fans having reservation against Mario,
Name me the striker which is available right now with same quality and within price range which our club can afford.
I can't see any striker. AW knows what he is doing, Mario will be fantastic for us.
posted on 17/6/14
Benzema.
posted on 17/6/14
Chelsea did inquire about Mario in January! Thing is for all his attitude issues he appears more immensely gifted than the likes of Cavani or Hulk who are quoted at bigger fees. I mean, if Real want 25 million for Morata or Liverpool demand 75 million for Suarez(let's not forget, Suarez has one of the record bans in the premiership)
posted on 17/6/14
Good call but at his age Mario is more gifted than Benzema in my opinion. It depends how much Real value the Frenchmen
posted on 17/6/14
Benzema is not good enough. Yes you heard it correct. He can do it at Madrid because players like Maria, Ronaldo, Modric. I doubt he will cut it at Arsenal.
I think get Mario, Raina, DMF and RB. If TV leaves obviously bring CB in. Send Sonogo on loan.
This means we will have firepower of Mario, Joel, Giroud. Along with that Ozil, Podli, Cazorla, Walcott, Ox and Ramsey.
posted on 17/6/14
Yes B10 age is another issue. We might get good 4 years out of Mario before shipping him out for good value as per our club history. Benzema will have hardly any resale value. He is already 26,27 ?
posted on 17/6/14
I'd take either in truth. You underestimate Benzema who is a fantastic player. But Balotelli is also fantastic. Benzema is very fast, deceptively so and that'd work well in our system more than Balotelli who, while not slow, doesn't rely on a pacey game.
If we got Balotelli, Ginter, Aurier, a GK and a winger I'd be very happy.
posted on 17/6/14
There's no doubt that Benzema on form is pretty good, as shown in the France game, but when he is off form he is horrible to watch.
posted on 17/6/14
I think there is something crucial someone mentioned and that's the fact that Mario is engaged to get married! He has been engaged before but if he does get married the dynamics of his social life change entirely.
Truth is he will have a classy World Cup and he will behave and invariably a number of clubs will make a bid for him including Liverpool and Spurs!
Question is will Wenger make a bid!
posted on 17/6/14
The problem with Benzema (who is just as good as Balotelli), is that Real Madrid may prefer to give him a new contract. Benzema wants to stay at Madrid which is a problem because Madrid will need to push him out of the door. That will be difficult if continues his goal scoring at the world cup and especially if Suarez goes out. It will be difficult for Madrid to justify spending so much money on Suarez the season after wasting so much money on Bale.
posted on 17/6/14
Bale is considered a success for them though Jenius.
posted on 17/6/14
comment by Giröulski Alt-153 forever (U14971)
posted 21 seconds ago
Bale is considered a success for them though Jenius.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
No he isn't. However the heavy criticism he was getting stopped after that wonderful goal against Barca.
Bale cost more than C.Ronaldo. And fairly or unfairly they expect to see a better player when clearly he isn't. But the point was not so much abt expectation of spending €100m. Its more that Madrid have to justify all the spending based on marketing return. Suarez wasn't target last season because of that. And Bale's marketing return is not of the level of Messi or C.Ronaldo which pretty obvious because of media attention they both get compared to Bale. Madrid need to build that before they splash another £75m. And Suarez not doing anything so far in the world cup hurts the chances of Madrid buying him this season.
posted on 17/6/14
Better than Costa?
Nominations for dobber of the day are now closed
posted on 17/6/14
posted on 17/6/14
Costa is a F2 car driven by Vettel. Balotelli is a F1 car driven by a young talent.
posted on 17/6/14
Truth is Costa is well spent after a season of a lot of running for Atletico just like Giroud! He is a very good skillful player and his performances at the end of the season and for Spain aren't reflective of his qualities.
posted on 17/6/14
I would take Benzema over Balotelli too. I know Balo has it in him to be a better player, but his attitude holds him back. And I don't mean the off the field stuff or training ground fights, I mean his habit of letting games pass him by and becoming a complete passenger because some days he just doesn't seem to fancy it. That is my main concern with him.
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