I wonder if monreal has been kicking for a move back to Spain. There are transfer stories every window. If he wants a move and he's 30 now I guess it makes sense xx

marv3llous wrote:

Kicker saying that the release clause of his becomes active at midnight.

So his release clause is basically active for exactly a month? Seems like a bit of a weird one. 

goon wrote:
marv3llous wrote:

Kicker saying that the release clause of his becomes active at midnight.

So his release clause is basically active for exactly a month? Seems like a bit of a weird one. 

I'm pretty sure most clauses work like that. Was the case with Draxler in the past when we were interested couple seasons ago and most leaked transfer documents also have timeframes of a couple weeks only in which a clause can be met

I guess it's a way of having a bit of control and reducing the uncertainty.

teams could definitely exploit it if there was no time frame for activating. bayern could wait till the last day of the transfer window and activate the clause, meaning they'd have no time to find a replacement.

speedy wrote:

I wonder if monreal has been kicking for a move back to Spain. There are transfer stories every window. If he wants a move and he's 30 now I guess it makes sense xx

No, he just recently gave an interview, saying that he's extremely happy here and definitely plans on staying for a few more seasons.

If we're after Ricky it probably means we're just thinking long term, replacing Gibbs and adding a mate to Xhaka.

Xhaka is a roommate with Ricky at the camp and his social media has included several pics of them together over the past week. They seem to have quite a bromance going.

😆 That last picture. Could it get any more romantic? Even the background is perfect.

Yea, you dont cuddle someone like that and then not come live in the same city as him 😆

Is Rodriguez really that good? I've seen him banging in a few freekicks over the years and whipping in some good crosses but is the rest of his game really up there with he best in the position?

Real Madrid were reportedly rebuffed when they approached Bayern for Alaba, if they do really want a new left back and Rodriguez is available at a relative snip, it bugs me a little that they're not interested.

Just not sure on him.

They are trying to upgrade / replace Marcelo ...

Still unconvinced about this rumor. We are far more likely to be interested in someone like raphael guerreiro, which i think we are.

marv3llous wrote:

They are trying to upgrade / replace Marcelo ...

Whereas we are trying to replace Gibbs. Different perspectives 😆

It's more likely that they're trying to upgrade Casemiro, even though he's been really good this season.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Is Rodriguez really that good? I've seen him banging in a few freekicks over the years and whipping in some good crosses but is the rest of his game really up there with he best in the position?

If a good man's Baines is up to your liking, yeah he is good.

I think he is easily top 10 in Europe and there are only a few like Gaya, Alaba, Marcelo etc I would have ahead of him.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Is Rodriguez really that good? I've seen him banging in a few freekicks over the years and whipping in some good crosses but is the rest of his game really up there with he best in the position?

Real Madrid were reportedly rebuffed when they approached Bayern for Alaba, if they do really want a new left back and Rodriguez is available at a relative snip, it bugs me a little that they're not interested.

Just not sure on him.

But they are interested, his father even mentioned them by name in the past.

http://www.90min.com/de/posts/3270086-vfl-wolfsburg-real-und-arsenal-kaempfen-um-ricardo-rodriguez

Nice picture of him battling Kieran Gibbs btw

hes definitely an upgrade on gibbs and is potentially a world class LB. wenger tends to do well evaluating fullbacks, for all his other flaws. debuchy is really his only big miss in recent memory. chambers is still to be determined. ric rod is like 7 years younger than monreal. he can come this summer and they can rotate next season and then ric rod can slowly become first choice

Think it looks more like Walcott tbh. So difficult to tell black dudes apart.