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Why didn't Real buy Mbappe? Could they really not afford him?
Posted on 9/12/17 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 9/12/17 at 10:59 pm
This is retarded. Obviously Monaco would rather not to sell to PSG. I don't even hold this against PSG. Hell ya. Go for it, but this was dumb on Real's part. Benzema is awful.
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Posted on 9/13/17 at 8:40 am to Mr Personality
They definitely could have afforded him especially after generating funds this summer.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 8:41 am to Mr Personality
Because of the emergence of Asensio and the fact that they didn't want to make an 18 year old the second highest earner on the team. You don't mess up that dressing room like that.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 9:33 am to jrtplaya21
Looks like it's working out swimmingly for him. He should be in fine form for the world cup. I understand Real promoting from within, but this seems like a real swing and a miss.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 9:42 am to Mr Personality
Difficult question. I believe Zidane thought they would get him, but the Real office wanted him to stay in Monaco one more season. I know Mbappé's family thinks highly of Zizou, so it's disappointing they couldn't come to an agreement.
Mbappé really wasn't a necessity for Real, though. All of the young domestic talent is being hoarded in Madrid for pretty cheap. No reason to upset the Apple cart if what you're doing is already working. I mean, going into the season los Blancos were favorites to win the Chamipon's League. It's not like they missed out on the "missing piece" by not signing him.
Cristiano and Benzema have a really good rapport on the field, by the way. He doesn't score as many goals as people want him to, but Benz gets trashed too often and too harshly for his production level.
Mbappé really wasn't a necessity for Real, though. All of the young domestic talent is being hoarded in Madrid for pretty cheap. No reason to upset the Apple cart if what you're doing is already working. I mean, going into the season los Blancos were favorites to win the Chamipon's League. It's not like they missed out on the "missing piece" by not signing him.
Cristiano and Benzema have a really good rapport on the field, by the way. He doesn't score as many goals as people want him to, but Benz gets trashed too often and too harshly for his production level.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 9:58 am to Mr Personality
During the window, it looked like Mbappe would have been a luxury, now it looks like he may be a necessity. Hopefully the reports are true, and we can make a move for Timo Werner in January.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 11:56 am to jrtplaya21
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they didn't want to make an 18 year old the second highest earner on the team
Reminds me of Kevin De Bruyne.
Bayern wanted him from Wolfsburg, but wanted to wait one more season. City came in and offered higher wages and more money up front for the transfer.
KDB and M'Bappe also had huge clauses in their Nike contracts that if they went to a high profile Nike team like PSG, City, Barca, then they'd received a hefty pay day.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 1:07 pm to cupchu1
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Mbappé really wasn't a necessity for Real, though. All of the young domestic talent is being hoarded in Madrid for pretty cheap. No reason to upset the Apple cart if what you're doing is already working. I mean, going into the season los Blancos were favorites to win the Chamipon's League. It's not like they missed out on the "missing piece" by not signing him.
Or you could do like the Warriors and destroy your oppositions' chances before anything even begins. When you can add talent like Mbappe at a young age like this, you do it every single time.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 1:17 pm to McCaigBro69
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KDB and M'Bappe also had huge clauses in their Nike contracts that if they went to a high profile Nike team like PSG, City, Barca, then they'd received a hefty pay day.
That's pretty standard now
Adidas started it with Pogba and Juve switching from Nike.
A few players Adidas clubs have bought have ditched nike boots as well.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 1:57 pm to americanoutlaw
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Or you could do like the Warriors and destroy your oppositions' chances before anything even begins. When you can add talent like Mbappe at a young age like this, you do it every single time.
PSG isn't quite Real's opposition, though. They might meet in UCL, but is that really reason enough to bring in Mbappé? If Mbappé were linked to Barca, it might've been different.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 2:41 pm to Mr Personality
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Benzema is awful.
Hyperbole is to be expected on message boards these days, but come the frick on dude. Real have won the CL 3 out of the last 4 seasons with Benzema basically being the only striker they use.
This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 9/13/17 at 2:45 pm to cupchu1
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PSG isn't quite Real's opposition, though. They might meet in UCL, but is that really reason enough to bring in Mbappé?
Absolutely... Their owners want UCL titles, not the French league...
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:17 pm to cupchu1
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PSG isn't quite Real's opposition, though. They might meet in UCL, but is that really reason enough to bring in Mbappé? If Mbappé were linked to Barca, it might've been different.
I meant that they destroyed other teams' chances by having such a massive talent disparity, not by hording/stealing talent. Obviously that happened as well, but that's not the aspect i was focusing on
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:23 pm to TFTC
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Absolutely... Their owners want UCL titles, not the French league...
While absolutely true that both clubs go for UCL above everything else, they've played against each other in UCL one time. And it was the group stage. I'm not sure €200 million just to prevent Mbappé from going to PSG would have been worth it.
Now if United or Arsenal would've put in a good offer for Bale or Benz... maybe it would've been different.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 3:43 pm to mynamebowl
Maybe I was being to harsh on Benz. I don't necessarily deny it, but he has scored 0 goals in those UCL finals.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 4:07 pm to StraightCashHomey21
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A few players Adidas clubs have bought have ditched nike boots as well.
Yeah, there were rumors that's another reason why KDB didn't want to go to Bayern. They own like a 10 percent stake in the club and wanted him to switch over.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 4:50 pm to Mr Personality
Benzema is the competitions 5th all time top goal scorer. He doesn't rack up the goals like Lewandowski & Suarez but he's been the perfect striker for that system since he's been there. He's scored some vital goals along the way and who can forget what he did to 3 of Atleti's defenders to set up Isco's goal?
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