Quote (Edgard @ 18 Dec 2016 18:30)
yep
aside from the fact that i am still waiting for real confirmation, i have mixed feelings about these (apparent) new signings
first of all its a good thing to get german players who also made it into our national team, not only to have enough german guys in the squad, but also because i think that we neglected this part of our philosophy for quite some time
we already signed 2 non german speaking coaches in a row, failed to get new home grown talent and signed all kinds of players
then to the players
i am not so sure about rudy to be honest, he is a very solid bundesliga player, but i havent seen too much of him aside from his national team games which were something like ok/solid
he has room to step up of course and he will need to if he joins
his contract expires so he would come as a free agent
süle is a huge talent and i dont mind having him at all if the price is reasonable
out of boateng, hummels and javi, we had like one of them fully fit for the biggest part of this season
and we certainly cant count on badstuber
i wouldnt mind my boy javi returning to midfield of course
in the event that xabi and badstuber will not get a new contract, it would make sense
Quote (aneas @ 18 Dec 2016 15:22)
Rudy doesn't have the quality to ever make it to the starting squad and Süle will need to get used to being a backup only... and even for that backup spot he'd need to be better than Badstuber and Martinez.
Bayern needs them though, as of now they only manage to fulfill the DFL requirements for a certain amount of German players by having both their second and third goalkeeper being German. Assuming Lahm, Badstuber (or both) will retire or leave in the near future, Bayern has to start planning with German palyers accordingly.
as i said, if the current situation continues he will get loads of playing time
our most reliable player has been hummels and he isnt exactly made of iron as well
Quote (fender @ 18 Dec 2016 15:29)
the rudy signing doesn't make any sense other than weaken hoffenheim imo. decent player but not bayern material imo. he's basically rode 2.0 - literally the same player: same class, same position, same strengths, same age, same height... i don't see him getting much playing time at all to be honest.
signing süle, however, would make me personally quite angry. he's the future of germany on his position but with hummels & boateng already at bayern, he wouldn't get much playing time either and that could stunt his growth significantly in an important phase of his development. that would be an awful transfer for both süle and germany, as well as for hoffenheim obviously... reminds me of sané's transfer to city. unfortunately my predictions regarding that came true so far, very sad to see imo...
yeah, because we need to weaken hoffenheim by picking up a free agent lol
i am sure he has plenty of offers to choose from and decided not to stay
perhaps you have seen more of him, but i disagree on rudy being so similar to rode
i rate him to have WAY more ability on the ball
i kinda agree on süle, but if you want to be angry, be angry at the player
he knows what player material we already have and boateng-hummels will play, when fit (when they are ^^)
i know that he has other offers as well, united, chelsea, both milan clubs
a smart guy would stay in hoffenheim, they are doing well and he has a good chance to play in europe as a regular next season