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Magic Mike to Real Madrid and Bayern's Head-Scratching Swaps
In a shocking turn of events that has left football fans scratching their heads and goalkeepers everywhere questioning their job security, Real Madrid has proudly announced the signing of Bayern Munich's former captain and star goalkeeper Mike Maignan, now known as Magic Mike.
M_Maignan 29 fra 24 1 1 1 23 536 1 1 1
It seems Los Blancos were in desperate need of a sub goalkeeper who could bring expertise in holding a clipboard and keeping the bench warm. The move has been hailed as a masterstroke by Real Madrid's management, who clearly believe that having a goalkeeper who was the captain and leader of Bayern Munich in their reserves and available to be called upon from the bench will add that extra touch of leadership to the team's water boy huddles. The ability to call upon a 24 rated goalkeeper from the bench will be of great comfort to Madrid who have already lost three points this season in the league due to a 3 game goalkeeping injury.
Meanwhile, over at Bayern Munich, manager Jon Banks seems to be channeling his inner Elon Musk with a series of peculiar decisions. The crown jewel of his bizarre choices has been the jaw-dropping sale of superstar defender Alphonso Davies to Juventus. In a move that has left seasoned football pundits scratching their heads, Davies was swapped for 20-year-old Ousmane Diomande of Juventus, who are managed by Jon's brother Andy Banks. Diomande is a player apparently so skilled that his current re rates still leave him 1.5 main skills below Davies.
A_Davies 23 can 1 21 18 5 23 1 782 303 38
O_Diomande 20 civ 1 19 17 3 25 1 437 234 257
O_Diomande 20 civ 1 20 17 3 25 1 337 934 957 (With full re-rates added)
Many pundits have quizzed the deal, stating that despite Diomande being 3 years younger than Davies, he is not on the level of Alphonso and Jon Banks should have got £50m on top of this deal at least. That wasn't the only puzzling deal, as Juventus took a £65m loss on T_Nianzou with the sale to Southampton to seemingly facilitate the deal.
All of these strange, odd deals, happened shortly after the mid season NON FFO Auction.
One can't help but wonder if Banks is playing a new-age version of Football Manager, where logic and reason (and money) take a backseat to unconventional and questionable transfers and choices in the pursuit of these so called wonder kids who may not make the grade.
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In a shocking turn of events that has left football fans scratching their heads and goalkeepers everywhere questioning their job security, Real Madrid has proudly announced the signing of Bayern Munich's former captain and star goalkeeper Mike Maignan, now known as Magic Mike.
M_Maignan 29 fra 24 1 1 1 23 536 1 1 1
It seems Los Blancos were in desperate need of a sub goalkeeper who could bring expertise in holding a clipboard and keeping the bench warm. The move has been hailed as a masterstroke by Real Madrid's management, who clearly believe that having a goalkeeper who was the captain and leader of Bayern Munich in their reserves and available to be called upon from the bench will add that extra touch of leadership to the team's water boy huddles. The ability to call upon a 24 rated goalkeeper from the bench will be of great comfort to Madrid who have already lost three points this season in the league due to a 3 game goalkeeping injury.
Meanwhile, over at Bayern Munich, manager Jon Banks seems to be channeling his inner Elon Musk with a series of peculiar decisions. The crown jewel of his bizarre choices has been the jaw-dropping sale of superstar defender Alphonso Davies to Juventus. In a move that has left seasoned football pundits scratching their heads, Davies was swapped for 20-year-old Ousmane Diomande of Juventus, who are managed by Jon's brother Andy Banks. Diomande is a player apparently so skilled that his current re rates still leave him 1.5 main skills below Davies.
A_Davies 23 can 1 21 18 5 23 1 782 303 38
O_Diomande 20 civ 1 19 17 3 25 1 437 234 257
O_Diomande 20 civ 1 20 17 3 25 1 337 934 957 (With full re-rates added)
Many pundits have quizzed the deal, stating that despite Diomande being 3 years younger than Davies, he is not on the level of Alphonso and Jon Banks should have got £50m on top of this deal at least. That wasn't the only puzzling deal, as Juventus took a £65m loss on T_Nianzou with the sale to Southampton to seemingly facilitate the deal.
All of these strange, odd deals, happened shortly after the mid season NON FFO Auction.
One can't help but wonder if Banks is playing a new-age version of Football Manager, where logic and reason (and money) take a backseat to unconventional and questionable transfers and choices in the pursuit of these so called wonder kids who may not make the grade.
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