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FCB general wrote:Xherdan Shaqiri... Very good choice for R-R replacement on wings.
Question is... Will he move from club where is 1st team player to elite club bench or he will wait another offer from other clubs to find his place in their 1st team?
However... I don't see too much in deutsch media that he's in Bayern serious combinations.

with our players getting constantly injured , He wont be A real bench player

With our team having so many injuries I have to imagine he will play a lot here. But if he is really concerned about play time we should just buy his rights and let him stay at Basel.

I can see us bringing him only if Altintop does not extend and he leaves us next summer. Otherwise I think we have enough wing power with Ribery, Robben, Muller, Altintop, Pranjic, Kroos and even Schweini, Olic can play on the wings

For me it's best for both parties that Altintop leaves, as he does not want to be a bench player. Although he has the energy, he lacks the motivation to consistently perform enough to be a first team player in Bayern; given his competition, it's quite understandable. A large part of his inconsistency problems stems from the reoccurring injuries he has suffered for the best 3 seasons. Looking at Ribery who has had just a few but serious injuries, one can imagine what Altintop has had to overcome. When Altintop held his thighs in the beginning of the first half today, i was just about certain he would get subbed, thank God he worked it out.

I think moving to a team that doesn't regularly feature in CL but is competitive enough to qualify once every other season would be a little better for Altintop. Assuming he does leave, then Shaquiri would be a good back up player....

I want him to stay...he is not old and he still has a role to play...even if he plays it from the bench.

he is a steady performer and can help this team...he is not Braafheid or Ottl

sch0ll7 wrote:he is a steady performer and can help this team...he is not Braafheid or Ott

He is way better than those

which in fact is a reason why he wants to leave and i want him to leave too


He is too good to be benched

in fact , he would be A STAR in teams like Fenerbahce and galatasaray , and would get a big paycheck too

I like when he gives his hammer shots , that reach the speed of 43432432432454 KpH

This is just a rumour. We are linked with players every year in CL group stages
Where good [players from low team in group stage are linked with us
Last year. Eyal Golasa from Maccabi
Now, Shaqiri from Basel
Think its just a rumour

Shaqiri is amazing though. Tonnes of potential and a very good sub bench player to have, even though I like Altintop (Feel he should play as CM and not winger) Shaqiri is a much better joker/super sub.

Shaqiri is a big talent... However, is it good to move in our club and wait a chance for playing in 1st team? I don't think so... Fact is that Robben and Ribery more than obvious will be in future also sometimes injured. But I don't think that every player thinks on that when he's thinking about move in other clubs. Only what he wants is money and almost every minute in every game. We bought Kroos and he was in 2nd team, than he played some important games in Hitzfeld era, but after Hitzfeld he needed to move and find himselve in profesional league and football. Maybe the destiny of Shaqiri would be similar as Kroos was, loan in other BL club and wait for chance to back and play a main role in Bayern. We'll what's gonna happen.

FCB general wrote:Shaqiri is a big talent... However, is it good to move in our club and wait a chance for playing in 1st team? I don't think so... Fact is that Robben and Ribery more than obvious will be in future also sometimes injured. But I don't think that every player thinks on that when he's thinking about move in other clubs. Only what he wants is money and almost every minute in every game. We bought Kroos and he was in 2nd team, than he played some important games in Hitzfeld era, but after Hitzfeld he needed to move and find himselve in profesional league and football. Maybe the destiny of Shaqiri would be similar as Kroos was, loan in other BL club and wait for chance to back and play a main role in Bayern. We'll what's gonna happen.

why not just buy him and loan him back to Basel

Psychaz wrote:why not just buy him and loan him back to Basel

Buy Shaqiri, sing with him 5-year contract... Then loan him back to Basel or in some BL club as Nürnberg or Stuttgart...

I would support something like that.

I feel that if we buy Shaqiri being the YOUNG talent he is and it also shows in his determination to play for the big clubs. He will impress LVG so much that he will eventually gain a starting spot with 1/2 a season or a season. Yes, ahead of the likes of Ribery/Muller/Kroos.

He might be good... But I haven't heard a single clue from any of Bayern 's managers anything about trying to snatch him....
The whole thing seems to be just media speculation.... We should not take it so seriously for now, I guess...