As Pep Guardiola pursues F.C. Barcelona’s unsettled midfielder, Thiago Alacantara, he has one stumbling block. Thiago is looking for more minutes on the pitch, which he will most definitely not receive if he moves to Bayern Munich and its unbelievably stacked midfield composed of Bastian Schweinsteiger, Javi Martinez, Mario Gotze, Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, Xherdan Shaqiri among more. This would leave Bayern with too many players to be able to realistically play them all.

This leaves Guardiola needing to sell a player in the midfield. The latest reports show a player+cash deal with Real Madrid, in which Toni Kroos will be swapped for 10 million euros and Sami Khedira. This would have 17-year-old Pierre Højbjerg be the long-term replacement for Schweinsteiger.

This would not be a good deal, at least in my eyes, for both sides. Toni Kroos is a great play and certainly worth more than 10 million euros and Sami Khedira. Don’t get me wrong, Khedira is a cracking player but he is just not on the level of Toni Kroos, at least in my point of view. Another problem for Bayern Munich is that instead of their midfield being overly stacked, their defense would be if they went through with this deal! Real Madrid, also have a very stacked midfield, having recently signed hot prospect Isco from Malaga. And while Sami Khedira leaving would open up rotation room for Kroos, Sami is a vital player to Real Madrid, and it would not be in their best interest to let him leave.

Do you think this is a good deal? Do you think Thiago should stay at Barcelona and Bayern avoids this mess altogether? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.