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:( Him being loaned probably the best thing that can happen right now. Other than that Cuadrado swap rumor.

I think this warrants some :zubi: and :bartomeu: smileys

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And you completely fail to see the point. Which is that being a starter for a Brazilian league team doesn't mean anything. No, it doesn't mean you're shit, it just doesn't mean you're good.

They're a Brazilian league team. Being a starter for them means jack shit. We shouldn't have gone after him in the first place.

Sums up this deal perfectly. As I said before, we suck at choosing alternatives. Alternative to Marquinhos = Vermaelen. Alternative to Cuadrado = Douglas. Alternative to Thiago Silva (last summer) = no one. Thank God we got Mats, Suarez and Rakitic. I shudder to think of who we would have...

That 83 pace means he's probably a beast at FIFA. Guess we now know why Zubi and co bought him.

Hope he'll be a starter for Sevilla. He needs more playing time than he got at Everton.

He was. But the squad sucked too.

Cheaper, but it doesn't look like he'll be any less of a failure.

Speaking of B team RBs, wasn't that guy we bought from Belgium for the B team also an RB? Though I believe we bought him to play CB...

Or when Cuadrado at RB seemed like the worst thing that can happen.

It's not that he's not worthy of a spot on Barca's starting XI. A spot on Barca's starting XI is not worthy of him.

Lord Douglas anyone?

Would be a miracle. How highly was TS rated in Brazil back then? He must have been rated a lot more highly than Douglas is.

If he's as bad as some people are saying he is (and I don't have any reason to believe he isn't), he isn't even good enough for the B team. Definitely no "diamond in the rough" or anything of that sort.

Douglas to Barca :facepalm:

Nah, he needs to prove he can do it on a warm Saturday night at Getafe before he fits us. At least according to some people here.

Yeah, either our scouts are dumbasses (no surprise there) or there's something shady going on. Probably both. +1

Yeah, some people seem desperate to prove that. Though the best they can come up with is "but he isn't left footed!" or "but he doesn't play in Spain!" Like the foot he uses is that important or not playing in Spain means he'll automatically become shit once he goes there. He has the attributes...