serghei
Senior Member
TAA would be fabulous at Barca
Ter Stegen, Araujo, Pique, and Garcia disagree with you.
I much prefer Reece James. Less flashy, stronger, gets the job done in defense too, instead of ball watching.
TAA would be fabulous at Barca
Owen failed which is pretty much one of the big names. Average players like Woodgate of course failed. But McMannaman did well, and so did Bale overall. Trippier did well at Atletico too I think.
But yea, British players usually don't come to play in Spain. One of the perks of having many strong teams in their own country and one of the best leagues.
Which Brits didn't succeed in Spain? Think it's more the rarity that gives the impression of British players struggling there.
Would think the success rate is fairly high tbh, unless I'm missing someone.
Gary Lineker had one good season but then Cruyff took over and stuck Lineker on the wing ... did not last long after that
Owen didnt fail. He did well at Real.
He went to Real for around 8m and scored 16 goals which is a good return for a striker not on pens or a regular starter.
13 goals in 20 La Liga starts.
Brazilian Ronaldo was the starting 9 at that point.
Scored v Barca etc and left with them more doubling their money.
Good signing who did well and moved on as wanted back to England.
During his one season at Real Madrid, Owen scored 16 goals from 45 games, 26 of which were starts.
Lineker did very well when played in position they signed him in and got hat trick v Real etc.
Cant claim he failed when asked to play on wing and out of position.
Well I trust Cruyffs judgment tbh .. he moved him out of position for a reason
It's a mix bag, I wouldn't call becks a success, he was maybe a 5.5-6/10, ended well for him but overall he was a average.
Bale was by far the best.
Tripper did well.
Robertson cost Liverpool the CL, gotta take a few points away from him, guy was in midfield tracking modric & left a ocean of space behind him for valverde do use, but he's class.
We've been hearing how great English players are for the past 100 years & they can't put in together when it matters most.
Also English teams have won, 2 CL in the past 10 years, that's 1 more than a horrible Barcelona just to put that into prospective, so their great technical & physical advantage doesn't show on the biggiest stage internationally or at the club level when it matters most.
TalkSport had a Spanish guy on saying that Chelsea officials were in Barca to negotiate .
FDJ in a 60 million plus Alonso and Azpilicueta deal ..
Sounds feasible..