Jeremy Mathieu

[Flavia]

People under-estimate him too much. You can't say that you know well la Liga when you're only Watching Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Mathieu is a very solid and reliable defender ; with the likes of Godin and Laporte, he was one of the best CB in la Liga this season.

Don't give a shit about the price actually, if he gives us three full season of very good performances, I will be happy.
Now let's sign some youngster CB. Marquinhos won't come so we should buy Laporte if we have enough money to splash.

This. He is a good addition. One year later and for the double, but he will help. Wc cbs aren't available by the dozen this summer.

Barça signed a cb after almost 1800 days. This is great news

 

[Xavinho]

Apparently some Cules plan to go whistle at him when he's presented in front of the Barca-crest tonight 17:00. Disgusting stuff.

"Hey a**hole, thanks for giving up 3 million in wages to come play for us!"

 

[Chainsaw]

How much did he even earn at Valencia to take 3 million cut??

 

[Antimadridista1]

How much did he even earn at Valencia to take 3 million cut??

It's probably a 3M cut on his 4year contract… A cut of 750.000euros per year is a possibility.

 

[Zuess99]

I guess beggars cant be choosers , but its really not that bad, top defenders are really hard to get as they are so scarce .

 

[Ryan_Cule]

Welcome Mathieu.

 

[Bertus]

20M is a lot but still it's great that Barca is finally signing a CB, and he's not as average as people make him out to be.

 

[Androutsos]

Welcome Mathieu.

It's interesting because you hear & see a lot of French players smoking. I'm sure Zidane & Cantona were both smokers.

 

[Tomchin]

That's stupid. If they don't like the transfer, take it up with the board, don't be an ass to the player.

True, especially after Mathieu has done everything in his power to make the move "easier" (refusing to play friendlies, written transfer-request, 3M salary-cut!)

People will say that that 3M-salarycut isn't a significant deal, but for a player like Mathieu, who probably hasn't earned all that much in career, and who's now going into his last big contract, I'm sure that 3M is a big deal.

 

[Muttu]

Yay finally, welcome Mathieu! Great addition, he's gonna prove his worth.

 

[Messi_Goal]

Its only my opinion but but paying up to 20 Million for a defender that is nearly 31 and is not much better than average is poor. He should of cost about 8 million and been a back up to Pique and a new World class defender ie Hummels.
Hopefully the lad does great but it is underwhelming to say the least.

 

[te amo barca]

No bargains in today's market, glad we signed him.

 

[Tomchin]

Its only my opinion but but paying up to 20 Million for a defender that is nearly 31 and is not much better than average is poor. He should of cost about 8 million and been a back up to Pique and a new World class defender ie Hummels.
Hopefully the lad does great but it is underwhelming to say the least.

Theoretically he shouldn't cost more than 10M indeed, but that's not how the market works unfortunately.

So who do you guys want now as our "high-profile" CB-signing? Anyone in favor of Godin? But unlike Miranda, Godin doesn't have a release-clause I think, or has he?

 

[D10S_JC]

 

[Tomchin]

Albert Lesan ‏@albertlesan 1m View translation
Sabéis que yo hablo claro. Mathieu es exigencia de Luis Enrique. Era su primera opción. No valoro si buena o mala. Por eso se le ha fichado.