Juan Guillermo Cuadrado

Egert

Estonian Culé
Well, nobody has reported that Fiorentina has turned down our 35M offer, if it was offered of course.
 

Tomchin

New member
Anyone know when's Fiorentina's next friendly (if any)? Apparently they only play their first Liga-game at the end of August (and Cuadrado definitely won't participate there because suspended), so this saga could go on until deadline-day.

Hope ManUtd manage to sign Di Maria asap, that should decrease Cuadrado's price a lot.
 

Egert

Estonian Culé
Well if we believe the latest reports then they ask 40M and we have made 35M offer. But everything should be clear next week. I hope so, they still need to find a replacement too if they sell him.
 

NotInHere

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God damn one must pay that much for players nowadays? What the hell has Cuadrado done to have a price tag that high?

Who the hell started this trend of over paying players.
 

Tomchin

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Well if we believe the latest reports then they ask 40M and we have made 35M offer. But everything should be clear next week. I hope so, they still need to find a replacement too if they sell him.
I think they already bought (or rather loaned) Chelsea's Marin as Cuadrado's replacement last week.
 

Truthist

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It's not simply a trend of selling players at outrageously inflated prices, its the potential suitors desperation in pursuit of the player that dictates the market.

We never take no for an answer and carry on pursuing players, the club catches onto the situation and increases the price and as we never have alternatives lined up we meet their ridiculous demands.

That is why our players are never sold at inflated prices - we don't know how to play the game in the transfer market.
 
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Flavia

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The reasons Barcelona said "No" to Juan Cuadrado
Colombia's World Cup star seemed destined for Barcelona

JAVIER GIRALDO

Financial Fair Play rules imposed by UEFA in 2011 and adapted to La Liga in 2013 are the main reason that the club are giving up on signing Fiorentina's Juan Guillermo Cuadrado.
To sign the player for €40million plus to pay him €4.5m in wages would significantly affect Barcelona's accounts.

The club held two consultations with UEFA and the LFP to see if the signing of Cuadrado would work, according to recent seasons and projected income and expenses, but in both cases the answer was negative.

So not only would Cuadrado unbalance the book but he may have seen Barca fined by both the LFP and UEFA.
He was the first choice of the club, having been extensively scouted for up to 10 Fiorentina games.

They wanted to sign him before the World Cup but the Italian side long resisted and his price skyrocketed after the tournament in Brazil, where he impressed.
Subsequently the club have bought two players who cost more than expected, in Luis Suarez, €81m and Jeremy Mathieu, €20m.

That total of €101m put Barca dangerously close to the salary cap limits set by the LFP.

League boundaries
The rule of the LFP came in from January 2013, requiring all Liga and Segunda clubs to submit by April 30 a realistic budget with an estimate of revenue and expenditure and treasury data.

Based on the LFP rules, a salary cap is imposed and there are penalties for breaching it, including stopping players from being registered in the competition.
"On the third notice, relegation is agreed," said CEO of the LFP at the time, Javier Gomez. The cap can be modified if clubs post new revenues by player sales or new sponsors.

Alves and Song
Barcelona were so confident in shedding Dani Alves and Alex Song, that they moved towards the final stages of the Cuadrado transfer. However, they are not leaving it seems, so Barça have gone for plan B, with the signing of Douglas from Sao Paulo.
 

NotInHere

New member
It's not simply a trend of selling players at outrageously inflated prices, its the potential suitors desperation in pursuit of the player that dictates the market.

We never take no for an answer and carry on pursuing players, the club catches onto the situation and increases the price and as we never have alternatives lined up we meet their ridiculous demands.

That is why our players are never sold at inflated prices - we don't know how to play the game in the transfer market.
who the hell is going to pay 50m for Cuadrado though, I know needy teams might, hopefully its not us though...
 

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