Sandro Rosell

[10Rivaldo]

Rosell never promised that he was going to sign Fabregas as far as I know.

 

[Cule Angles]

Rosell never promised that he was going to sign Fabregas as far as I know.

Correct. Although he was asked about him and made the right noises there was never a promise, it was all rumours from the press who wanted a juicy transfer story to spice up an otherwise dull election.

 

[Beast]

It's playing on words.. yeah Rosell stayed away from promising transfers during the election and concentrated on the issues of the club and their members without putting X or Y as a guaranteed signing ala Laporta with Becks in the last election with the usual "we will do what Pep wants " but he never said clearly if i was elected i will bring X or Y players .
however since his election he did say several times he will bring Cesc.. so to sum up
1- Yes Cesc wasn't part of Rosell election campaign manifesto .
2- he spent the first month + trying to bring Cesc and failed

 

[Cule Angles]

It's playing on words.. yeah Rosell stayed away from promising transfers during the election and concentrated on the issues of the club and their members without putting X or Y as a guaranteed signing ala Laporta with Becks in the last election with the usual "we will do what Pep wants " but he never said clearly if i was elected i will bring X or Y players .
however since his election he did say several times he will bring Cesc.. so to sum up
1- Yes Cesc wasn't part of Rosell election campaign manifesto .
2- he spent the first month + trying to bring Cesc and failed

To clarify he said he will TRY to bring Cesc IF the price was right, there's a massive difference between that and a so called promise to get him come what may

 

[JAMAIN]

It's playing on words.. yeah Rosell stayed away from promising transfers during the election and concentrated on the issues of the club and their members without putting X or Y as a guaranteed signing ala Laporta with Becks in the last election with the usual "we will do what Pep wants " but he never said clearly if i was elected i will bring X or Y players .
however since his election he did say several times he will bring Cesc.. so to sum up
1- Yes Cesc wasn't part of Rosell election campaign manifesto .
2- he spent the first month + trying to bring Cesc and failed

I am not a huge Rosell fan, but in his defense we could have signed Cesc this Summer if we were ready to pay Real Madrid money for him. Meaning stupid, irresponsible type of money.
The only reason Wenger did not sell or hold out was because they were hoping for a 50M + type bid to come in for him. Rosell was smart not to budge. I think it showed restraint, prudencey and good leadership. Something I did not think he would show.

In fact I think the club is amplifying it's debt problem under Rosell's instruction because he knows that Cesc is not worth the kind of money that us fans would want to spend to bring him back. Fans forgive Sandro for not signing Cesc today in light of the debt. Note, the 500M or so the club owes the banks can be nullified quickly if it sold it's assets (players like Messi, Pique, Iniesta etc.), the stadium plus other assets belonging to the club, the image rights, TV contracts etc. etc. etc. I don't know, I don't have all the details. However a banks are not going to foreclose on FC Barcelona tomorrow, this is nonsense. Rosell knows this being an astute business man of the game..

Cesc will come next year and for the money Sandro wants to pay. Around 40M Euro's max. At that time Xavi may be ready to play a role off the bench.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Wrong about Xavi. He will be playing for another 3/4 seasons as a starter.

 

[Barcafan 2304]

To clarify he said he will TRY to bring Cesc IF the price was right, there's a massive difference between that and a so called promise to get him come what may

Correct. He just said he would try everything possible to bring Cesc to Barca but there were never cast iron promises.

 

[tk_TommyKim]

It's not like we have a surplus of cash to bring him here anyway. I'm kind of glad that we're not spending 30mil on a player who's going to be on the bench more often than not. Sure I'd like to have him here, but his price tag is too high.

 

[Barcafan 2304]

It's not like we have a surplus of cash to bring him here anyway. I'm kind of glad that we're not spending 30mil on a player who's going to be on the bench more often than not. Sure I'd like to have him here, but his price tag is too high.

Talk of 60 million was way to high. Id have loved to see him arrive but not at a ridiculous price and im glad that Rosell maintained he was never going to be held to ransom over this deal

 

[Barcaman]

Seems that Rosell arrived in Croatia and will be cruising the coast for the next 10 days. Media here are sure that Barca will play a friendly match vs. Hajduk Split next year. They are reporting a figure of 2 million euros which is our standard price.

 

[Cule Angles]

There are a few fans on here based in the Balkans, must be exciting for you guys to have the prospect of a visit from Barca next year.

 

[Trequartista]

Seems that Rosell arrived in Croatia and will be cruising the coast for the next 10 days. Media here are sure that Barca will play a friendly match vs. Hajduk Split next year. They are reporting a figure of 2 million euros which is our standard price.

Then we get 2m for every friendly?

Something I like about Rosell is that he doesnt talk too much,he leaves his vice president to deal with the media,Presidents should have that respect,I like Laporta but he talked too much and thats the only thing I hated about him.

 

[Barcaman]

Rosell in Croatia. Man on the left is Hajduk Split president. He will be present at Gamper vs. Milan after which we will know if they reached an agreement on that friendly.

 

[Fourteen]

What's he doing there?

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

The dude on the right looks like he is about to have a stroke.