Sergi Samper
- Thread starter Barcaman
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Joan
Well-known member
I read this and immediately thought of BBZ's theory of "new shining toys"
in my defence, I'm not hyping Oriol up. Just saying that if it was between the two I would go with the one with match fitness.
God Serena
New member
Are you actually suggesting Valverde should start a game without Rakitic? Do we have a friendly this weekend or what?
Arizona Scott
New member
Just too many matches in a row. Rakitic and vidal should each play part of the match at most. Other minutes have to be alena, oriel or samper
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
He has already tried this twice and didn't really work well for him.
At the end, he knows he is unlikely to build any legacy as footballers so why not aim for collecting biggest pay checks? It isn't like there is no come back from there to Liga
BBZ8800
Senior Member
In a friendly?
Did he play 3 good games in his senior career (including loan spells)?
Some will get offended, but Samper is probably not good enough for any La Liga team.
He was probably never that good, tbh.
He was a teen in years when:
1. Pep's Barca was rulling the world
2. when everything from La Masia was considered to be a pure gold
3. when La Masia's youth midfielders were believed to be Gods
4. Xavi said that Samper is the next Xavi
5. in general, those were the early days of social media and people were even less cautious than today (and even today, people are far from cautious)
Arsenal's interest for him was probably a mix of:
1. Arsenal being Barcelona's copy
2. Wenger being delusional and too obsessed with underage players
3. everything mentioned above about Pep's golden years, La Masia being a factory of aliens back then, unreal hype and similar
EdmondDantes
New member
There's no way they're offering him monster wages to play in the J-League. He's not a star with international appeal.
Messi983
Senior Member
He was on loan at Granada when their whole team was a mess and he started well at Las Palmas under Paco Jemez before he got injured.
I think if he could stay healthy (which is a big question mark) he could easily play for teams like Leganes (Gerard Gumbau has played almost 1.000 league minutes for them this season), Rayo or Huesca.
But you're right, based on his injury history probably no La Liga team would offer him a 4-year contract so he'll get more longterm stability and he could play under former Pep's coach Juanma Lillo and together with legends like Iniesta and Villa.
They could still pay more than lower table La Liga teams.
BTW, Samper could already join Vissel Kobe in coming days. J-league has just started so they prefer to get him now and he's negotiating with Barça to rescind his contract. Don't think there should be any problems about that, just let him go.
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