Thiago Alcantara sold to Bayern for 25 million euros

[flamenco]

I personally believe not inserting a buy back clausule after 3 seasons or a first refusal was a big mistake even if it means Cesc would be the successor of Xavi, there is no telling how good Thiago might be after 3 seasons and Iniesta will be at that time 32. Secondly, I believe Cesc should get more minutes than Xavi cuz I noticed he suddenly declined in his performance last season and he wasn't playing really at his best including at the confederation cup in Brazil.

Good point about the buy back clause

Here is Thiago's first goal for Bayern under Guardiola. He's done it with his chest. must be a Barca technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuevhPiZUC8

 

[serghei]

Thiago who?

 

[Puyol the wall]

Good point about the buy back clause

oh for god sake, he had a buy out clause and even though we negotiated and settled on a fee bayern would rather pay the buy out clause which would have been a little more than what they payed to us since it would have included taxes instead of inserting a buy back option, what happened to this forum

 

[Darko]

buy back clause?
It was Peps and Bayerns good will to give us a few extra millions,they could have just paid the buy out clause and talked to Thiago without any contact with Barca except sending the cash...

 

[Cruijffista]

buy back clause?
It was Peps and Bayerns good will to give us a few extra millions,they could have just paid the buy out clause and talked to Thiago without any contact with Barca except sending the cash...

LMAO @ Pep having any good will towards Barca. Bayern were trying to avoid the taxes that would come along with activating a buyout clause in Spain.

That's not to say Barcelona doesn't benefit from a couple extra million by avoiding the buyout clause being activated either.

 

[oz187]

The goodwill was from Thiago who gave 4M from his salary to make the transfer total 25M.

 

[Robert]

Huge loss if you ask me, he will be as good as anybody in 2-3 years.

 

[Messigician]

Would you believe it

He retired before iniesta

 

[CatalinR10]

Would you believe it

He retired before iniesta

He's retired ???

 

[Messigician]

He's retired ???

Yeah just happened

 

[CatalinR10]

Yeah just happened

Why tho ?

 

[soul24rage]

Imagine if Thiago becomes an assistant coach for Flick

 

[Horatio]

Imagine if Thiago becomes an assistant coach for Flick

siuu

 

[Maradona37]

Destroyed by injuries. It's a shame - he was a very talented individual when coming through at Barcelona. He won a lot at Bayern but he never became the dominating midfielder he was tipped to be. Truth be told, he might have been a little overrated in the young days, but he was definitely killed by injuries too.

 

[Birdy]

Imagine if Thiago becomes an assistant coach for Flick

Wonderful idea.
Knows Barca culture and can transmit it to Flick in his fluent German.