Transfers and Rumours - old thread
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I'm still not sure why we gave something like €20 million for Kerrison who I still haven't seen yet .... why keep loaning him out , why not either give him a chance in the squad or offload him and release whatever he's worth to the fund .
liverpool will not sell agger,chelsea will ask for 40m+ for luiz. We should just sign two of vergini,nkoulou,papapoudolos,zouma.
ceefoo
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I recall Fernando Torres having 'You'll Never Walk Alone', printed on the inside of his captains armband when he was at Atléti. Didn't stop him going to Liverpool's hated rivals, Chel$ki.
ceefoo
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Meaning, first refusal. We have entered a partnership with Santos, so the clubs will be working together.
Why would we want an injury hit , injury prone defender ???
Also what do we know about Pjanic ??
BARCELONA are being linked with a move for Roma midfielder Miralem Pjanic after the player confirmed it would be hard to refuse an offer from the Spanish giants.
ZenI
Professor Balthazar
Don't know anything if there is any truth to the rumors, but I was always a fan of Pjanic - him, Modric, Ilkay are 3 CM's I think would work very well in Barca. Pjanic is very technical, great passing, strong, great shot and can play both a deeper role and also more attacking.
Jadentheman
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Well duh. If he changes it then the point of buying him would have been moot point. Tats knows this. Messi knows this. I actually like this Barcelona+Brazil thing.
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The source of the poisoning at Barca was a couple of the players and also a weakness of the manager. Iniesta and Xavi and even Eto'o were getting to their peak, Messi was developing every year, Dani Alves was the second best player in the league when he was bought. Even Henry needed a season to adjust to La Liga. And of course Pep is Pep and he bought with him a core understanding and development of a playing philosophy that had been chosen for almost two decades. Keita added necessary steel and Pique worked out well too. So a hell of a lot of things changed and went right for the club to turn around that deficit.
Look at Madrid, Ancellotti might not poison things like Mourinho, but he's less capable as a manager. The players they bought are youngsters that will struggle to make it into the first team let alone make a difference. They've sold their best and most consistent striker. They've offloaded two centrebacks(albeit backup ones). Their two most important players(Cristiano and Alonso) are aging. Where's the impact? Where's the improvement really going to come from?
KluivertsBoots
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Gareth Bale will become the first human ever to counter-attack a parked bus.
ceefoo
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I don't mean to dig you out, but just because their best player - Ronaldo turns 29 next February, it doesn't mean that he is in decline, if that's what you're suggesting. This isn't FIFA where the players stats drop like a stone once they reach that age. A footballer is still in his prime up to around 33 years old. Would you suggest that Iniesta is not going to have the same impact because he is 29?
Glenn Hoddle reckons that most footballers don't even reach their peak, until their late twenties.
If you weren't suggesting that, then I apologize.
I liked the rest of your post though! :beer2:
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