Zlatan Ibrahimovic

[Trillske]

So many wants a part of his spotlight. He might even be the one player that has praised Barcelona the most after leaving. Sure, it is mainly because he is asked the questions more than Eto, Ronaldinho, Deco etc, but still. He even voted for Pep as coach of the year even though that is the one guy he could not stand.

The part about the players beeing schoolboys was never hating, it was that he could not understand it himself. Personally I agree with his approach, he understands he and the rest of the stars are the ones that make fotball what it is, not the manager of the day, and he wants respect for it. Same with the reporters with nagging questions, he knows he pays their bills and not the other way around.

But that is not hating on those that see it differently.

 

[Mes que un club]

Same with the reporters with nagging questions, he knows he pays their bills and not the other way around.

That's awfully simplistic. It is just as much the other way around, obviously. The reason he makes the amount of money he, and other footballers, does, is media coverage.

 

[Trillske]

That's awfully simplistic. It is just as much the other way around, obviously. The reason he makes the amount of money he, and other footballers, does, is media coverage.

No, that is what the idiots wants you to believe, because that is how they try to justify their means of work.
Media coverage will allways happen, it is a product of people wanting media coverage.

That the fans read and discuss a headline that is a lie, does not mean that they want to read and discuss lies, it simply means they did not know it was a lie. The noise creating reporter is a parasite. His or her bills are payed by the players, along with the very rare good reporters out there that keep some hope of credibility.

 

[GiantKiller]

he understands he and the rest of the stars are the ones that make fotball what it is, not the manager of the day.

Highly ignorant.

 

[Stric]

I'm not familiar with the entire situation, can someone explain this incredible difference between the fee Barca paid and the other fees?

 

[GiantKiller]

Wasn't that because Eto'o wanted to desperately leave and the club were looking at Ibra to replace him who was, along with being Inters' key player then, was one of the best players in Serie A, if not the best?

 

[Stric]

Yeah but it's ~3 times as much as the others paid for him. Not a bit. 3 times as much! Who in the hell ever authorized that transfer?! And then we sold him for less than half of what we paid?

 

[GiantKiller]

That includes Eto'os' transfer value too, doesn't it? Also, the club wanted to sell Ibra after his first season no matter what, for reasons obvious now. So, I think it was more a case of who bids in first.

 

[Ode to Django]

Doesn't even take into account his insane wages.

 

[Trillske]

It is even less money from Milan, as the payment was divided and spread out.

I'm not familiar with the entire situation, can someone explain this incredible difference between the fee Barca paid and the other fees?

Eto was supposed to go anyway, and that would have been a tricky transfer, so it is not as expensive as it looks. And when Ibra left, Barcelona where completely ripped off by Milan.

So there is your problem summed up, pretty much. Lower the transfer to Barcelona to 55, raise the transfer to Milan to 40, and things makes a bit more sense.

 

[Eetu]

It wasn't as much a case of Eto'o wanting to leave, but Eto'o being wished to leave. Then him not wanting to move to Man City, who were the only ones that came in with a bid. Thus he would've just sat out the year he had in his contract. Someone was to be bought and the other names on the shortlist were Villa and... was it Kun? Those didn't come with the option of offloading Samu, but would've cost at the same in cash terms, so Ibra was the cheapest of the trio. Well, not for the whole length of his contract, but short term anyway. Initial fee was somewhere around 46mil, and then some penalties for Hleb not wanting to play ball.

So there was at least some kind of rationale for it. Though even then it was deemed ludicrous by many.

 

[footyfan]

It was because of Kaka's 60 mil move to Real. They were both widely regarded as the best Serie A players of the time. Ibra was the consistent league performer that the team could depend on, while Kaka was an inconsistent crocked star who excelled in the big games and the Champions League. Obviously Inter weren't looking to bargain. The high price for Kaka's transfer set the demand for Ibra's fee.

 

[Clockwise]

I'm not familiar with the entire situation, can someone explain this incredible difference between the fee Barca paid and the other fees?

I notice the Barca deal, I weepin...

 

[diegomessi]

I notice the Barca deal, I weepin...

remember that is counting eto'os worth not just money paid

 

[Deco 20]

I'm not familiar with the entire situation, can someone explain this incredible difference between the fee Barca paid and the other fees?

Yes, the people involved in the deal were idiots.
Although, to be fair to them it was "only" 45 million, but then there was Eto'o (a possibly better player) going the other way...