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Eladir said...

And if the transfer happens, will it be for the 43mil reported some days earlier ? Or there is a new offer ?

10 July 2009 at 11:04  

Milo said...

Manchester solved their problems with Valencia a lot easier :(

10 July 2009 at 11:04  

skanjos said...

madrid bought albiol no??why cant we find a deal for villa?now the official president is llorente ......
great article pep and clears some fog but creates a big questionmark if we will sign villa in time.

10 July 2009 at 11:13  

Anonymous said...

hey pep how abt this quote from pele for quote of the day...

"A player goes to Real Madrid and kisses the shirt, only to change teams the following day, kiss the shirt of the new club and pledge eternal love." - Pele

10 July 2009 at 11:39  

koko=barca said...

El Fuego you are totally right. F..k those overrated player and their clubs. Villa is not worth that kind of money neither is Fabregas, and especially not Bruno alves. Keep eto'o and buy Filipe.

10 July 2009 at 11:57  

Aussie Barca Fan said...

All that is missing from this scenario is the 'prostitute' who has slept with both presidents and holds the 'real' balance of power lol

10 July 2009 at 12:07  

Bojanibra said...

we cant keep eto'o,he must leave and i think he also knows that this is his best time to leave barca.we really need villa with all cost,i dont really support the option of forlan,but i do with villa.he is a real barcelona type,u jut ask XAVI.

10 July 2009 at 12:07  

trez said...

And who has a child that will become the next president since both think that it's their child and see the biy as their successor...

10 July 2009 at 12:10  

Anonymous said...

I am leaning towards this option too, koko=barca & el fuego.
find a solution for Eto'o's situation. if he wants 13 and he earns 7 right now give him 10. although I do believe this is very much since I think Messi is getting less than that. everybody is tough nowadays. just too fucking bad. I wouldn't pay more than 20 for Fabregas. and I wouldn't either pay one penny more than what Eto'o is sold for to Valencia for Villa. Bruno Alves? seriously? 30 freaking millions? I would rather fuck myself with the fake Ronaldo.

10 July 2009 at 12:10  

Anonymous said...

after all the open media shit with Eto'o yeah I would rather take Villa or Forlan over him since no one can guarantee this won't happen again some time in the future. but to pay a staggering 20 millions difference to either Valencia or the other gay team in Madrid..as I said it before and I will say it again.. I would rather fuck myself with the fake Ronaldo. when you hear that someone has actually paid 56 million Euro for Kaka you are like sweet Marry Jesus and Joseph but to hear that they ask 36 for Forlan..I simply ran out of words.

10 July 2009 at 12:15  

trez said...

Messi will get a rise, like Iniesta.

Eto'o would have now 7,5 and he would want 10. Everything unconfirmed. So give him 8,5 and three or four years, he'll be happy with that, cause he can stay close to one of his children who is kind of his god and who's living in Mallorca now.

If you sell him for 25 and buy Villa for 45 and pay Villa 7,5, it's clear that also financial Eto'o is the better choice. Yes, then he leaves for free to Mallorca in 3-4 years, but Villa will also leave for free, I think, since he's 27.

Although I think everything is too broken with Eto'o. On the other hand: we did think that last year too adter Guardiola ezven explicitly said he didn't want him anymore.

10 July 2009 at 12:15  

fcbee said...

If Atletico plays it hard, it will even be more than 36 millions because that's vat (6 per cent, 14 per cent I don't know) not included.

10 July 2009 at 12:18  

Anonymous said...

seriously though, Albiol's deal is a great business, the prices in the market right now don't reflect at all the quality of the players. Albiol is two times better than this Bruno Alves. if we are looking for a CB then we missed that chance.

10 July 2009 at 12:20  

Anonymous said...

fcbee yeah I checked it right now, it is possible, so they expect us to pay a sum of 70 million Euro for Forlan and Bruno. that's an insult. we can get Ibrahimovic for that sum and live happily ever after (theoretically).
if I was in the place of the board I would pretend to accept these prices and send them a suitcase with middle fingers instead of the cash.

10 July 2009 at 12:26  

thebackseatstrangler said...

this is a total f'ing mess. i don't like it from any angle, really. in my opinion we should've stuck w/our gut and gone with ibrahimovic. is what we're offering for villa that much more than inter milan would have asked for? we could have swapped eto'o & not have had to dealt w/so many different entities. especially valencia which looks like honduras, not knowing who is in charge & unable to move forward.

there's questions of whether or not he'd adapt quick enough, but how long is it gonna take for all of madrid's signings to click?

10 July 2009 at 12:37  

Anonymous said...

I watched Ibrahimovic this season a lot and he doesn't worth that either. but what can you do.
Ribery is not worth a penny over 30 millions. no way. actually, in so many games with Bayern this season he was absolute shit, they will tell us that Bayern was utter crap, but if we are paying 64874 for him we expect him to do wonders. and after all we still have Iniesta and Henry, so I don't really mind not buying him or anyone really. but the market being like this, selling Eto'o for 25 m is a bit low.

10 July 2009 at 12:45  

thebackseatstrangler said...

manchester city says no to eto'o officially on their website

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2009/July/City-end-Etoo-chase

10 July 2009 at 13:29  

tricampions said...

what a mess!!!!!

10 July 2009 at 13:45  

Barca4ever said...

Fellow cules For what it is worth - I believe the FCBarca board have not bid for any player it is all a smoke screen. Simpley because they have convinced themselves that the team can deliver the goods next season like they did last season. Mark my words it is all going to end in tears. All the stories remind me of the fairy tales my mum used to read me when I was just a kid and I didn't believe them either

I am convinced we will not sign any players of note and I could not care less any more the sooner this president and his fellow nut case go the better. They are making Barcelona the laughting stock of Europe.

They are just playing stupid games and lost all sense of reality.

10 July 2009 at 14:04  

Marws said...

Barca4ever so pep asked for more players in the squad but the board will instead shrink his squad? No way. Villa is ours. You'll see. isn't it 1,5 months left on the transfer window? Barca will buy a LB, Villa, Keirrison (loan out), a midfielder and bring back henrique.

In the end of the transfer window we will use all of our 60-80 mill on Keirrison 15, Villa 45, LB 10, midfielder for 15-20 mill.

Selling Eto'o for 25 mill means this will cost us 60-65 mill.

If we can't sell Eto'o then there is no reason buying Villa. We can keep Keirrison, and instead of buying Villa we can buy Masch or Cesc.

10 July 2009 at 14:29  

Xaviniesta said...

all i can say is madrid effed up the market. i fully blame them for our difficulties. i'm sure perez and cohorts are laughing their b's off i hope they choke on their saliva. sorry for the language pep. feel free to delete but i just had to vent for a bit.

10 July 2009 at 15:27  

Warik said...

You do have to think about it, when you look...

1) AS report Pep and Laporta aren't getting along because of transfers

Ok, so you think it is just AS it doesn't matter...

2) Sport and EMD pick up the same story. They say despite Peps wishes Laporta doesnt see the need to add to the squad

Still just paper speculation though, right?

3) Laporta says at a charity dinner "If I had my way we would not sign anybody"

Thing is, he is the President, the top man, so he will get his own way, surely?

You also have to take into account Laporta's history. Laporta doesn't listen to people who know football...he didn't in 2006, and he didn't in 2007 truly identify the problems, he ignored those who offered wisdom...in 2008 his ass was on the line so he listened and did what the people who knew the sport wanted.

Now we are back, his ass is safe for a year...so I believe right now he is dragging his heels, despite Peps protestations.

Truth is winning the big league is just like winning promotion from a lower league...a team might of won the lower league but that team needs to strengthen so it can compete in the higher league. It is the same with us...if you don't strengthen teams will pass you by...as Sevilla and Real did last time when Laporta sat idly by.

It is depressing to see it. I hope Txiki and Pep get him to pull his finger out soon, because it isn't looking good. We need players like Villa, Filipe and co who will come in and WANT TO WIN...people who will compete and shake things up a bit.

I am worried currently...not that we will do poorly, because I don't think we will, but because we seem to think we cannot improve, which isn't true, there is always room for improvement.

I am worried that we are spending too long focussing on one guy and might end up with no one decent to show for it (like Madrid with Ronaldo last year, who did they end up with eventually? van der Vaart). Again, Madrid made the mistake of not improving last summer.

If this Villa thing drags on longer than one more week we need to forget it and buy elsewhere...we cannot simply hang around and end up with nobody like Madrid did.

10 July 2009 at 15:32  

Hung said...

Goal.com has denied the rumour about a done deal. Typical.

You can't blame Barca and Laporta alone. Real Madrid wanted to ruin the transfer marked and they succeeded. They could have taken their time and negotiated the prices for their players, but they didn't. By throwing a crazy big money, they got their player and hit Barca as well. 2 flies 1 slap. Other clubs' though is "Real paid big money then Barca have also to do so". Barca have been struggling to strengthen the team. The deadline is closing is, but there are still nothing but problems have made their ways through.

But their is still time and the players Barca wants are almost still available. Their is nothing for us fans can do beside supporting the squad, which gave os a lot of joy during last season. Whatever happens, I still believe that Barca still can give Real a hell of a run next season. Joan Laporta has only one season left. Please remember what this man has given the club. Last summer, who would believed in Pep Guardiola (I actually did)? A new president with his new project is on the way. Be patient :-)

10 July 2009 at 23:27  

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