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On April 09 2010 15:33 TheMusiC wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2010 15:29 nitram wrote:
Most team are ruled by money. Looks at countries like Poland, Romania, turkey, Portugal, Sweden - These countries have mediocre leagues and most players see these teams as stepping stones. These teams try to find young talent and develop the players so they can be sold to top Euro teams. The leagues will rarely progress because all the top players are sold out.
A lot of top end teams are like this too. ManU has many old players that have been on the team for 10+ years but some players they have more worth being sold. They sold Ronaldo for $80 mil to Madrid where hes rotting.... Madrid thought they'd make all the money back by getting far in the champions league - worked out too well for them. Fans will always respect players that are tied to team their entire career but money is money... ronaldo is far from 'rotting' at madrid, in fact he has for the most part been in extremely good form. you could say that kaka has been rotting maybe, but not for ronaldo, not at all. the champions league exit was not his fault either, higuain basically missed two free goals and turned the game against them.
Judging by his stats i guess your right. Just watching him play i never see him live up to that 80 mil figure.
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tbf ronaldo was never 80 mil in the first place but right now he's def madrid's best player this season with Higuain coming as a close 2nd
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even if gerrard has a stellar summer i don't think any club is gonna pay 20m, maybe even 15m for him. he had a poor season by his standards, is near/over 30 and his current club are a sinking ship and in debt.
holgerius ever heard of terry, giggs, scholes? what about batigol leaving fiorentina to join roma? i mean i expect anti-epl bs from you but you're not even trying now.
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On April 09 2010 05:01 TonyL2 wrote:There is only one English striker that can be compared to Messi + Show Spoiler +
Maybe not quite at Messi's level  , but I agree with the last part, he is in far better form than Heskey, and has had a great work ethic all the time, even last season when he was struggling and scored only a handful of goals.
His control for the goal was unbelievable.
Pretty shocked how easy Fulham's victory was yesterday, Shaktar are still by far the best team they have met so far. But with Hamburg coming that could easily change
Just saw for the second time Hangeland's clearance off the line, bet Wenger wished he had bought him now.
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Didn't Real Madrid pay 130 million to get Ronaldo? Maybe that number was in euro's, dunno what currency you guys are talking about but 80 million pounds =/= 130 million euro's. Afaik they paid 90 million for Kaka.
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On April 09 2010 23:36 Twisted wrote:
Didn't Real Madrid pay 130 million to get Ronaldo? Maybe that number was in euro's, dunno what currency you guys are talking about but 80 million pounds =/= 130 million euro's. Afaik they paid 90 million for Kaka.
$130mill maybe?
It was definitely £80mil, Kaka was slightly less.
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On April 09 2010 23:36 Twisted wrote:
Didn't Real Madrid pay 130 million to get Ronaldo? Maybe that number was in euro's, dunno what currency you guys are talking about but 80 million pounds =/= 130 million euro's. Afaik they paid 90 million for Kaka.
No, no. Ronaldo was 90 million and Kaka around 65m Euros.
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On April 09 2010 23:36 Twisted wrote:
Didn't Real Madrid pay 130 million to get Ronaldo? Maybe that number was in euro's, dunno what currency you guys are talking about but 80 million pounds =/= 130 million euro's. Afaik they paid 90 million for Kaka.
If i remember correctly it was 30 million for xabi alonso, 35 million euros for benzema, 65 for kaka and 94 for ronaldo tt
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looks like MANU need to start spending like Real or they'll wind up trophyless next season.imo they should get rid of Berbatov asap.he's been a total joke since joining.
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On April 10 2010 00:20 BloodDrunK wrote:
looks like MANU need to start spending like Real or they'll wind up trophyless next season.imo they should get rid of Berbatov asap.he's been a total joke since joining.
manutd has big money problems
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On April 10 2010 00:35 SuperArc wrote:Show nested quote +On April 10 2010 00:20 BloodDrunK wrote:
looks like MANU need to start spending like Real or they'll wind up trophyless next season.imo they should get rid of Berbatov asap.he's been a total joke since joining. manutd has big money problems
yep and that's where the 'RED KNIGHTS' factor comes into play.
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Real madrid paid 56.8pounds for Kaka even though Man City wanted to buy him for 125mil? lol
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On April 09 2010 23:52 TArujo wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2010 23:36 Twisted wrote:
Didn't Real Madrid pay 130 million to get Ronaldo? Maybe that number was in euro's, dunno what currency you guys are talking about but 80 million pounds =/= 130 million euro's. Afaik they paid 90 million for Kaka. If i remember correctly it was 30 million for xabi alonso, 35 million euros for benzema, 65 for kaka and 94 for ronaldo tt
Oh yeah this was it.
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The money problem with Utd is weird. All signs point to budget problems but the owners and Ferguson have repeatedly said they have a big transfer kitty ready if it's ever needed. Ferguson said the reason he didn't buy big last season was because he didn't think he could get any value with the bloated transfer fees these days. He's mostly right since there was really no one worth 30million+ pounds on the market and the ones who were, Ribery, Benzema, etc didn't want to go to Manchester. Letting Tevez go is a mistake in hindsight but he has been playing a lot better than he ever did at Utd. I hope the Glazers leave too but a new takeover seems highly unlikely.
Also yes, I agree Berbatov should be sold, he simply does not fit in. He's also not very clinical either.
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On April 09 2010 13:31 Holgerius wrote:
It would be the ultimate proof that PL is ruled by money gloating soulless idiots. Roma would never under any circumstance sell Totti, Maldini stayed in Milan during his entire career, Del Piero went with Juve to Serie B. Gerrard is Liverpool's talismanic icon, fuck them if they sell him. There is more to football than money and silverware. =/
I doubt Ronaldo or Kaka went to RM for the money. Most of the time a player chooses a new team because he wants a challenge or because it was his dream to play for said team.
Seriously
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<3 Fiorentina. If Roma can just beat Atalanta tomorrow they'll be the new #1.
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Messi is not even close to the world's best player.
His Barca teammate is the real one.
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On April 11 2010 06:57 SuperArc wrote:
Messi is not even close to the world's best player.
His Barca teammate is the real one.
QFT. Messi is good, but his teammates such as xavi, d.alves are the one whos supporting him.
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On April 11 2010 06:57 SuperArc wrote:
Messi is not even close to the world's best player.
His Barca teammate is the real one.
messi acceleration and his ability NOT to fall, even though his opponent just stabbed him with a giant sword through his stomach, are just exceptional
as you can see in most of this years barca games
he has the ability to score goals, nobody else would score
that being said, if messi plays not like an alien from another galaxy, there are like 9999999999999 people to step up and win the game
and wtf, xavi is ridiculous, honestly these passes he gives are just O.o
the whole squad is just O.o
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