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Good technique no question, but i think Luiz's goal on weds was much better xD
By the way, what happened to the rumours Gaitan was going to Man Utd? Or have they died down now?
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
Good technique no question, but i think Luiz's goal on weds was much better xD By the way, what happened to the rumours Gaitan was going to Man Utd? Or have they died down now? | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
On April 22 2013 21:11 Pandemona wrote: Good technique no question, but i think Luiz's goal on weds was much better xD By the way, what happened to the rumours Gaiten (can't spell it!) was going to Man Utd? Or have they died down now? Have to disagree man  , everything in that Benfica goal was pure perfection. The movement, passing and finish absolutely brilliant. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
is a better goal than Luiz's too :S | ||
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bObaZ
Portugal862 Posts
And yes, I do prefer that drogba goal to the David Luiz one. | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
Not saying Luiz's goal isn't great , just enjoy seeing a combination goal more. edit: bObaz nailed it. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
Is United still after him? Will he be leaving in this summer window or has interest cooled on him? | ||
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bObaZ
Portugal862 Posts
The current rumor is that United will move on Garay and Matic, and that worries me.... Sadly Garay has a 20M release clause so I guess that's a done deal... But Matic has a 45M clause so i'm hoping he stays at least another year. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
Ahh yeah Garay looks a good player. Shame about Gaitan he looked ok vs Chelsea in the champions league last season. | ||
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bObaZ
Portugal862 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
If he gets as good as Rui Costa as you just said then, wow. Costa days where when i really enjoyed watching Portuguese national team, he was one of the rocks of the international team. If he becomes as good as that...well xD | ||
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bObaZ
Portugal862 Posts
We'll see about the future. Btw, United is also linked with James Rodriguez from Porto. So if they are to sign a winger that plays in the portuguese league, it will probably be James. | ||
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warding
Portugal2394 Posts
Benfica probably needs to sell players to stay afloat, so this summer it'll be Garay + one out of Gaitan, Matic, Rodrigo or Salvio. Personally I'd prefer selling Gaitan. EDIT: Matic came in the David Luiz deal (Luiz to Chelsea, Matic + €25M to Benfica). If you'd ask me to choose who I'd prefer in Benfica right now between Luiz or Matic, I'd say Matic. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
Porto cast strapped too? Or just continuing their buy talent cheap, sell for profit module? | ||
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bObaZ
Portugal862 Posts
The problem is that the Portuguese League is not very attractive commercially.. And we are, indeed, a poor country... Altough both clubs have annual budgets in the order of 60 to 80M € (something similar to wigan or some low league English teams), the revenue is pretty small... For instance, Benfica just played Leverkusen, Bordeaux and Newcastle in the Europa League. All of this 3 teams have bigger annual budgets than Benfica... With leverkusen and newcastle having more than double of the Benfica budget... The problem is that in Portugal there isn't a lot of money... Benfica received in the last 10 seasons 8M€/year for television revenue... And we all know that this should be a big part of a club's revenue... A team that gets relegated in the spannish league gets something between 15 to 25M of television. Blackburn Rovers and Wolves that were relegated last year got something like 45M€. Benfica got 8M... I think that says everything about the financial health of portuguese clubs. For the next year, Benfica didn't sell their rights and will self transmit their home games on the Club Channel, that will become Pay TV. We also acquired the rights for the English Premier League, so let's see how that goes  Sorry for my English | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
But oh right, they have big debts xD Pretty bad revenue causes it which i guess is understandable, but i know in turns of Porto, not only player sales earning them big $$, but AVB and Mourinho earnt the club like 50million Euros didn't it? So im quite surprised at that. But yeah i guess if the country is poor economically it doesn't have the huge $$ to invest into the sporting TV rights >.< Unlucky for the clubs, because as you say, the teams Benfica have beaten this year in the Europa shows they are a successful and good team. They are (imo) favorites for the Fenebache game aswell, so thats another final for a Portuguese team in the Europa League. Hopefully it improves, you have like the best scouts in world football with the talent Benfica and Porto pick up each year xD | ||
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