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2013 - 2014 Football Thread - Page 879
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zulu_nation8
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Mensol
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People call him new Rui Costa  | ||
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Mensol
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![[image loading]](https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/10414540_649860561766924_2292350948703912642_n.jpg) Real Madrid willing to pay 90 million euros for Liverpool's striker Suarez and an annual salary of 10M. | ||
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3point14
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tree.hugger
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Micro_Jackson
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zulu_nation8
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51485 Posts
Soccer Aid 2014! Soccer Aid 2014 takes place on Sunday at Old Trafford, with Jose Mourinho back in the dugout taking charge of a Rest of the World side as they take on England in a charity match managed by Sam Alladyce. All proceeds raised on the night will go to UNICEF. Both teams will be made up of football legends and celebrities, with former Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko part of Mourinho's squad. Other players involved in the Rest of the World team include Alessandro Del Piero, Edgar Davids and Clarence Seedorf. Meanwhile, David Seaman, Matt Le Tissier and Teddy Sheringham are just three of the players who will be lining up for an England side managed by West Ham United's Sam Allardyce. Celebrities involved on the night include Robbie Williams, Jack Whitehall, Olly Murs, Michael Sheen and Gordon Ramsay. Kick-off is at 19:00 GMT (+00:00) Sunday 8th June 2014 | ||
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
Now, thiago has already been sold, and fabregas looks to be sold. They also still have the problem of replacing xavi, and are looking at having to spend a huge sum of money on doing so because they don't trust anyone else from their youth system like sergi roberto. Buying koke would be great, but incredibly hard, and i don't think rakitic will fit into barca's system well. | ||
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RvB
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
best examples are ibra and neymar | ||
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Micro_Jackson
Germany2002 Posts
Besides clubs like PSG or Chelsea who are just playing in the sandbox mode of Football manager the trend on the transfer market goes into either make your first 11 as good as possible with limited money and hope they stay healthy like Dortmund or Atletico or to go super deep like Real or Bayern. If you look at the last two teams they have like 3 or 4 guys at a high level for every position and already people for the times after Ribery/Robben or Ronaldo/Alonso. Barca on the other hand tends to sell players if someone else comes for the same part of the field Ibrahimovic comes Eto goes Villa for Ibrahimovic Cesc for Krkic Neymar for Villa I would guess this happens on purpose to keep roster space for the own youth players but it can backfire if there are some years without breakout players. | ||
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Mensol
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He scored 21 goals and 10 assists in 41 games in his "first season". He improved Barca without doubt. It's just top 2 players playing together didnt work for them, clash of the egos. | ||
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
On June 07 2014 02:51 Mensol wrote: Neymar is a good example but Ibra's money wasnt spend for nothing. He scored 21 goals and 10 assists in 41 games in his "first season". He improved Barca without doubt. It's just top 2 players playing together didnt work for them, clash of the egos. Might not be for "nothing" but u have to admit, it was an awful deal. They gave up like 40 mil plus an in-prime eto'o for basically half a season of ibra. Barca only received 20 or 25 million from ac milan when they sold him. They basically paid like 45 mil for that half season with ibra. Another stupid deal because good management would have at least figured out that messi wanted to play centrally the season before and maybe buy a cheaper striker or keep eto'o ffs instead of spending so much on someone that would clash with messi. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
On June 07 2014 02:51 Mensol wrote: Neymar is a good example but Ibra's money wasnt spend for nothing. He scored 21 goals and 10 assists in 41 games in his "first season". He improved Barca without doubt. It's just top 2 players playing together didnt work for them, clash of the egos. Barca lost money with the deal and Inter Milan won a CL. | ||
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Mensol
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On June 07 2014 03:13 sharkie wrote: Barca lost money with the deal and Inter Milan won a CL. Everyone loses money. Real Madrid has spent over $1 billion since 2002 and they've just won champions league. btw Ibrahimovic created his best Serie A roster of all time: ![[image loading]](http://i.eurosport.com/2014/06/06/1251649.jpg) | ||
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
Neymar was by far the worst deal Barça made these last years... 100M+ and a type of player that doesn't fit in Barça's playstyle (because there's already Messi). Cesc could have been good if Pep stayed in the club, as it seemed he had a real plan to integrate him in the starting line up, playing 3-3-4 or 3-4-3. Tito and Martino just played him in the attacking line or instead of Iniesta, which didn't work so well.... | ||
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sharkie
Austria18407 Posts
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
jesus, i remember before barca got the fabregas deal done, i thought they'd have like another 10 years of dominating because of the ridiculous talent from their youth system. Their midfield looked basically set with xavi, iniesta, thiago, and had sergi roberto and rafinha coming through the ranks. They had wingers like tello and isaac cuenca actually looked promising then. Montoya looked like a pretty good right back. All they needed to do was buy a fucking centerback. But no, they end up blowing money on players they don't need. maybe those youth players weren't as talented as guardiola made them seem to be, but still, their transfer policy and overall long term planning has been shit | ||
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
On June 07 2014 03:26 Mensol wrote: Everyone loses money. Real Madrid has spent over $1 billion since 2002 and they've just won champions league. btw Ibrahimovic created his best Serie A roster of all time: You might end up losing money, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to be smarter with it | ||
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