Village Idiot Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Villarreal have agreed a fee of €8m with Atlético for Godín. They still have to reach an agreement with his agent who holds 30% of the player's rights, however. Him and Filipe Luís are/would be great signings, considering how much of a joke their backline has been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Might stick a bet on Atletico coming 3rd next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 "As" claiming Khedira's signing for Madrid is done too (but Marca said the same like two weeks ago). On other news, Cronaldo has quickly grabbed Raúl's #7, so they'll call him CR7 again. Yeah, just read that Khedira going to Real seems like a done deal. Didn't Real say they would never give the Nr. 7 to anyone after Raúl would leave? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Cronaldo isn't anyone though. It's not like they would formally retire it anyway, and other big Madrid legends have worn it in the past (Amancio, Juanito, Butragueño...), so it's more a case of finding somebody big enough to fill in. Khedira is sadly a very good signing for that lot. I hope they at least pay him that rumored €7m wage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Mark Hughes is not a bad manager, what exactly do you have against him? Mark Hughes is uninspiring. Just another get stuck in and bully them nitwit manager. That Fulham team isn't built like that at all either. Watch him try to bring in a few brutes with any money he has. Sven would have been far better placed to continue building on the type of football Hodgson had implemented. Hughes will take them back to the dark ages. I don't think he'll pull up any trees at Fulham but I don't think he's quite as one dimensional as you make out. When he went to Blackburn they were on the verge of relegation so he instilled a bullying, physical system that got them out of trouble. After that he started working on the pretty stuff and they actually played some decent football. It was a pragmatic and intelligent approach that worked very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Does anyone else think Barca have been a little undignified and unprofessional throughout this Fabregas saga? Sky Sports have had stories about Messi, Villa, Puyol, Xavi and Iniesta publically stating how Fabregas should join and how he will join. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11833_6258960,00.html - Messi eyes Cesc return http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6268355,00.html - Puyol - Cesc is coming http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6272250,00.html - Xavi - Cesc deal will happen http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6275458,00.html - Villa Desperate for Cesc http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11833_6258960,00.html - Iniesta hopes for Cesc return Just a little snide from my point of view. Reminds me of something Madrid would do really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Over here we still consider him stolen property so yeah, we have been a little arsey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Over here we still consider him stolen property so yeah, we have been a little arsey. How come? Im not very clued up on the Fabregas story tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Arsenal poached him from our academy before we were allowed to offer a professional contract under our labor laws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Arsenal poached him from our academy before we were allowed to offer a professional contract under our labor laws. That is canny harsh like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 It's not like he didn't have a choice. Anyway, it's fairly commonplace as it's one of the few advantages the British market has over European markets. Macheda is probably the most recent high-profile example of this, non? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Happens pretty often. There's a difference of one year where British clubs are allowed to offer professional contracts and Spanish ones can't. I have to say that I think that Cesc is a bit of a c***. When he left us Arsenal were a bigger fish than Barça, and now that things are reversed and we are the ones racking in the trophies he wants back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Think he would like to return home. Would Barca have giving him anywhere near the amount of games he has had at Arsenal at such a young age? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 The whole Cesc saga is getting very tiresome now. And in all fairness, it seems as usual the media drumming up the shite. It's boring the hell out of me when I read about it now. The Sun were so desperate to stick something about Cesc and Barca in the other day they put a tiny article about how their recent figures showing their debt has dealt them a major blow to landing Cesc like that's the first thing they thought about when they worked out their accounts! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 All right, who's hacked wormy's account? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Does anyone else think Barca have been a little undignified and unprofessional throughout this Fabregas saga? Sky Sports have had stories about Messi, Villa, Puyol, Xavi and Iniesta publically stating how Fabregas should join and how he will join. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11833_6258960,00.html - Messi eyes Cesc return http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6268355,00.html - Puyol - Cesc is coming http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6272250,00.html - Xavi - Cesc deal will happen http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6275458,00.html - Villa Desperate for Cesc http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11833_6258960,00.html - Iniesta hopes for Cesc return Just a little snide from my point of view. Reminds me of something Madrid would do really. Wouldn't be surprised at all if they were sent to the World Cup by Guardiola to badger him into a move. You see it happen all the time, Gerrard and Carragher persuaded Joe Cole though he was a free agent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Does anyone else think Barca have been a little undignified and unprofessional throughout this Fabregas saga? Sky Sports have had stories about Messi, Villa, Puyol, Xavi and Iniesta publically stating how Fabregas should join and how he will join. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11833_6258960,00.html - Messi eyes Cesc return http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6268355,00.html - Puyol - Cesc is coming http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6272250,00.html - Xavi - Cesc deal will happen http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6275458,00.html - Villa Desperate for Cesc http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11833_6258960,00.html - Iniesta hopes for Cesc return Just a little snide from my point of view. Reminds me of something Madrid would do really. I've read quite a few blog posts/articles of how shitty their transfer etiquette has been. It's become a pretty big joke at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Honestly, apart from the Cesc saga, I don't think we haven't been cuntish in the transfer market (more like suckers). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Did the same with Henry too, cunts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 And you made good business and sold us a dud. Hence, suckers. Henry wasn't even starting for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Yeh, but you still tapped him up publicly which isn't the right thing to do. Arsene knows when to let a player go, unfortunately this is a rare situation where it seems the player wants to go before Arsene is ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Yeh, but you still tapped him up publicly which isn't the right thing to do. Arsene knows when to let a player go, unfortunately this is a rare situation where it seems the player wants to go before Arsene is ready. Really though, you got like 28mil for a player that maybe had two great years left in him? Pretty good deal from Arsenal's side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Henry to Barça was a friendly transfer. You played hard to get but as you say Wenger wanted to sell him. Actually the Chamakh transfer has probably more grounds for wrongdoing. Players and board venting out in the press is meaningless. You got that player for free after obviously agreeing to wait his contract out last season, screwing Bordeaux in the process. And yes we are being pretty annoying with Cesc. But I think that's the only case of us being arsehats (and a big deal of it it's because we still consider him to be one of us, that's not our general modus operandi). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Arsenal poached him from our academy before we were allowed to offer a professional contract under our labor laws. I'd pay what Arsenal want and present this to the governing body who ruled against you and sue them for the entire amount its cost you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Yeh, but you still tapped him up publicly which isn't the right thing to do. Arsene knows when to let a player go, unfortunately this is a rare situation where it seems the player wants to go before Arsene is ready. Really though, you got like 28mil for a player that maybe had two great years left in him? Pretty good deal from Arsenal's side. £28m? It was more like £16m i think Also, i'm saying the Cesc deal isn't what Arsene wants, not the Henry one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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