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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    Sport's big headline today is that Barca would bid 25 million + Villa for Rooney. :lol: That'd be about the worst idea in the history of bad ideas. The only worse idea would be paying money for Torres.
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    I wonder if this means City has Lewandowski.
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    The Spanish press linked Barca with Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow) today. His contract is up on December 31st, so there are quite a few clubs lining him up. He'd presumably be a potential Thiago replacement for Barca for the link to make any sense.
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    Thiago Silva's salary is the main reason he will not be in Barcelona. FCB missed its chance to sign him. He will not fit into the wage structure. Total non-starter of a deal. David Luiz is the best option in my opinion. 25 million bid, salary will fit. Technical fit. Marquinhos for...
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    His famous 4-goal match against Palermo came mostly via the left. He moved all over the front at Udinese. They gave him the freedom to basically do as he pleased in his final seasons there.
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    Several clubs would bid for Sanchez if the club put him up for sale. All of the top Premier League and Serie A teams would bid. PSG would probably jump in too. He'd have no shortage of options.
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    Wayne Rooney

    Rooney is attention starved and washed up as a frontman. RVP showed United real quality for the first time in a few years and pushed Rooney into the midfield/bench inside of a year. No thanks.
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    Alexis is easily worth the fee Barca paid for him in a team not including Messi. Alexis isn't going anywhere in my opinion, and I don't see Tito green lighting a move for a 19-year old CB. Alexis' big challenge is proving he can play with Messi. I think he can play well with Messi provided he...
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    Rosell will go down as the biggest punchline in the history of the club.
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    Not really. This FCB board is a joke. No technical sense at all.
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    Thiago Translantara

    Package deal according to Graham Hunter. Dad's not going to leave one in Barcelona. Even if Rafinha plays this season on loan as expected, he will be ultimately bound for United as well.
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    Thiago Translantara

    No, this is the real thing. Respectable sources say the deal is nearly complete for Thiago and Rafinha to Manchester United. FCB is supposedly making last minute overtures to try and prevent the deal (it would take a significant upgrade to his contract, something Rosell won't do), but United...
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    He can't play a ball, no. Very athletic shot stopper. You would not trust him in a match where Barca is pressured high by the opponent and distribution is important. De Gea is way ahead of ter Stegen in his distribution.
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    He can't play with his feet and would need a lot of practice in easy matches before he'd be ready to protect the FCB net in meaningful matches. I'm most interested to see who the CB signing is. David Luiz seems to be the most realistic, and I'd be shocked if Tito really thinks Thiago Silva is...
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    Siem is a player I think could be world class by his late 20s if he made a good move now to grow his ability further. He's developed a great skill set, and I believe he would translate very well to a more disciplined role as Xavi did. People forget how attacking Xavi was in his younger days...
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    Andrea Pirlo

    I'm not getting into any kind of debate because players are all different in their respective situations, but Pirlo is one of my favorite players ever. He is a one-off. Pure art and poetry on the pitch.
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    Transfers and Rumours - old thread

    I wouldn't mind taking the road less traveled for CM help by signing someone like Siem de Jong if Thiago leaves (10 million euro rated). Quality player, prime age (24) and would bring some very important qualities (great set piece takes, great shot). He's already been a captain for his club in...
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    Rosell interview

    Crazy bad management. Keeping players who don't want to be at the club is a recipe for disaster. I'd sell Valdes now for 1 euro just to get rid of him.
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    Alen Halilović

    I was about to ask if there are others in the Croatian team who could claim more than one (of Bosnia/Serbia/Croatia). I would think we'd see it more often than it seems. Drazen Petrovic was the first Croatian I ever saw. What a beauty. RIP.
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    Alen Halilović

    I was surprised to read that he was Croatian when I saw his name because I knew it to be a Bosnian name. I didn't realize he was born in Zagreb. I wonder how controversial his national choice is/will be. I liked what I saw from Kovacic at Inter. Very gifted. I'd be pretty scary to put...

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