The Real Football Thread

[Hugo87]

MARCA allegedly reporting that Higuaín will be Barcelona player for the next season.

 

[gooner]

MARCA allegedly reporting that Higuaín will be Barcelona player for the next season.

Marca just tweeted about it(English link).

MARCA in English ‏@MARCAinENGLISH 2 mins View translation
Higuaín on brink of Barça move http://ow.ly/y3Dzs #TransferMarket

 

[MBotero]

Marca just tweeted about it(English link).

Why do they need this guy,when they have Alexis

 

[Amsterhammer]

Both Koeman brothers to Saints.......hot off the airwaves.

 

[gooner]

Why do they need this guy,when they have Alexis

Napoli just tweeted denying any of it.

Both Koeman brothers to Saints.......hot off the airwaves.

Shaw should be sold soon. They said they were waiting to get an appointment before anymore transfer business was done after the Lambert sale.

Interesting to see how they will get on.

 

[MBotero]

Barcelona has announced the signing of Croatia international midfielder Ivan Rakitic from Sevilla on a five-year deal.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Barcelona has announced the signing of Croatia international midfielder Ivan Rakitic from Sevilla on a five-year deal.

For a reputed 20m euros.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

For a reputed 20m euros.

They did that last Thursday though already, didn't they?
Good transfer btw. Especially as Fabregas is now gone. He never really fit into it any way. But Rakitic... It's gonna be interesting how Enrique envisions them to play. Somehow I guess he's gonna go Martino's way of making them more direct but in a more consequent manner. Vilanova already had tendencies to do so. Also as players like Xavi and Iniesta get older and don't grow on trees this might be the way to go. Also, if there is any club Kroos is going to it'll be Barcelona I think. If not that, it'll be Real, as he is the is only player who even outclasses Alonso on long passes. (And I am not kidding, he has like 97% accuracy on long passes! What the hell?)

 

[MBotero]

They did that last Thursday though already, didn't they?
Good transfer btw. Especially as Fabregas is now gone. He never really fit into it any way. But Rakitic... It's gonna be interesting how Enrique envisions them to play. Somehow I guess he's gonna go Martino's way of making them more direct but in a more consequent manner. Vilanova already had tendencies to do so. Also as players like Xavi and Iniesta get older and don't grow on trees this might be the way to go. Also, if there is any club Kroos is going to it'll be Barcelona I think. If not that, it'll be Real, as he is the is only player who even outclasses Alonso on long passes. (And I am not kidding, he has like 97% accuracy on long passes! What the hell?)

I don't know but Rakitic at Barcelona seems a bit strange,Kroos on the other hand looks more able to fit in,but if Modric could do it at Real,maybe Rakitic will surprise everybody.

 

[gooner]

Fabregas has said Xavi will be leaving as well.

http://www.marca.com/2014/06/17/fut...403006457.html?cid=SMBOSO34503&s_kw=twitterCM

 

[gooner]

Villar, Rosell and Florentino helped Qatar

 

[gooner]

Dan Petrescu who manages Al-Arabi says Xavi has signed a pre-contract with them.

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2014/06/17/primera/1403026406_010218.html

 

[MBotero]

Dan Petrescu who manages Al-Arabi says Xavi has signed a pre-contract with them.

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2014/06/17/primera/1403026406_010218.html

I saw that in the romanian media,but let's wait and see ,romanian media is full of trash these days.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Juventus want Alexis Sanchez and are willing to give llorente along with the 25 million.

 

[gooner]

Ander Herrera is meant to be a done deal to United.

http://as.com/diarioas/2014/06/24/english/1403565957_171547.html

 

[anameli]

liverpool
YWNWA

 

[Amsterhammer]

RIP Alfredo di Stefano. One of the Gods of our game.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/07/alfredo-di-stefano-dies-real-madrid

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Brazilian police have arrested the British chief executive of a Fifa partner company as part of an investigation into illegal World Cup ticket sales.

Police say the gang earned as much as $90m (£52m) per tournament and could have operated at four World Cups.

More here: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...sted-in-brazil-ticket-tout-probe-9590760.html

Lucrative little side operation.

 

[gooner]

Sanchez on his way to Arsenal. 4 year deal with an option for a 5th.

Guillem Balague ‏@GuillemBalague 40 mins
Just a reminder of the numbers of the Alexis deal that is about to be confirmed: Arsenal will pay FCB £27.5 plus £2.3 for objectives. 4+1 yr

Excellent signing.

 

[MBotero]

Sanchez on his way to Arsenal. 4 year deal with an option for a 5th.



Excellent signing.

Come on,Arsenal was a grave for a lot of players in the last years,i hope he'll not end up like Ozil,Podolski or Arshavin.Maybe it's time for them to give up on Wenger,there are 10 years since their last title.

P.S.Atletico Madrid have signed striker Mario Mandzukic from German champions Bayern Munich for an undisclosed fee.

 

[gooner]

Come on,Arsenal was a grave for a lot of players in the last years,i hope he'll not end up like Ozil,Podolski or Arshavin.Maybe it's time for them to give up on Wenger,there are 10 years since their last title.

I said it long ago, Arsenal will never win the league under him again. He signed a 3 year deal and he could win a FA Cup or a League Cup in that time as the best team doesn't necessarily win it or the luck of the draw might play a part, but as far as the league or Champions League, no way imo.

I agree, I do think in recent years a number of players' development has stagnated on Wenger's watch even outside of the ones above that you mentioned, Wilshere, Vermaelen and it might surprise people Chamberlain. I know he was injured quite a bit last season but he will just not give that lad a run of games whatsover. I rate him and I think he's a far better player than Walcott at the same age but yet Walcott at that age was getting more opportunities under Wenger. I think Vela is a better player than Walcott and look how he's developed since going to Sociedad. I think Chamberlain would be much further ahead in his development if he was playing for someone like Rodgers or Martinez.

 

[l.Harm]

12.4 million people watched the match in the Netherlands, best viewed television program ever. That's almost 75% of the population, while the match started at 22:00 here.

 

[Amsterhammer]

The incredibly stupid transfer of Suarez to Barca is done, apparently for 81m euros.

I'm speechless.

 

[l.Harm]

what a bad transfer

 

[The Hitch]

That's 3 years straight they PFA player of the year has been transferred off straight away and last 2 years it was to Spain. EPL is in danger of becoming a El Classico feeder league.