La Liga Summer Transfer Thread

Dani Alves to Barcelona for 30m; decent negotiating I didn't think you'd get him for less than 35.

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/barca-cierra-contratacion-alves/dasftb/20080606dasdasftb_16/Tes

Luso wrote:

golsud wrote:

Luso wrote:What's with Giovani dos Santos joining Spurs? ABola doesn't mention it being a loan deal, but rather that the London club is paying 6m Euros. Looks a done deal from what I read.

Strange no?

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada07-08/06/n080606104518.html

Sure, but why'd you let him go? I thought you guys were pretty excited about this kid...

Yeah but he never really showed anything impressive in all his appearances for the first team. Had a few starts, had plenty of substitute appearances, but all he had to show for it was 1 goal against Stuttgart in the CL, and a hattrick on the last day against a relegated Murcia. Not many assists either that I can remember. His general play was also unimpressive...he never seemed to understand how to link up with others, and when he did get the ball he would just run aimlessly with it before putting in a poor cross/pass or losing it. Physically he was quite strong though, so it bodes well for him in the future.

It could be said that he deserves more of a chance to establish himself in a stable team rather than one with so many problems as we had last year. But overall I'm not shedding too many tears because I don't think we'll miss out on a world class star. Maybe sending him on loan for a season first would have been better, because he was definitely not going to progress at Barça, being behind Messi and a host of other more versatile attackers. Another factor is that he signed up with Pini Zahavi as his agent, and that can only cause trouble in the future...during the season they were shopping him around all the English clubs. Don't want trouble like that at the club, esp. from a 19 year old who's done f@ck-all but starts to think he's made it and can start exploiting the club for the new contract.

So overall, like I said, I personally was happy to cash in...I only wish the up front fee had been higher

Agüero Rejects Chelsea
Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Agüero has turned down the opportunity to join Chelsea after the West London club agreed to pay the release clause of his contract.

Agüero has enjoyed a superb second season in the Spanish top flight, scoring a number of vital goals and establishing himself as one of the best young players in world football.

Such performances have clearly garnered attention for the 19 year old, with 'AS' reporting that a number of clubs have approached Atletico in the last week with proposals to sign Agüero.

Atletico rejected most of the offers out of hand, but were forced to accept Chelsea's bid as it matched Agüero's release clause of €55million.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is keen to start a new era at Stamford Bridge following the likely break-up of the Jose Mourinho crafted team and is looking for exciting young talents who can fulfil his wish for attractive attacking football.

Agüero is one such player, but has rejected the opportunity to join Chelsea, indicating that he prefers to show loyalty to Atletico and continue the development of his game in Spain rather than make the jump to England.

The Argentine striker has settled well at Atletico and is clearly keen to repay the faith they showed in him by spending €20-odd million to sign him from Independiente in 2006, especially with the lure of Champions League football next season.

Inter Milan are thought to have been one of the other clubs that approached Atletico in the last week but with the Italian club unwilling to match Chelsea's offer and Agüero intent on staying in Madrid, there interest seems futile for now.


http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=726383


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As usual no quotes and probably BS.

Pirlo mentions the rumour of Barça being interested in him...interesting that he says "maybe" when asked if he would join. I don't think there's anything to it though, probably just a newspaper linking Guardiola's style of play with Pirlo.

http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3660928,00.html

I think Pirlo is the sort of player who will finish his career with Milan

Atletico interested in Oliveira as a backup to Forlan-Aguero.

Not a bad idea IMO

SSN say Barce have reached a deal for £23m for Alves !

Sgoater1 wrote:SSN say Barce have reached a deal for £23m for Alves !

Yup, see Jaime's post above, and the Barça thread...it's a done deal.

kas wrote:

Luso wrote:

golsud wrote:

Luso wrote:What's with Giovani dos Santos joining Spurs? ABola doesn't mention it being a loan deal, but rather that the London club is paying 6m Euros. Looks a done deal from what I read.

Strange no?

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada07-08/06/n080606104518.html

Sure, but why'd you let him go? I thought you guys were pretty excited about this kid...

Yeah but he never really showed anything impressive in all his appearances for the first team. Had a few starts, had plenty of substitute appearances, but all he had to show for it was 1 goal against Stuttgart in the CL, and a hattrick on the last day against a relegated Murcia. Not many assists either that I can remember. His general play was also unimpressive...he never seemed to understand how to link up with others, and when he did get the ball he would just run aimlessly with it before putting in a poor cross/pass or losing it. Physically he was quite strong though, so it bodes well for him in the future.

It could be said that he deserves more of a chance to establish himself in a stable team rather than one with so many problems as we had last year. But overall I'm not shedding too many tears because I don't think we'll miss out on a world class star. Maybe sending him on loan for a season first would have been better, because he was definitely not going to progress at Barça, being behind Messi and a host of other more versatile attackers. Another factor is that he signed up with Pini Zahavi as his agent, and that can only cause trouble in the future...during the season they were shopping him around all the English clubs. Don't want trouble like that at the club, esp. from a 19 year old who's done f@ck-all but starts to think he's made it and can start exploiting the club for the new contract.
So overall, like I said, I personally was happy to cash in...I only wish the up front fee had been higher

Yea, he already has that super-star feel to him, without having done anything to deserve it from what you're mentioning.

I just figured with the hype he'd already received that there had to be something to him, but from what you're saying it doesn't look like he's really getting any further in his development. Thought he'd get more of a chance.

He could do well in England as the technical ability is generally lower at the smaller clubs.

kas wrote:

Sgoater1 wrote:SSN say Barce have reached a deal for £23m for Alves !

Yup, see Jaime's post above, and the Barça thread...it's a done deal.

Heard it was 32m Euros... that's a hell of a lot for a RB.

Do you really think Alves will do well?

Yes I believe he'll be a great signing. Maybe not as stunning as his 2 UEFA Cup winning seasons with Sevilla, but it'll be an improvement on Zambrotta. Sounds bizarre, but IMO this is where blut's theory of fitting individuals to a system rather than vice versa, comes into play. Zambrotta just couldn't attack if his life depended on it, whereas Alves is natural at that, which suits Barça much better.

kas wrote:Yes I believe he'll be a great signing. Maybe not as stunning as his 2 UEFA Cup winning seasons with Sevilla, but it'll be an improvement on Zambrotta. Sounds bizarre, but IMO this is where blut's theory of fitting individuals to a system rather than vice versa, comes into play. Zambrotta just couldn't attack if his life depended on it, whereas Alves is natural at that, which suits Barça much better.

One of the reasons Zambrotta had a good rep was because he could attack very well. allthough i understand if you mean in his Barca time because that was kind of true but Messi doesnt play with full backs. he still has to learn to connect or else it wouldnt be as great as it seems on paper. i have a bit worry about Alves' role in Barca because im not sure he can control play like he pretty much did in Sevilla. also there is greater distance from full back to the winger(messi) then at Sevilla. either way he all add alot to the attack.

Soldado has offers from Benfica, and some Premier League clubs. Price around 10m euros.
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/real_madrid/es/desarrollo/1132909.html



All these noveau-rich English clubs are fast becoming akin to tourists - you can sell them any old Cr@p for inflated prices

kas wrote:Soldado has offers from Benfica, and some Premier League clubs. Price around 10m euros.
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/real_madrid/es/desarrollo/1132909.html



All these noveau-rich English clubs are fast becoming akin to tourists - you can sell them any old Cr@p for inflated prices

Wonder if we can fool them into believing that Saviola is stil a great player.

Valencia interested in Raul Meireles for 10m euros:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/valencia/es/desarrollo/1133324.html

kas wrote:Valencia interested in Raul Meireles for 10m euros:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/valencia/es/desarrollo/1133324.html

And i want Villa for 5M€ too

Apparently Sevilla wanted Suazo, but his agent says he will not leave Inter.

Seems Camacho has advised Barca not to sign Moutinho; I had no idea the fat guy was such a good fellow.

Camacho calims Barca aleardy has enough players for Moutinho's position and claims the Sporting captain can't play on the wings... where apparently he believes we play Veloso.

Considering he's wrong about Veloso, I don't know how much weight Camacho's evaluation of Moutinho should carry.. he doesn't think he can play the flank, while being about to play any role in the midfield is Moutinho's biggest assest.

Camacho's an idiot - that's why he signed for Benfica twice and that's why he's failed twice.

http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=790520&idCanal=24

tbh I don't think we'll sign him, we do have lots of players in that midfield already. And it looks like Marquez is staying

Sevilla interested in Brazilian RB Ilsinho from Shakhtar Donetsk.


Atletico are deciding between Oliveira and Sinama-Pongolle for their 3rd striker position.

kas wrote:tbh I don't think we'll sign him, we do have lots of players in that midfield already. And it looks like Marquez is staying

Hope you're right.

Sevilla have signed Fernando Navarro from Mallorca for 4.7m euros. Marti will also move to Mallorca as part of the deal. Barça don't get money out of it because apparently we did wave our 30% rights to the player after all during negotiations for Dani Alves.

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Betis want Banega on loan:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/betis/es/desarrollo/1134578.html

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Almeria want both Santiago Solari and his brother:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/almeria/es/desarrollo/1134582.html

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Ezquerro to Olympiakos:
http://www.sport.es/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=44&idioma=CAS&idtipusrecurs_PK=7&idnoticia_PK=518179

Atletico want Bakari Kone:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/atletico/es/desarrollo/1135171.html


Benfica interested in Sinama...price possibly around 7m euros:
http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/internacional/es/desarrollo/1135064.html

Sevilla sign Genoa's Konko for 8.5 million euros.

Getafe have appointed Victor Munoz (ex-Zaragoza) as their new manager. Good appointment again by Torres...I think Munoz will be a success with them.

I hoped they would continue with the young coaches. perhaps this is the best choice for Getafe long term. perhaps this one will actually stay for a couple of seasons. i hope we loan them a couple of players since they rely on loans.

Atleti want Coupet.

Guiza has had a medical with Fenerbache

kas wrote:Atleti want Coupet.

They will present him next week. Looks like Spurs' search continues.

kas wrote:Guiza has had a medical with Fenerbache

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