La Liga Summer Transfer Thread

Pareja was probably Argentina's best CB on show in the Olympics. I'd never heard of him before the tournament, but he looked very good.

Also Sobis off to some Arab side?

Newcastle sign Xisco for 7m euros.
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_4076977,00.html

Do you know how he is, Kas? Or do you know about him at all, Calidad? Or Jaime or Ole? Is he well? I don't know anything about him much, but I presume that, for us to be signing him, Coloccini must have given him a pretty big thumbs up - and that is reassuring.

Well, he always appears on scoresheets though not with any particular regularity during the season. He's a decent player I think but Depor have been so poor the past few years (except the 2nd half of last year) that it's difficult to judge exactly. At least he has age on his side, so if he adapts better than Luque (ie. avoids injuries and is helped by his manager) then he could be a good player.

Xisco is a young player, has featured fairly regularly in U-20 and U-21 squads for Spain. I haven't really seen that much of him though tbh.

Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan. Marca are confirming Steve Finnan to Espanyol.

Manchester City bid for Villa - even though he's signed a new contract.

Jaime wrote:Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan.

Third best LWF in Europe 04/05, I $h!t you not !

(after Vicente and Robben)

Espanyol's signings are interesting.

Finnan & Pareja. Where will they play? They already have Jarque and Torrejion (sp?) Maybe one of them is off.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Jaime wrote:Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan.

Third best LWF in Europe 04/05, I $h!t you not !

(after Vicente and Robben)

At what? being injured

Quiet day in Spain today, just the City/Madrid/Villa/Robinho nonsense going around. I reckon 4 hours from now the 2 players will remain where they are.

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Jaime wrote:Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan.

Third best LWF in Europe 04/05, I $h!t you not !

(after Vicente and Robben)

At what? being injured

Ok - from the start of 04 till end of 05.

He was damn good but has never reached those heights since.

Calidad wrote:Espanyol's signings are interesting.

Finnan & Pareja. Where will they play? They already have Jarque and Torrejion (sp?) Maybe one of them is off.

Torrejon is out with a long-term injury I think. Finnan to replace (sort of) Zabaleta.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Jaime wrote:Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan.

Third best LWF in Europe 04/05, I $h!t you not !

(after Vicente and Robben)

At what? being injured

Ok - from the start of 04 till end of 05.

He was damn good but has never reached those heights since.

When he was at Auxerre?,Pierre i hope you are joking because he only had pace as for his end product it was shocking

Jaime wrote:

Calidad wrote:Espanyol's signings are interesting.

Finnan & Pareja. Where will they play? They already have Jarque and Torrejion (sp?) Maybe one of them is off.

Torrejon is out with a long-term injury I think. Finnan to replace (sort of) Zabaleta.

Cheers Jaime.

So Pareja will come in for Torrejon. Pareja looked very good at the Olympics, so I'm sure he'll be a good buy.

Finnan is decent, but a major downgrade on Zabaleta I feel.

20:16 Confirmado, Sobis ya no es jugador del Betis. El delantero brasileño abandona Sevilla y se marcha al Al Jazeera que, aunque suena a canal de televisión, es también un club de fútbol de la liga de Emiratos Árabes (afincado en la capital, Abu Dhabi). El poder de los petrodólares.

Jaime wrote:20:16 Confirmado, Sobis ya no es jugador del Betis. El delantero brasileño abandona Sevilla y se marcha al Al Jazeera que, aunque suena a canal de televisión, es también un club de fútbol de la liga de Emiratos Árabes (afincado en la capital, Abu Dhabi). El poder de los petrodólares.

I thought so he could only go there or Russia because there is no way Betis would of recouped half that transfer fee they paid for him.

EMPortuguese wrote:

Jaime wrote:20:16 Confirmado, Sobis ya no es jugador del Betis. El delantero brasileño abandona Sevilla y se marcha al Al Jazeera que, aunque suena a canal de televisión, es también un club de fútbol de la liga de Emiratos Árabes (afincado en la capital, Abu Dhabi). El poder de los petrodólares.

I thought so he could only go there or Russia because there is no way Betis would of recouped half that transfer fee they paid for him.

or Man City

EMPortuguese wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Jaime wrote:20:16 Confirmado, Sobis ya no es jugador del Betis. El delantero brasileño abandona Sevilla y se marcha al Al Jazeera que, aunque suena a canal de televisión, es también un club de fútbol de la liga de Emiratos Árabes (afincado en la capital, Abu Dhabi). El poder de los petrodólares.

I thought so he could only go there or Russia because there is no way Betis would of have recouped half that transfer fee they paid for him.

or Man City

Or Real Madrid, if he can entice Calderon and/or Mijatovic.

20.36 Doble movimiento del Valladolid. El club pucelano se hace con los servicios del centrocampista murciano Pedro León. El veteranísimo portero Alberto (ex Real Sociedad, entre otros) tiene 39 años y renueva con el club.

Apparently Milito's move to Genoa is up in the air, because the window closes at 19.00 in Italy and his paperwork didn't get processed in time.



So he's stuck going from Spain, where people *start* working at 19.00, to lazy Italy!

kas wrote:Apparently Milito's move to Genoa is up in the air, because the window closes at 19.00 in Italy and his paperwork didn't get processed in time.



So he's stuck going from Spain, where people *start* working at 19.00, to lazy Italy!

Why so early?

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Jaime wrote:Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan.

Third best LWF in Europe 04/05, I $h!t you not !

(after Vicente and Robben)

At what? being injured

Ok - from the start of 04 till end of 05.

He was damn good but has never reached those heights since.

When he was at Auxerre?,Pierre i hope you are joking because he only had pace as for his end product it was shocking

Bollocks.

Plenty of skill to go with that pace and quite a decent right foot for a left footer.

Generally no end product but he had one excellent season (2004/05) when Auxerre won the French Cup and had a decent run in the UEFA.

Kalou left and he was never as good (those 2 had a great understanding) + Guy Roux left.

kas wrote:Apparently Milito's move to Genoa is up in the air, because the window closes at 19.00 in Italy and his paperwork didn't get processed in time.



So he's stuck going from Spain, where people *start* working at 19.00, to lazy Italy!

Yago Barcelona-Juventus

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Jaime wrote:Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan.

Third best LWF in Europe 04/05, I $h!t you not !

(after Vicente and Robben)

At what? being injured

Ok - from the start of 04 till end of 05.

He was damn good but has never reached those heights since.

When he was at Auxerre?,Pierre i hope you are joking because he only had pace as for his end product it was shocking

Bollocks.

Plenty of skill to go with that pace and quite a decent right foot for a left footer.

Generally no end product but he had one excellent season (2004/05) when Auxerre won the French Cup and had a decent run in the UEFA.

Kalou left and he was never as good (those 2 had a great understanding) + Guy Roux left.

Since then he has failed at Lens/Marseille lets see what he does in Huelva.(He should take this chance to do well because its a club where you can progress to a bigger club i.e Pongolle,Cacares,Martins).

By the way Pierre is that Gifton in the picture?

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Jaime wrote:Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan.

Third best LWF in Europe 04/05, I $h!t you not !

(after Vicente and Robben)

At what? being injured

Ok - from the start of 04 till end of 05.

He was damn good but has never reached those heights since.

When he was at Auxerre?,Pierre i hope you are joking because he only had pace as for his end product it was shocking

Bollocks.

Plenty of skill to go with that pace and quite a decent right foot for a left footer.

Generally no end product but he had one excellent season (2004/05) when Auxerre won the French Cup and had a decent run in the UEFA.

Kalou left and he was never as good (those 2 had a great understanding) + Guy Roux left.

Since then he has failed at Lens/Marseille lets see what he does in Huelva.(He should take this chance to do well because its a club where you can progress to a bigger club i.e Pongolle,Cacares,Martins).

By the way Pierre is that Gifton in the picture?

Yes

Paul Butler fucked his career

Would have been an England international and that rarest of breeds - an English striker playing for a big 4 EPL club

Apparently he is signing for Bnei Sakhnin F.C. of Israel.

It could and should have been so different

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Jaime wrote:Kanga Akalé heads to Recreativo on loan.

Third best LWF in Europe 04/05, I $h!t you not !

(after Vicente and Robben)

At what? being injured

Ok - from the start of 04 till end of 05.

He was damn good but has never reached those heights since.

When he was at Auxerre?,Pierre i hope you are joking because he only had pace as for his end product it was shocking

Bollocks.

Plenty of skill to go with that pace and quite a decent right foot for a left footer.

Generally no end product but he had one excellent season (2004/05) when Auxerre won the French Cup and had a decent run in the UEFA.

Kalou left and he was never as good (those 2 had a great understanding) + Guy Roux left.

Since then he has failed at Lens/Marseille lets see what he does in Huelva.(He should take this chance to do well because its a club where you can progress to a bigger club i.e Pongolle,Cacares,Martins).

By the way Pierre is that Gifton in the picture?

Yes

Paul Butler fucked his career

Would have been an England international and that rarest of breeds - an English striker playing for a big 4 EPL club

Apparently he is signing for Bnei Sakhnin F.C. of Israel.

It could and should have been so different

He plays in Spain doesn't he?

Didn't he score goals to help Murcia promoted in 2006/07 but he never got a chance in La Liga

EPL? Maybe but Top 4? surely not

EMPortuguese wrote:He plays in Spain doesn't he?

Didn't he score goals to help Murcia promoted in 2006/07 but he never got a chance in La Liga

EPL? Maybe but Top 4? surely not

1. He did play in Spain - he is without a club

2. He did score the goals that got them promotion but chose to stay in Segunda with Elche as they were offering him a longer contract (very important for him as he has athiritis in his knees)

3. Let me guess - you didn't see him play in his teens (96-99) ?

EPL? Easily and prob top 4 - Pace, skill, height, confidence + as strong as Drogba.

If you didn't see him play before January 30th '99 (the day his career finished effectively) then you don't know the real Gifton.

This man is a sub-human:

21.43 El fichaje de Sergio García (del Zaragoza) por el Betis es cuestión de minutos. Las negociaciones que han mantenido los representantes béticos con el agente del jugador, 'Mágico' Díaz, han llegado a buen puerto. Sólo queda oficializarlo. El acuerdo se cerraría en torno a los 10 millones de euros.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:He plays in Spain doesn't he?

Didn't he score goals to help Murcia promoted in 2006/07 but he never got a chance in La Liga

EPL? Maybe but Top 4? surely not

1. He did play in Spain - he is without a club

2. He did score the goals that got them promotion but chose to stay in Segunda with Elche as they were offering him a longer contract (very important for him as he has athiritis in his knees)

3. Let me guess - you didn't see him play in his teens (96-99) ?

EPL? Easily and prob top 4 - Pace, skill, height, confidence + as strong as Drogba.

If you didn't see him play before January 30th '99 (the day his career finished effectively) then you don't know the real Gifton.

This man is a sub-human:

He played for Stoke yeah alongside Akinbiyi?

If he was that good how comes none of them middle rank teams i.e Tottenham,Newcastle,Everton sign hm?