Re: Transfer Rumors

by danyjr Wed May 02, 2012 4:52 pm

More up to date stuff:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm92uo_au-coeur-des-pros-etienne-capoue-partie-3_sport?search_algo=1

by Mr Nick09 Wed May 02, 2012 4:57 pm

I rate Capoue, Sports doesnt lol, we got into it this week. Many in France believe that he is having a better season than M'vila for ex, but he is not getting a look in the NT because of that ridiculous depth they have at DM, and he is not as experienced as many. There are doubts about his tactical level, and the fact that he plays for a HIGHLY defensive team. He stays very deep usually, and i would say that he is not very tested in an more open system that would stretch his skills.

by kiranr Thu May 03, 2012 1:00 am

http://www.goal.com/en/news/462/netherlands/2012/05/03/3076910/vertonghen-should-go-to-barcelona-ajax-manager-de-boer

Are we in the market for him?

by danyjr Thu May 03, 2012 1:16 am

I don't think he has been linked with Barcelona even once. People say a lot of good things about him. Apparently he is close to joining Spurs.

by ausbaz Thu May 03, 2012 2:47 am

CAPOUE HE'S A BEAST!

......on FM12

by Khaled Thu May 03, 2012 3:37 am

Barcelona have made a first bid of 10M for Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue (23), a Frenchman from Guadeloupean descent. [l'equipe via md]

by BarcaKizz Thu May 03, 2012 3:51 am

It's bizarre how De Boer is acting like an agent for Vertonghen. He really wants him to come to Barca. I'm sure with his connections he's had words with Guardiola too.

I'm not sold on Capoue just because he's unknown to me. I don't really see why he'd be so much better than Bartra tbh... Good enough to challenge Pique, Puyol and Mascherano??

by free_cat Thu May 03, 2012 10:40 am

BarcaKizz wrote:
free_cat wrote:
Albiceleste wrote:
free_cat wrote:CR played LW, and Alaba LB. They barely met on the pitch. And Ronaldo scored two goals.
Let's leave the false claims like "Zanetti/Marcelo kept messi in his pocket" for Evil Madrid and Inter fans.
Ronaldo went to the right during the first leg at some parts of the match and he couldn't get past Alaba

Barely half an hour. Not a test.

Kizz, I think that Capoue is wanted mainly as a CB. They say he is natural in both positions. I'm sold on him, even if he can flop, I would gamble of him. It's the kind of transfers I like (if he is not very expensive off course).

I don't know much about him, but you are normally a very sceptical judge about signings. Can you tell me why you like him so much?

I've only watched youtube clips and 1 Toulousse game, so my rating is not informed tbh. But what I like about Capoue is the kind of signing (young but mature, good price) and from what I've watched, he seems like a mixture of Busquets and Mascherano.

- Tall and good aerially.
- Good diving tackling
- Can do the pelopina and fakes to hold the ball.
- Has quite good technique and passing.
- Good passing forward (look at the passes at 0:20, 1:22, 1:49 from the youtube video dani posted... that's Busquets right there!).
- Pretty fast and athletic.

He is 23 and for 10 milion euros? It can really go wrong IMO.

by BarrileteCosmico Thu May 03, 2012 4:46 pm

Sport: "Tito wants David Luiz"
http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/marcha-guardiola-apaga-interes-del-barca-por-david-luiz-1740502

So that's Vertonghen, Copoue and Luiz we're getting linked to within a few days. Anyone else extremely glad we're finally being linked with CBs, even if all these rumors are BS?

I still maintain we need a vice-Pique to give him competition.

by Khaled Thu May 03, 2012 4:52 pm

Latest Rumours regarding players that could join Barcelona this summer:

- Adrian {Atletico Madrid's Forward, 18 buyout clause}
- Jordi Alba {Valencia, LB/LWB, rumors suggest that he could cost a fee between 10-15 M}
- Ettiene Capoue {Toulouse, DM/CB, according to MD, Barcelona already made a 10M offer to sign Capoue! - The New Yaya?}.
3 young, talented and with very reasonable fees... Interesting.

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- Barcelona sources deny that the club plans to sell Dani Alves (28) in the summer and say they count on him for next season. [md]
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- Tonietto (agent Thiago Silva): "Barça? All I know is what I read in the press. Barça nor Milan contacted me on this."

"If there's an offer from Barça and Milan wants to sell... Every player dreams of playing at Barça." [md]

by windkick Thu May 03, 2012 5:18 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Sport: "Tito wants David Luiz"
http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/marcha-guardiola-apaga-interes-del-barca-por-david-luiz-1740502

So that's Vertonghen, Copoue and Luiz we're getting linked to within a few days. Anyone else extremely glad we're finally being linked with CBs, even if all these rumors are BS?

I still maintain we need a vice-Pique to give him competition.

David Luis is horrible.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu May 03, 2012 5:27 pm

windkick wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:Sport: "Tito wants David Luiz"
http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/marcha-guardiola-apaga-interes-del-barca-por-david-luiz-1740502

So that's Vertonghen, Copoue and Luiz we're getting linked to within a few days. Anyone else extremely glad we're finally being linked with CBs, even if all these rumors are BS?

I still maintain we need a vice-Pique to give him competition.

David Luis is horrible.

Not true...... he was terrible under AVB but practically everyone was but he was probably Chelsea's MOTM for like 6 games running when Di Matteo came in before his injurie a couple of weeks ago.....

I have no doubt if he joined Barca he would be a success..... i question Chelsea would sell for a price that Barca feel is acceptable tho.

by shinigami99 Thu May 03, 2012 5:50 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
windkick wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:Sport: "Tito wants David Luiz"
http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/marcha-guardiola-apaga-interes-del-barca-por-david-luiz-1740502

So that's Vertonghen, Copoue and Luiz we're getting linked to within a few days. Anyone else extremely glad we're finally being linked with CBs, even if all these rumors are BS?

I still maintain we need a vice-Pique to give him competition.

David Luis is horrible.

Not true...... he was terrible under AVB but practically everyone was but he was probably Chelsea's MOTM for like 6 games running when Di Matteo came in before his injurie a couple of weeks ago.....

I have no doubt if he joined Barca he would be a success..... i question Chelsea would sell for a price that Barca feel is acceptable tho.

We should get Coloccini :coffee:

.. He has la liga experience :coffee:

What say you Mole? :coffee:

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu May 03, 2012 5:56 pm

I say f*ck off lol........ plus he just signed a 5 year contract trust me you dont want to go there Laughing

by Madvillain Thu May 03, 2012 6:33 pm

kiranr wrote:http://www.goal.com/en/news/462/netherlands/2012/05/03/3076910/vertonghen-should-go-to-barcelona-ajax-manager-de-boer

Are we in the market for him?

Honestly, getting Vertoghen would not be a bad move. He's got a lot of what we need in defence right now (strong in the air, can play CB, LB and he's technically gifted for a CB) and he's not expensive due to his contract expiring. The only thing that sort of bugs me is his overall quality. He's very good, too good for the Eredivisie, but not a topnotch defender. I don't think he's good enough to be a starter CB in our team. I wouldn't mind selling Adriano and buying Alba and Vertoghen for the LB position though. That shouldn't be too expensive (probably 20-22 million for the two of them) and we might end up getting at least one gem for a relative small splash of money.

He's even a converted midfielder. Very Happy

by Khaled Thu May 03, 2012 10:19 pm

Dani Alves on his facebook: Hello everyone, I will not leave Barca!!!
Visca el Barca!!

by Barca2211 Thu May 03, 2012 10:53 pm

Khaled wrote:Dani Alves on his facebook: Hello everyone, I will not leave Barca!!!
Visca el Barca!!

Whoever doubted him staying are insane anyway lol. He just signed a new contract last year..... :facepalm:

by BarcaKizz Fri May 04, 2012 1:10 am

Hete BLKSM wrote:
kiranr wrote:http://www.goal.com/en/news/462/netherlands/2012/05/03/3076910/vertonghen-should-go-to-barcelona-ajax-manager-de-boer

Are we in the market for him?

Honestly, getting Vertoghen would not be a bad move. He's got a lot of what we need in defence right now (strong in the air, can play CB, LB and he's technically gifted for a CB) and he's not expensive due to his contract expiring. The only thing that sort of bugs me is his overall quality. He's very good, too good for the Eredivisie, but not a topnotch defender. I don't think he's good enough to be a starter CB in our team. I wouldn't mind selling Adriano and buying Alba and Vertoghen for the LB position though. That shouldn't be too expensive (probably 20-22 million for the two of them) and we might end up getting at least one gem for a relative small splash of money.

He's even a converted midfielder.

I don't mind that idea, though I'm not sure that either of them would be better than Adri.

by Madvillain Fri May 04, 2012 7:41 am

I don't rate Alba that highly, but I think he should be able to perform similar to what Adriano has been doing, but at the same time he is less injury prone, younger and a Masia product. As long as we also have a defensively stronger player who could also play as a LB, in this case Vertonghen, Tito would be able play either of them based on the opponent and it's strengths and weaknesses. Sakho would also be an option instead of Vertonghen, but he would obviously cost a whole lot more. Just getting Alba would be pretty pointless in my opinion, as he's too similar to Adriano in a lot of ways.

by The Franchise Fri May 04, 2012 9:55 am

Cheikh M'Bengue...might aswell double swoop if we after Capoue.

by danyjr Fri May 04, 2012 11:16 am

The Franchise wrote:Cheikh M'Bengue...might aswell double swoop if we after Capoue.

He's not Barcelona material. He is a (very) poor man's Michel Bastos.

by Khaled Fri May 04, 2012 9:17 pm

Despite yearly 50M budget, Barcelona could this summer only spend 20M(+sales) to have more money for 2013, when they'd buy Neymar. [marca]

by _LMG_10_ Sat May 05, 2012 12:25 am

There was a showed that aired yesterday called Premiere league world and Coloccini featured in it. They hyped him up a lot but I've never seen him play.

Can someone do a comparison between him and David Luiz? What are their strengths and weaknesses? I haven't seen either of them playing much.

Also, why isn't coloccini on the Argentine NT?

by danyjr Sat May 05, 2012 1:11 am

Coloccini was a fantastic player in La Liga, especially at Depor I remember him giving Barça a hard time whenever the two teams met. I hadn't been impressed by his Newcastle performances since he joined Magpies but this season he has been one of the reasons why Newcastle are so high up in the league.
Compared to Luiz...he is obviously much older and more experienced. He is fantastic on air, both offensive and defensively. I think he should have stayed in La Liga because of his style of play. Shame...he could do well for Argentina too.

by Mr Nick09 Sat May 05, 2012 6:50 pm

"We do not sell players, and certainly not David Alaba, who will play a major role in the future of Bayern. Barcelona can save the 20 cent phone charge to Munich," Rummenigge told Kurier.

by FennecFox7 Sat May 05, 2012 8:24 pm

Albiceleste wrote:RVP Maybe he wasn't JUST visiting Afellay when he came to the hotel Barca were staying at in London.

Llorente? Not the right player for us imo, he would flop like Ibra.

Llorente is not like ibra imo. If you look at the way they score their goals, you'd know what i mean.

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