Re: Hatem Ben Arfa

by M99 Fri Apr 22, 2016 4:01 pm

sportsczy wrote:http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Chelsea-entre-en-course-pour-hatem-ben-arfa/654556

Chelsea has joined Liverpool, Villareal and Milan () in expressing their interest for Ben Arfa. PSG has made some inquiries too... because Ben Arfa would rather stay in France even if he's not s regular for PSG. Not very fond memories of the UK.

Here's the PSG link from 3 days ago: http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Hatem-ben-arfa-plait-au-psg/653529

Quite a lot of interest for a player that Newcastle couldn't be bothered with...

Would be better for him to go to Milan than PSG. It is better to finish midtable in Serie A than winning LOL 1 in January and getting kicked out of QFs every year. At least there is unpredictability and hope for Milan next season. PSG is stuck for life as jobber to the stars (:

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Apr 22, 2016 4:04 pm

Still not entirely convinced he's going to leave tbh.

He's not like most footballers, cares more about his happiness etc etc than anything else. He could have left us anytime he wanted really but never did until we forced him out.

He's happy in Nice, the people love him and i get the feeling that it's mutual with him. If he is to leave he won't go somewhere which is going to make him unhappy imo.

by McAgger Sat Apr 23, 2016 2:05 am

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat May 07, 2016 12:31 am

Just over a year after he was released on a free transfer by Newcastle United, after being forced to train with the youth team, Hatem Ben Arfa is on the brink of signing for Barcelona.

Says the Telegraph, as happy as i am for him you will never understand how angry this makes me feel lol.

by McAgger Sat May 07, 2016 2:58 am

Would you say he was the best talent you guys had since Shearer?

by M99 Sat May 07, 2016 3:57 am

Don't call me James wrote:Would you say he was the best talent you guys had since Shearer?

Typical GL hyperbole. As if Colback does not exist Rolling Eyes

by McAgger Sat May 07, 2016 4:09 am

M99 wrote:
Don't call me James wrote:Would you say he was the best talent you guys had since Shearer?

Typical GL hyperbole. As if Colback does not exist

I adjusted for era mate.

If you era adjust Colback's play, he's the greatest player before Shearer's generation since the football was very similar to his strengths. Noobs, I swear.

by Firenze Sat May 07, 2016 4:21 am

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Just over a year after he was released on a free transfer by Newcastle United, after being forced to train with the youth team, Hatem Ben Arfa is on the brink of signing for Barcelona.

Says the Telegraph, as happy as i am for him you will never understand how angry this makes me feel lol.

newcastle

think I remember u being outraged for a while at Pardeaux's treatment of him on almost a weekly basis in chat Proud

hope the lad can hack it at a top club mentally, been unreal for nice

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat May 07, 2016 2:50 pm

Don't call me James wrote:Would you say he was the best talent you guys had since Shearer?

:hmm:Probably yeah.

BTW this is pretty much happening unless the talks *bleep* up because Nice President said he's in talks with Barca.

Him and Mascherano will have something in common seeing as they were both treated like crap by Pardew Laughing

All we need now is Messi to ask for Tevez just for a laugh and we'll have the ultimate Pardew *bleep* up Trifecta.

by RealGunner Sat May 07, 2016 10:34 pm

https://twitter.com/trequartista100/status/728999295924375552

by Onyx Sat May 07, 2016 10:42 pm

Wasn't Ben Arfa jobbing for the last 5 years? Since when did he get a new main event push. hmm

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat May 07, 2016 10:46 pm

Onyx wrote:Wasn't Ben Arfa jobbing for the last 5 years? Since when did he get a new main event push.

No.

He just wasn't given a chance, everytime he played he was impactful but the manager didn't like him.

I just realized while typing this of the wrestling comparisons lmao.

by Onyx Sat May 07, 2016 11:02 pm

Sandow comparison imo. Everytime he appeared he was over, but Vince didn't like him, so released him. Ben Arfa was also released. hmm

by futbol Sun May 08, 2016 12:19 am

Can't wait for him to replace Neymar.

by Kaladin Sun May 08, 2016 12:21 am

Who is going to pay 250m+ for Neymar, his dad, cousin, favela, etc?

by futbol Sun May 08, 2016 12:23 am

ES wrote:Who is going to pay 250m+ for Neymar, his dad, cousin, favela, etc?

Hatem Ben Arfa - Page 8 Ed-Woodward-599371

by Kaladin Sun May 08, 2016 12:26 am

futbol wrote:
ES wrote:Who is going to pay 250m+ for Neymar, his dad, cousin, favela, etc?

You mean:

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 08, 2016 12:36 am

Onyx wrote:Sandow comparison imo. Everytime he appeared he was over, but Vince didn't like him, so released him. Ben Arfa was also released.

He was also forced to train with the kids like Sandow was forced to appear on Superstars. hmm

Plot thickens. hmm

by sportsczy Sun May 08, 2016 1:32 am

Really 3 years. He was at Euro 2012 and then wasn't heard of again until the start of this season in summer 2015. What a waste. Almost criminal by Pardew and the other hack manager where he was loaned (forget where) did to him. At both places, they criticized him for not doing well with hoof ball, not playing wide enough and not tracking back... no shat. No matter how hard you want an elephant to play the violin, he's not going to be able to do it. Ben Arfa is a striker... treat him as such.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 08, 2016 2:06 am

I still remember Ben Arfa being forced deep by Pardew when he did play.

He would literally beat 6 players and still be 20 yards from goal lol.

by CBarca Sun May 08, 2016 2:30 am

Is he the best dribbler in the world today?

Certainly one of them, only the likes of Neymar and Messi can go past players like that... absolutely incredible

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 08, 2016 2:33 am

He has been for years, for all the detractors his dribbling ability has never been in question. Or at least it shouldn't be.

by BarrileteCosmico Sun May 08, 2016 2:51 am

The issue has always been his work ethic, and who is to say that once you take him out of his current environment he won't go back to old habits? Big risk IMO

by farfan Sun May 08, 2016 2:57 am

I think he'll be humbled being around the likes of Messi , Suarez and Iniesta. hmm

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun May 08, 2016 2:59 am

What old habits lol, as I have said before he was never a problem for us.

This whole bad boy stuff is a myth, it might have been the case in Marseille and Lyon all those years ago I dunno but for us it was never an issue and believe me it could have easily been considering how he was treated.

by Hapless_Hans Sun May 08, 2016 11:28 am

The French Balotelli

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