Could you Pay 150000 euros to sign sign a 11 yo? Is it ok to 'steal' players while they are kids? Ethics say no in both case, but the reality is that it does happen very often, and more than we would want to. At that age there are no professional contracts, until 16 yo there is no official link that FIFA sanction , so a simple signature on the file for each season serves a link between the player and the club that trained him or the team he is playing for. And it's that way season after season.

The problem appears when a team takes interest into a young player and puts an offer in cash on the table, to take the say wonderkid. Which is what happened between Malaga and Barcelona. That is, between Sheikh Al Thani and the 'president' Rosell. Last March, a young 11 yo boy captured the attention of barcelona as his talent was standing out far above the rest. His name is Brahim, and he was being compared to non other than Messi at the same age. The Sheikh turned down the blaugrana, but they reacted, and came back with a 150,000 offer to break the link his father signed with Malaga, so to guarantee that the young kid continue playing on la Costa del Sol.

What does the club that formed that kid and many others who decided to leave their team of heart for the attraction of the bigger and more powerful, receive in return? Nothing, because with a simple change of residence of the parents, everything would be solved . In the case of Brahim Diaz, his father already knows what it is like to live in Barcelona because for a few months, he was a Barcelona employee. Al Thani and his aides managed to convince the player's father, but it cost them 40,000 euros, housing and payment of the child's education. In total, between 150,000 and 200,000. And let's not forget we are talking about an 11 yo player.

Malaga and Barcelona have broken their relations

The breakdown in relations between both clubs is complete. Since then, Barcelona and Malaga have met on different occasions. Rosell and Al Thani crossed path on the transfers of Jose Angel and kiko Femenia, and including when the medias spoke of the interest of Barcelona for Pastore, Sheik Al Thani put in motion a plan to rob Pastore in the face of Guardiola. The funny thing is, Barcelona is sponsored by the Qatar Foundation, owned by the family of Al Thani.

From ElConfidential

Brahim Diaz is considered in spain as the most talented player coming out of the 'smaller' academies in his age group. He had a chance to train in La Masia, and took part to some tournament last weekend during which he had the same effect on every club president and specialists that watched him play...


If it wasnt for the millions of Sheik Al Thani, Barcelona would have gotten away with it, as it's a real problem with smaller academies in Spain losing players to bigger club. Things just took an unprecedented turn here.

So Barcelona failed then?

Very sad turn of events indeed

Crimson wrote:So Barcelona failed then?

Very sad turn of events indeed

it's the biggest irony no?

their fans treat wenger worse than a child molester for signing away some of their masia talent, yet their club is doing worse stealing away kids from their academies.

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Crimson wrote:So Barcelona failed then?

Very sad turn of events indeed

it's the biggest irony no?

their fans treat wenger worse than a child molester for signing away some of their masia talent, yet their club is doing worse stealing away kids from their academies.

The Fabregas situation is different.

Don't drag Wenger into this.

This is hardly surprising, as it's something that happens with many clubs around the world. The best clubs want the best talent possible to ensure the best possible future.

For this reason, it wouldn't be right to criticise Barcelona.

^^ it's true to an extent, but things went a bit dramatic here as they severed the tie they had with Malaga.

barca 2011 wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Crimson wrote:So Barcelona failed then?

Very sad turn of events indeed

it's the biggest irony no?

their fans treat wenger worse than a child molester for signing away some of their masia talent, yet their club is doing worse stealing away kids from their academies.

The Fabregas situation is different.

ofcourse not cos fabregas was playin for barca from birth...o no wait he had a team he was with till age of 10....

Meanwhile when Rayo Vallecano closed their academies due to financial restrictions Real Madrid paid a fair amount of money for nine of their best youngsters when they didn't have to pay anything at all. This was all less than a month ago too.

Interesting no?

bloodless wrote:

barca 2011 wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Crimson wrote:So Barcelona failed then?

Very sad turn of events indeed

it's the biggest irony no?

their fans treat wenger worse than a child molester for signing away some of their masia talent, yet their club is doing worse stealing away kids from their academies.

The Fabregas situation is different.

ofcourse not cos fabregas was playin for barca from birth...o no wait he had a team he was with till age of 10....

This has nothing to do with Fab, but ok. And I said it was different, not that it wasn't different, because the kid hasn't (A. come to barca for cheap, (B. become a star and best player of the team, (C. Malaga hasn't become the world's best side, with his teammates from youth still there, and (D. and now the kid wants to return/club wants to buy him back and we have a crazy saga.

This happens a lot and again, the Fabregas situation is different, no need to bring it into this discussion, which is a bit pointless, nick.(not hatin on you, just sayin)

barca 2011 wrote:

This happens a lot and again, the Fabregas situation is different, no need to bring it into this discussion, which is a bit pointless, nick.(not hatin on you, just sayin)

lol, you are the one who brought up fabregas, nodoby asked you to.

didnt understand the reasons you were quoting tho...

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

barca 2011 wrote:

This happens a lot and again, the Fabregas situation is different, no need to bring it into this discussion, which is a bit pointless, nick.(not hatin on you, just sayin)

lol, you are the one who brought up fabregas, nodoby asked you to.

didnt understand the reasons you were quoting tho...

Dude, u bought up us calling wenger a pedophile. C'Mon, what does that imply, don't play dumb dude.

Must be some sorta special kid

lol, The fabregas situation isn't different at all. If baca complain about fabregas, they better be prepared to get complaints from everyone else.

Wenger took 2 from us not even 6 months ago...

At least Wenger gets his kids legally.

hypocrisy at its finest

LOL At Barcelona, great job Malaga.
The thing is every team does this but when Arsenal does it its a big deal, and Barcelona wants their DNA back.

barca 2011 wrote:
Dude, u bought up us calling wenger a pedophile. C'Mon, what does that imply, don't play dumb dude.

so now fab is the only barca player that ever went to Arsenal? interesting.

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

barca 2011 wrote:
Dude, u bought up us calling wenger a pedophile. C'Mon, what does that imply, don't play dumb dude.

so now fab is the only barca player that ever went to Arsenal? interesting.

I never said or implied that, so I don't see your point

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

barca 2011 wrote:
Dude, u bought up us calling wenger a pedophile. C'Mon, what does that imply, don't play dumb dude.

so now fab is the only barca player that ever went to Arsenal? interesting.

He is the only player they want back cus he made it and I forgot he has the Barcelona DNA.

i implied those kids in general, you went straight to Cesc...-_-

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:i implied those kids in general, you went straight to Cesc...-_-

No, u went straight to us referring to wenger as a pedophile, off of a pretty pointless post, and what did u honestly think that would imply? That's called playing stupid.

barca 2011 wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:i implied those kids in general, you went straight to Cesc...-_-

No, u went straight to us referring to wenger as a pedophile, off of a pretty pointless post, and what did u honestly think that would imply? That's called playing stupid.

show me that crystal ball, since you decided what my thoughts were, lol

let it go now, you can move on

Wenger is a great manager and a lot of these young kids come to Arsenal look up to him as a dad, cus gives them chance of life time. In other teams dog eat dog world, some of these youngster at Arsenal would not have been who they are at other clubs.

I think they should change the rule in Spain so teams can sign young players to a contract like in EPL.