Re: Marquez Rumors Marquez isn't coming, forget it, he has problem with Barca now and they don't want give him his free pass...
Re: Marquez Rumors Your spanish is undoubtedly better than mine, can you explain a little more what the problem is? Are Barca asking for too much of a transfer fee?
Re: Marquez Rumors I'm curious too because it just seemed so much like the Marquez thing was a matter of time. Everything is right on schedule because Backe has kept up that he's confident it will be done in another week or so. To me, that simply means they came together on an agreement with Marquez and now it is a matter of hashing everything out with Barcelona. Barcelona may try to play a bit of hardball with either Marquez or the RBs, but either way, I think they will cave and it's just a matter of time. No team wants bad blood or distraction around their franchise.
Re: Marquez Rumors I wonder if the announcers know something that we don't know, because I can't find it in print. Barca have said that they're happy to let Rafa and Henry move on. There won't be a transfer fee, because Barca want to save the money on wages. Undoubtedly, there's some kinks to work out, but I haven't heard any reliable source say that the deal is somehow threatened.
Re: Marquez Rumors Agree. Plus I keep going back to Backe's quotes on this whole thing and it just seems like everything's on schedule. As of yesterday (perhaps even today) Backe kept pointing towards that 7 to 10 days time-frame. All the while still expressing confidence that it was only a matter of time. If something bad had happened prior to his quotes, he certainly would have been backpedaling somewhat.
Re: Marquez Rumors I mean, the words have come straight from Pep's mouth that Marquez doesn't have a spot on next year's team... what could possibly hold up the transfer? Is there a mystery team offering an absurd amount of money?
Re: Marquez Rumors On the game on ESPN they say that thing get complicated and that the 50/50 now was more than a 80/20 against of Marquez geting his free transfer and that they will give more information after the game....
Re: Marquez Rumors And where did they come up with those percentages? It would go against everything that Backe and Pep have said. I expect journalists to say bs, but usually the coaches are on target. We all knew that there'd be some kinks to work out. That's probably all it is. But Backe's confidence suggests that this thing is on track. Watcing the Bulls tonight, you can only think that Rafa will improve the squad.
Re: Marquez Rumors I've heard so many overwhelmingly positive developments concerning this prospective transfer that I'll believe negative news when I hear it from several credible sources.
Re: Marquez Rumors So, Riquelme still free agent and Seattle is looking a place to download Lungberg, lest go and bring our # 10....
Re: Marquez Rumors Lindpere looked awesome tongiht, and Henry gave him props after the match. I don't think you need Freddie L.
Re: Marquez Rumors Lindpere is woefully underrated by RB fans. People are up in arms about Tchani and Garcia not getting enough minutes but nobody seems to want to give credit to one of the driving forces behind our attack this season.
Re: Marquez Rumors The Red Bulls appear to be in the midst of a massive turnout, which means that a lot of the guys are gonna have to sit or move on. With Henry, Rafa, another midfielder, and possibly Trezeguet arriving over the next year, the Red Bulls will start to look like a totally different team. Remmeber last season? It now seems like a million years ago.
Re: Marquez Rumors I agree with you on all counts. If you ask me, he is the single biggest reason for this team's turn around!
Re: Marquez Rumors Well, his name disappear from the papers, only sport.es have a article from yesterday before the news that his transfer has been complicated, they don't say what was the complication, I don't follow the news, the only we know is that the president of Barca say last Monday he has the door open to go, and that next Monday the 26, they will sign all the respective papers, ...who knows...
Re: Marquez Rumors I didn't see anything yesterday suggesting that the deal had hit an impasse. This is the article that appears this morning on sport.es, and here is the google translation A (googley) translation: I feel comfortable guessing that this deal will happen.
Re: Marquez Rumors If you see the date of this article is from the 22 (Yesterday) and when they write this article Marquez was vacationing in Mexico, but he is in Barcelona from yesterday and is when the rumors that the deal has been complicated and they read some of that news during the game against Tottenham....but they not give any reference of the news....the only they say that they will comment about that in they news program later...
Re: Marquez Rumors http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3353...ender-rafael-marquez-to-join-thierry-henry-at
Re: Marquez Rumors This is great news; I guess Goal.com is not aware that you can carry 3 Designated Players!
Re: Marquez Rumors And that is a six month old news, I wonder are they good informed about Marquez?....
Re: Marquez Rumors goal.com also had an "exclusive" story last summer that Villa had 100% definitely joined Barcelona... I still think this deal will go through but they aren't the most reliable source.