Sergio Ramos to Milan & Other Patently Ridiculous Transfer Rumours

If wE are to Stalk chelSea for one of theIr playErs it should be the oNe and only..

 

Fuc* . If we really missed on this guy.... Ohhh, we got Metz, silly me, we don't need Garay

 

Good for Barcelona if this is true. They are buying a excellent player but don't they have sufficient Central Defenders in their squad?.. Puyol, Oleguer, Thuram, Milito, Marquez and now Garay!

 

There's actually been a couple of rumours flying around the last few days that Barca had tied up Garay for next season, Marca are a few days late! Still until I see something concrete it's tabloid rubbish. Regardless, Garay's stocks have rosen a lot this season and it kinda sucks we didn't buy him the beginning of the season at the behest of Miguel Angel Portugal, now if he hasn't already signed for Barca we are still going to have to contend with half of Europe to get him.

 

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=575664

*************,hope it is just a rumor.

They do not need another CB,and they do not usually pay that much money.

What surprises me is that Tottenham and Lyon were said to be willing to pay 15 and 17 so why settle for 14.5 and in installments?

 

If we are just throwing names up I'll nominate another: Xabi Alonso

Although he recently signed a contract extension to stay at Anfield at the moment he seems to be falling down the pecking order in midfield with Gerrard, Mascherano and even new comer Lucas prefered to him, even Rafa has came out and said so.

I honestly think a move back to Spain would do him a lot of good and Xabi has even hinted as much. He was great at Real Sociedad (one of their best players when they finished 2nd in 02/03) and had a good first 18 months at Pool but since then he seems to have gone off the walls a bit.

He has great vision and distribution, decent shot from long range, and can sit in front of the defence and provide our attack good ball going forward and is proven in La Liga with Sociedad.

 

don't be silly.

 

Those games weren't comparable. Almeria suffocated our midfield and would have done the same if gago has been playing. guti is the control in this test - loads of space and time to perform against villareal then no space and poor against almeria.

Admittedly diarra needs to raise his game we need a return to the diarra that rampaged across europe for lyon and helped and proved so effective in the title run in last season.

he might not play pretty football but is a vital component to giving the team a stable base to attack from. personally i would like to see both diarra and gago in midfield alonside either guti or sneijder.

 

Well Suazo anyone??
He was inter than signed for Milan than inter ... so you never know...

But i wonder loosing breno to bayern and now garay(who is great and already knows the Spanish league) to barca...
Do they not want a CB?are they going for a bigger name in the back and more experience?or are they satisfied with what we have ?
(heinze considered as a CB and marcelo/torres Left backs ????)

If true, i m sad that he went to barca from all the clubs and that we lost out.

 

Dani Alves may be a priority for us. People have also spoken of how Cacares? from Racing is also a great prospect at CB, many consider him better than Garay. The fact Garay scores goals aswell has probably put him out there in the limelight a little more. I'd be more than happy if we got Alves instead.

 

there are definitely other options so im not worried. I simply wrote/linked the Marca story here to discuss how it effects our potential transfer rumors.

The problem with defender rumors are that we have to know where Sergio Ramos is going to end up to determine a real shortlist. How has Alves played for the majority of this season?

 

Well how about i put a spin on the garay story and there's a new update and the president confirms garay is close to barca.
http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=576170

But the thing is, i think that the president is just kind of making it up so that he can create some sort of bidding war or someone comes in and gives a concrete offer. Although risky, he's kind of trying to force us or try to rush us into to paying the full amount.
But the thing is garay is good but there will always be another or better prospect. Also, i am sure we have lists and lists of players that our scouts are tracking.

Speaking of prospects, how is nasri and jeremy menez doing?? Saw the monaco - marseille game and nasri was decent and menez did have a off day. Anyone been tracking them for more than my limited knowledge??

 

I haven't seen much of Sevilla, but from what I have heard he had a bit of a slow start, like much of the team I would imagine, but has since been in great form. Sid Lowe was raving about him on the Guardian podcast a few weeks back.

 

I watch highlights of the French league and limited Marseille games(I am A fan but they tend to be in the same time as Real Games or other big matches).

Menez is that player that drives monaco,they depend on him and he can take them home or loose them the game.he is good but not that consistent yet.

Usually quite good but does show glimpses of genius that makes you think maybe this kid has got it.

As for Nasri,he is the superstar of French football(along with benzema).
An off day for this kid is nice playmaking and a lot of wasted opportunities from the forwards.
A good day,he scores the goal himself.Great player but evolves slowly but the good thing he keeps becoming better.
(has gotten huge interest from all over Europe but chose to stay with Marseille stating,i just began and i need to learn more and finish my education in the French league before moving to a big European club/Zidane s friend(protege?) and a Madrid fan)

(Recently starred in the 5-1 trashing,scores wonderful goals)

 

I thought his release clause is 18 mill and he already rejected an OL offer of 15 mill. So there can't be much of a bidding war, since the bracket for the bidding is 16-18 mill, at which point the bidding stops and Garay chooses a team.

The only way Racing can conceivably start a bidding war is by asking to have players included in the deal, probably B-team and loaned out prospects, which would be a sensible idea for them. But they still want to keep it under 18 mill, because if it gets close to that figure the clubs can just pull off the exchange deal and pay a little extra, leaving Racing with no bidding war, no Garay, and no youth player.

If I was Racing, I'd quietly shop the player around for deals, I wouldn't plaster it on the front page of anything.

 

Oleguer is not CB, his more RB than anything else. Also Thruram is old and is only good as a backup. If they get Garay, Puyol is moving to RB. Lineup would look like that. Marquez is CB/DM and can play where he's needed.

Abidal(Slyvinho)- Milito(Thuram)-Garay(Marguez)-Puyol(Zambrotta).

Not bad .

edit: Why would we want Alves?? Ramos is great at the RB and it would be stupid to move him back to CB. Before the season started nobody knew how this is going to work out, but Ramos imo is better as a right back than a CB. Buying Alves is wasting money, what we need is to sell Metz asap and get a decent CB ( Carvalho ).

 

That is a good point you make good sir, but, people forget that we have bought daniel opare (needs confirming, sorry if spelt wrong). We have bought him right??? So any prospect of buying daniel is down the drain. Personally, i think daniel would have been better at chelsea or another big EPL club since it would be a step up from sevilla. Plus i dont think chelsea would mind having another / better rb than belleti (attacking wise).

 

Sorry for the late reply.

Unfortunately, I don't think you can get over the immaturity. He looks a very good prospect, but I'm not sure I would want to be dependant on him in midfield as soon as next season.....quite apart from the fact that I doubt a deal could be done.

 

hey guys - Oleguer is available - anyone want him - heh heh

Oleguer: I May Leave Barcelona
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=576381

 

He is a CB. A CrappyBack.