Should Sporting sell Quaresma in December

Discussion in 'Sporting CP' started by JuveleoRules, Oct 18, 2002.

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  1. JuveleoRules

    JuveleoRules Member

    Jun 8, 2002
    New Jersey, U.S.A.
    Club:
    Sporting CP Lisbon
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    Well all the speculation around Him moving to a host of Clubs like:

    Juventus
    Inter
    Manchester United
    Real Madrid

    Lets hope he sticks around another year. Portugal once again has enough coefficient points to have its Champion go right into group play in the CL.

    Wouldn't it be nice to see Sporting for once advance a little further in Europe. To do this it must keeps its core of youngsters together.
     
  2. Selecao2002

    Selecao2002 New Member

    Oct 20, 2000
    MA
    I also hope for the player's sake that he sticks around for another year. Hopefully, Sporting will resist, but I don't expect him to play for the Lions next year.
     
  3. PortoMarco

    PortoMarco New Member

    Jun 5, 2002
    Montreal/Porto
    WHy should he leave? It would be career suicide for him. He's not even 20 yet! Look at Simao, he left young...flopped at Barca and thank god Benfica came along otherwise Simao would be part of the famous group of Portuguese flops (Gil, Paulo Alves, Peixe....etc..).

    Quaresma should stay until 22-23 and then leave.
     
  4. Emidio

    Emidio New Member

    Sporting,should keep Quaresma for a couple more years.Sporting needs player's like Quaresma to improve in international play.It's good to be back!
     
  5. dtoste

    dtoste New Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    San Jose Ca
    Exactly! Simao is the Perfect example! He can only get better playing in the SuperLiga. He has plenty of time to move. But I doubt it. They will offer too much money!
     
  6. Selecao2002

    Selecao2002 New Member

    Oct 20, 2000
    MA
    I think we can all agree that from a player development perspective, it is best for him to stay for AT LEAST another year. Hugo Viana could have benefited from staying in Portugal for one more season. In retrospect, he would have been the perfect player to fill the void for JVP over the past 8 weeks.

    However, when you start considering the finances behind these deals, it is not surprising that these players are leaving early. By most accounts, Quaresma could fetch over $15M, with a portion of that (10%???) going directly to his pocket. It is hard to walk away from a lump sum of $1.5M. Further, Viana’s salary went up 20-fold or something when he signed with Newcastle. Again, hard to refuse a raise of that magnitude. And, for Sporting, an infusion of $15-$20M is again hard to resist.

    This is going to come down to economics. For that reason, I don’t expect to see Ricardo in Lisbon next year, so watch him while you can.
     
  7. dtoste

    dtoste New Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    San Jose Ca
    He will be gone by December and Ronaldo will be gone in 1-2 years.
     
  8. PortoMarco

    PortoMarco New Member

    Jun 5, 2002
    Montreal/Porto
    You guys don't pay attention to the game that much do you?

    The Economics of the game at the moment have been hit by this little thing called "reality". No team outside Real Madrid (govn't money), Bayern Munich & Manu (Legit business) will shell out E15 mill for a player that has yet to shave.

    The TV money is drying up and drying up in a big way. You'll see more and more players staying in their respective leagues rather than go abroad!!!
     
  9. nas2nj

    nas2nj New Member

    Jun 12, 2002
    Newark, NJ
    I would love to see more of our players stay!!!
     
  10. Selecao2002

    Selecao2002 New Member

    Oct 20, 2000
    MA
    There are a good number of young, exciting players in the SuperLiga. Besides the obvious suspects (e.g., Simao, Quaresma, Ronaldo), you have the Ferreiras, Candido Costa, Cesar Peixito of Porto; Neca; Tonel of Academica, Ednilson, Moreira, Rocha, Tiago and Miguel of Benfica; Carlos Martins of Sporting; and hosts of others. These guys will form the foundation of the seleccao moving foward.
     
  11. vilafria

    vilafria Member+

    Jun 2, 2005
    Bump, You gotta admit it, the advice is priceless. :)
     
  12. ChopSoccerDude

    Dec 3, 2004
    New Jersey
    Club:
    FC Porto
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    only you to dig up these ancient threads...:D
     

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