The Benfica "South America's New Country" Transfer Thread [R]

You could of just said he was included instead of posting a pointless article.

 

Personally I don't believe height matters much in strikers as people think.

Short strikers that have done well are Del Pierro,Pato,Tevez,Villa are all the same height as Jara. I'm not comparing to skill but there are some fantastic goal scoring short players. Most guys that are Cardozo's height aren't the best goal scorers but they work rather well a short with tall striker. Though two short strikers could work well, if fast enough they can beat you with pace and if they can't, they'll draw fouls

 

I'm sorry, but I don't believe that. Can you exemplify any powerful team that plays with only short forwards?

You know as well as I do that against defensive parking bus teams or even agile world class CBs, midgets will do shit.

 

Against teams that park the bus would foul smaller players or smaller players would get around them. Miccoli and Nuno Gomes are not the tallest strikers around and scored lots together. In two years together they combined for 48 goals. Miccoli's partner at Palermo isn't THAT tall either Cavani and they both have over 10 goals in Italy. Rooney and Tevez they're not that tall either and scored loads,50 goals in 2 seasons. That whole United team isn't that tall either apart from Berbatov in attack.

Skill and technique will beat strength and size any day of the week.

 

Nuno Gomes, Rooney and Cavani have an average height. Since when do they fit the definition of midgets?

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Find a Cavani.

 

Not sure in todays modern football, where being an athletic footballer seems to be IT, the small, skilled and technique players are way more exciting to watch. :buonanotte: :messi:

 

Benfica continue to want Eduardo. Talks about including Jorge Ribeiro in the deal.
http://www.record.xl.pt/noticia.asp...&idCanal=00000011-0000-0000-0000-000000000011

 

Lol, crap for crap.

 

http://www.record.xl.pt/noticia.asp...anal=00000011-0000-0000-0000-000000000011&h=7

Gaitan is officially a Benfica player. I've seen a few games of his and asked a few of my Argentine friends from soccer about him and they all said he's one of the next big things.

 

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=781409&sec=transfers&cc=5901



Cover story of Soccernet.

 

Gaitán cinco anos no Benfica por 8,4 milhõesPor Redacção

O Benfica anunciou esta tarde a contratação do médio argentino Nicolas Gaitán, do Boca Juniors, por cinco temporadas.

O valor da transferência, segundo a CMVM, é de 8,4 milhões de euros

COMUNICADO
A Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD, em cumprimento do disposto no artigo 248.º do Código dos
Valores Mobiliários, vem informar que chegou a um princípio de acordo com o Club Atlético Boca
Juniors para a transferência, a título definitivo, da totalidade dos direitos desportivos e económicos do
atleta Osvaldo Nicolás Fabián Gaitán por um montante líquido de 8.400.000 € (oito milhões e
quatrocentos mil euros).
Mais se informa que a Sport Lisboa e Benfica – Futebol, SAD chegou a um princípio de acordo com o
referido atleta para a celebração de um contrato de trabalho desportivo para vigorar nas próximas 5
(cinco) épocas desportivas.
Em face do exposto, o jogador será submetido a exames médicos, estando a efectivação dos
referidos acordos dependentes da realização dos mesmos.
O Conselho de Administração
3 de Maio de 2010

 

Yeah Di Maria has been rumored to go since after the 08 Olympics. Boy did Arsenal blow it when they passed up on him. Good luck to him, and your team just made a ton of cheese if it is true.

 

Do it. Thats too much money to say no too.

 

Show me the money and I wont even miss them.

 

Sell them ASAP. DiMaria proved that hecan't be expected to perform in big games so it's all gain for Benfica.

D.Luiz will be next to impossible to replace.

 

I believe that they can. Sidneí is the long-term replacement of Luisão but M. Vitor and Roderick can fill D. Luiz shoes next season.

I think the problem of many fans is that D. Luiz has flair and is versatile. Not to mention his good passing and abnormal technique for a CB. However, those attributes are just a bonus.

Oh, and lol:

"bgrgo (5/4/2010 at 7:18 AM)

I just got a call from City offering 20 million for my Mum . She makes excellent tea

 

Luiz looks like he is going to be one of the best CB's in the world, he has every tool neccessary.

 

Hollllyyyyy crap. Best of luck to both Luiz and Di Maria. I will be following their entire careers. Even better that they end up on the same team! Im a new ManCity fan

Remember, ManCity is offering 40 million POUNDS for Di maria and 35 million POUNDS for Luiz. 75 million pounds = 87 million EUROS!!!

Benfica gets money out the ass, thats some expensive sh*t!

 

Lets not get ahead of ourselves boys, we don't know if there are any truths to this or not.

 

ahha one good year and they are all going to be GONE

David Luiz...Gone
Di Maria...Gone
Cardozo...Gone
Ramires...gone
Garcia...gone
Luisao...gone
Saviola...Gone
Kardec...gone
Weldon...Gone
Coentrao..Gone

Even Jorge Jesus is as good as GONE

bye bye benfica next season ahhahahahaahah one good year and thats that back to medicrity

oh sorry I forgot you bought GAYTON

its probably why they sucked so bad against Porto, everyone is aleady thinking about where they will be playing next season.

 

??? At least we actually can buy good players unlike Sporting

 

Are you just picking names out of a hat and saying "Gone"? It sure seems like it.