Nemanja Vidic to Barcelona : Update 1

Wednesday, 08. 19. 2009  –  Category: Barcelona, La Liga, Manchester United, Premier League

Yesterday, Paolo Fabbri, Vidic’s “advisor” alledgedly tells El Mundo Deportivo
“It would be a dream for Vidic to play for Barcelona, as he wants to play in La Liga.
“We have to take a close look at the situation but things are complicated right now. Manchester United have just lost Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez, and [...]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barcelona

Monday, 07. 20. 2009  –  Category: Barcelona, Inter Milan, La Liga, Serie A

Well the horse has kind of bolted on this one, a bit of analysis is in order.  Ibrahimovic is a talented player, a phenomenally talented player, but his record implies he’s a bit of a flat track bully; he’s never scored in a European match and sometimes goes a little missing in big clashes in [...]

Carlos Puyol to Manchester City

Monday, 07. 6. 2009  –  Category: Barcelona, La Liga, Manchester City, Premier League

The Sun has managed to win our award for most ridiculous transfer rumour of 2009/10.  Honestly, either City’s buying pattern is based upon Fifa 08 on xBox, or the Sun is printing absolute bullshit.  Both are entirely believeable.
Even if this ridiculous situation were remotely conceiveable, there’s no way it would ever, ever happen.  To be [...]

Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona

Wednesday, 07. 1. 2009  –  Category: Arsenal, Barcelona, La Liga, Premier League

This rumour has the unfortunate potential to turn into the Gareth Barry to Liverpool Transfer Saga of 2009™.
To make things easier, let’s do a recap on the action to date:

September 2003: Fabregas signs as a 16 year old for Arsenal from Barcelona’s Youth Team
2002-3 Arsenal win Premier League
2004-5 Arsenal win Premier League
2005-6 Arsenal win nothing
2006-7 [...]

Samuel Eto’o to Manchester City : Update 1

Tuesday, 06. 30. 2009  –  Category: Barcelona, La Liga, Manchester City, Premier League

When we last covered this rumour, our assesment was that there was not much doing here; that it was likely the results of City’s quixotic quest to buy every single forward in the world and Eto’o’s agents trying to make some money by horse trading their prize asset.
Subsequent to those initial rumours, City have put [...]

Daniele De Rossi to Barcelona

Monday, 06. 22. 2009  –  Category: Barcelona, La Liga, Roma, Serie A

Well, you learn something new every day, via this handy translation site, we’ve learned that Guardiola means ‘Piggy Bank’ in Spanish, hah. We’ve also learned that Mr Piggy Bank’s not feeling that there’s a strong likelihood that Javier Mascherano won’t be pulling on his socks at Camp Nou next season, and consequently he’s looking [...]

Javier Mascerano to Barcelona

Wednesday, 06. 10. 2009  –  Category: Barcelona, La Liga, Liverpool, Premier League

El Jefecito’s Mr 10% is trying to make some money:
“If a club like Barcelona want you after winning everything, obviously a player will say he wants to play there.
“It would make Javier proud to play for them after they’ve had such an incredible year.
“I believe a transfer can be done. I’ve spoken to Txiki Beguiristain [...]

Robinho to Barcelona

Wednesday, 06. 10. 2009  –  Category: Barcelona, La Liga, Manchester City, Premier League

In a move bound to please the faithful at Eastlands, Robinho has suggested that he wouldn’t mind playing for Barcelona:
“So far, there have only been speculations, there is nothing concrete and I haven’t received any offers.
“The only thing I can say is that Barcelona are a great team and everybody would love to play for [...]

Yaya Toure to Arsenal

Friday, 06. 5. 2009  –  Category: Arsenal, Barcelona, La Liga, Premier League

Has Arsene finally seen the light? Has he finally realised that all the pretty passing forwards in the world are fecking useless when you don’t have the ball.  For gooners, let’s certainly hope so.  Toure would be an almost perfect addition to the Arsenal squad, providing bite in midfield, being able to slot in at [...]

Nemanja Vidic to Barcelona

Wednesday, 05. 6. 2009  –  Category: Barcelona, La Liga, Manchester United, Premier League

It’s clear why Barcelona want Vidic, their defence is rubbish. In spite of all the hype that Puyol has garnered, he’s limited positionally and a midget, Marquez is OK, and Pique is not particularly good. Barça have managed to score a shitload of goals and not conceed by not giving the ball away. [...]

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