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2013/2014 Summer Transfer Discussion Thread

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LilMountain said:
Real Sociedad confirm Velas has signed a new contract with them meaning they bought out Arsenal's buy-back clause. Also rumor a sell-on clause was included by Arsenal as part of the deal
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Carlos Vela has said he is looking forward to a "great year" at Real Sociedad after it was confirmed that a deal worth a reported 11 million euros had been done with Arsenal to allow him to stay.


sauce: http://www.espnfc.us/story/1907869/real-sociedad-and-arsenal-strike-carlos-vela-deal
 
wang xiangzhai said:
He has better dribling than Cesc, probably a bit faster (thouch Cesc is deceptively quick) and is more disciplined defending but yes, they play similar roles. Ander plays at 3/4, as an "enganche" between midfielders and fowards, with excellent vision & passing. He should score a lot more though. One of my favourite young players. Great baller, excited to see how
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Spaniards really are the new Brazilians. Unbelievably overpriced.

I remember when Muniain was supposed to be the next Cruyff or something. Teams were ready to throw absurd money at him because he had a few good games against United.

Have heard little from him since.
 
Carl Drogo said:
I love it how a player who almost nobody has heard of gets bought for a crazy sum, then all of the sudden that teams fans start to claim he's better than Cesc based on youtube vids.

If he were better or comparable to Cesc he would be starting for Barca right now.

That rant isn't necessarily directed at you wang, more like all football fans, myself included.
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Read my post, i say they play similar roles. In no place i compare both in terms of quality. Cesc, with all his flaws ( defensive laxity, turnovers,etc) possess the most valued talent in football, scoring ability, that alone puts him ahead of Herrera.

That said, Herrera is a Diamond in the rough, entering his prime years and with a little luck hell show himself worthy of what undoubtely is a deep invest on the part of ManU. Also, the high price is in part due to Athletic policy of playing just basque footballers. The scarcity of high level basque players makes Athletic a no-selling club. You have to pay the clause if you want to sign an Athletic player, always.
 
LOL, Luis Suarez just bit Chiellini.
 
Suarez is in big trouble Liverpool might suffer because of it
 
On BBC radio reporter said a head FIFA figure confirmed FIFA have the power to revoke all football activities including club level
 
Mcx said:
On BBC radio reporter said a head FIFA figure confirmed FIFA have the power to revoke all football activities including club level
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The question is; Do they have to balls to do so? They'll answer that right after they clean up the Qatar issue :icon_neut
 
Two decades ago? football has changed a lot since then
 
Am I the only one who sees a big difference between Suarez and Cantona?

You can't compare an act, while heinous and despicable, that was performed on the field and against another player with straight up harming a member of the audience.
 
edgekiller65 said:
Am I the only one who sees a big difference between Suarez and Cantona?

You can't compare an act, while heinous and despicable, that was performed on the field and against another player with straight up harming a member of the audience.
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Ofc not but this was Suarez's 3rd time he bites someone. Add what happened with Evra. 7 game ban from Ajax/dutch FA for biting a player, 10 game ban for biting by english FA, 8 game ban for the racist comment. Thats in 4 years, he gets banned for around 10 games each season it seems.
 
Of course I'm counting on that past weighting heavily on whatever ban they put on him.

I'm speaking of that ban being extended to club football.
 
Fuck off with the Suarez bite stuff in here. This is a transfer thread. And his price just went down.
 
Rawex said:
Was still in modern era no?
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Not really, I'd say it's only in the last decade at the most that TV money has usurped all and it became about ratings first and foremost. Over rules, fans, etc
 
Carl Drogo said:
Fuck off with the Suarez bite stuff in here. This is a transfer thread. And his price just went down.
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Well it has everything to do with his transfer this summer. He gets banned for 6 months to a year, and Liverpool gets stuck without their star and no cash return for it.

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