Thank god. Hope we dont go near him.
Alvaro Morata | Real Madrid inform Juventus of their decision to salvage Morata's federative rights
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Of course, he's not a slave. Juve have to accept the bid, but the player can always tell them to piss off. Amazes me that he's willing to go along with this. Any club buying him now from Madrid for silly money is beyond idiotic.
No chance it's written into his contract, that would be slavery.
Can see Real bidding £80mil + Morata for Pogba
WC best players that were available to Sir Alex:
World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
1990 Italy
1994 United States
1998 France
2002 Korea/Japan
2006 Germany
2010 South Africa
I don't think buying any of them (at their peak) would hurt.
No, he can't.
Of course he can.
I'm sure they can. Burnley signed Jelle Vossen on the 6th of July, and then sold him to Club Brugge on the 30th of August.
Nah, they may aswell have left him there lol. Madrid are that mental i think theyd end up paying 100m or maybe. (euros that is)
WC best players that were available to Sir Alex:
World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
1990 ItalySalvatore SchillaciLothar MatthäusDiego Maradona
1994 United StatesRomárioRoberto BaggioHristo Stoichkov
1998 FranceRonaldoDavor ŠukerLilian Thuram
2002 Korea/JapanOliver KahnRonaldoHong Myung-bo
2006 GermanyZinedine ZidaneFabio CannavaroAndrea Pirlo
2010 South AfricaDiego ForlánWesley SneijderDavid Villa
I don't think buying any of them (at their peak) would hurt.
Not like most of them weren't great outside of the World Cup.
There was a French football journalist on Talk sport saying that Perez wants to keep Ronaldo happy by keeping him the most expensive player, so won't pay 120m for him but 80-90 + Morata or Kovacic.
Also he said his agent wants 25m
Exactly. Tournaments are still good event to scout players. They're still playing football there.
Morata clearly doesn't want to stay at Juve (or go back there). They can't offer him the wages that he will get in the Premier League, or perhaps at Real. Morata is going to have a big say in choosing his own destination and its not going to be Juventus.
I think he will go to Chelsea in the end. If Conte wants to play 3-5-2 then he needs at least three strikers. Hazard will probably play as a SS in that formation. Then you have Costa, who is the line leader, and Morata, who can play either role. He'll get enough minutes, they can pay the big fee, and they can offer him the wages he wants.
-Juve doesn't have the money to pay the wages.
-Madrid can't offer him the playing time because Zidane loves Benzema, won't commit to benching him enough, and they're not going to play at the same time very often.
-Arsenal will pretend to be involved but Wenger won't pay a big enough fee/wages in the end.
-United won't be able to offer him enough playing time, assuming Zlatan comes.
-He isn't a big enough "name" for the sheikhs at PSG to be truly interested.
Yep it is. My problem is the opposite, I wouldn't write-off a player just because of a poor WC/Euros. Of course there will be exceptions as well.
He probably agreed to a contract when the deal to take him to Juventus was made.
WC best players that were available to Sir Alex:
World Cup Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
1990 ItalySalvatore SchillaciLothar MatthäusDiego Maradona
1994 United StatesRomárioRoberto BaggioHristo Stoichkov
1998 FranceRonaldoDavor ŠukerLilian Thuram
2002 Korea/JapanOliver KahnRonaldoHong Myung-bo
2006 GermanyZinedine ZidaneFabio CannavaroAndrea Pirlo
2010 South AfricaDiego ForlánWesley SneijderDavid Villa
I don't think buying any of them (at their peak) would hurt.
I think he was more referring to buying players that were not previously scouted.
Therefore the Bebe transfer was a clear indication that Sir Alex was losing his way a little.
Wouldn't that be a bad decision for the player given he might rise in value 2 years from then?
He's being treated like a slave!
Well they'd be idiots then, Pogba is overpriced and overrated, very good player yes, £100 million + player, no way.
He looks a really useful player to me.
His record with Juve isn't that impressive, why so much buzz about him?
What buzz? Look at this thread, half of the people are throwing, 'shit' and 'don't want' at him. Which infact is unfair as well. He is pretty decent but his goalscoring is underwhelming but always seems to clutch big games or atleast when the non regulars are watching which makes it a strange conundrum.
I'm not impressed so far. But I was impressed when he played against Bayern.
Oh what a signing that would have been.Can confirm, if we weren't cheapskates... Verratii would have been a Juve player
The best Italian player at the biggest Italian club. It writes itself really.
What SAF meant was: do not buy players based on how well they do in tournament such as the WC or EC. Those players you've listed where all in the top top tier of football prior to those cups.
The players SAF talked about were the Poborskys, Denilsons and Milan Baros' of this world. The ones that were not highly rated or even not known until they had an exceptional WC or EC.
Threadmark added cuz @Damien sux
Most Juve die hards are in shambles over losing him. Back to back double winners and a Top 5-6 club in Europe, theoretically, they won't find it hard to find a replacement for him but they know what he brings to the table.
Regarding some posts that say Morata is fooling for going along with Real's plan, I say he's played this situation perfectly.
- If Real doesn't buy him back, he can play the 'I've always wanted to stay in Turin' card and come back a hero
- But since RM will, he gets a chance to play for his childhood club and still the world's biggest club
- If RM flogs him to the PL, he'll get the playing time he craves - Allegri doesn't trust him for whatever reason - and he'll get a pay rise
Yeah. Typical examples: Poborsky, Letchkov, Charisteas...
Morata so overrated... 7 goals in 34 games in Serie A last season. Useful, elegant but a CF who doesn't score a lot.
Make that 7 goals in 2400 minutes. Admittedly that's still not a lot, but he was on the wings for quite some time.
UCL Finals - scored
UCL Semis - scored the winner
UCL QFs against Bayern - scored a perfectly good goal that was wrongly disallowed, would've been the dagger
Copa Italia - scored the winner
Inter - scored multiple times in the derby
Euros - three goals so far
He scores when it matters most. He's far from the finished article and definitely not worth the 60m RM is rumored to demand for him, but he's a solid player with potential to be great. Not sure how he's overrated in any way.
He basically scores every time people watch him play. Scored in both legs in the CL semis against Real, scored in the CL Final, was excellent against Bayern in the away leg and had a legitimate goal wrongly disallowed IIRC, and recently scored in the Coppa Italia Final. The anti-Cavani.
The Anti-Cavani is probably the best definition of Morata. Cheers.
Do you think he gets of Real's bench? And who will be prepared to buy him if Real insists on £60m for him?
I like the anti-Cavani tag! Very apt
@Downcast
Italy's defense is something else but if anyone will break them down, Alvaro has a chance
Depends on whether Flo has finally gotten bored of Benzema. Still not good enough to displace any of the BBC, in spite of Ronaldo's form.
No one should. He's not worth 60m, I'd say 40-45m is still being generous. I'd expect a midtable PL club (Everton with their new owners?) to put in a bid for him at that price though as a 'statement of intent'. If Vardy is really staying put, Wenger might just blow it on Morata.
Not entirely sure if Mendes represents him, far as I know he's listed under Gestifute but not as a client, but if Jose can use Mendes to bring his price down to about 30-34m, he'd be a great investment. That red #7 kit looks damn good on him for Spain.
@Downcast
Italy's defense is something else but if anyone will break them down, Alvaro has a chance
Depends on whether Flo has finally gotten bored of Benzema. Still not good enough to displace any of the BBC, in spite of Ronaldo's form.
No one should. He's not worth 60m, I'd say 40-45m is still being generous. I'd expect a midtable PL club (Everton with their new owners?) to put in a bid for him at that price though as a 'statement of intent'. If Vardy is really staying put, Wenger might just blow it on Morata.
Not entirely sure if Mendes represents him, far as I know he's listed under Gestifute but not as a client, but if Jose can use Mendes to bring his price down to about 30-34m, he'd be a great investment. That red #7 kit looks damn good on him for Spain.
Perfect signing for PSG. Swap between Morata and Cavani and they would be a force to be reckon.
I like the player, but don't give Real 'stupid' funds to go after Pogba. Let them have Morata, if no one gives them stupid money, let the drama unravel. About 60 mil, you're having a laugh.