Sergio Busquets for 25 million Pounds

If United are one team, who are the other? Chelsea? I can't imagine that City need another defensive midfielder...that doesn't mean they wouldn't buy him just to prevent others from getting him though.
 
We already have a player in Darren Fletcher who plays quite a similiar role. No need to spend 25 million on another one.
 
If he's expecting to receive 4m net as that tweet suggests he's not going to be coming to us, that's about £160k a week.
 
SATA said:
We already have a player in Darren Fletcher who plays quite a similiar role. No need to spend 25 million on another one.
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You are wrong twice!

It's Carrick who is our holding MF and if we can get this guy we should consider ourself extremely lucky.
 
7even said:
You are wrong twice!

It's Carrick who is our holding MF and if we can get this guy we should consider ourself extremely lucky.
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I think you are overrating him a little bit. And 25m is a hell of a lot for this lad!
 
RDCR07 said:
I think you are overrating him a little bit. And 25m is a hell of a lot for this lad!
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Well to be honest I hate the guy, he playacting is disgusting and he have a punchable face, but if I judge him only on football merits he's probably the best holding MF you can find. Only 22 years old and with loads of experience.

Good enough to be in front of Fabregas and Alonso in the NT and that Pep selects him rather then Masc says something.

And btw £25m is cheap for a player of this caliber.
 
He's a good player and i think he's pretty under-rated playing in a team of superstars

We don't need him at all though. Can't see why we should be lucky if we can get him
 
7even said:
Well to be honest I hate the guy, he playacting is disgusting and he have a punchable face, but if I judge him only on football merits he's probably the best holding MF you can find. Only 22 years old and with loads of experience.

Good enough to be in front of Fabregas and Alonso in the NT and that Pep selects him rather then Masc says something.

And btw £25m is cheap for a player of this caliber.
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I would like to have a debate with you in another 2 and a half hours. I work right now. I would like to dispute your argument that Busquets is one of the best holding midfielders in football today.
 
World class player, didn't realise he is only 22, I don't give a shit about his price, he'd improve us.
 
obviously lacking in loyalty if he does move. i expect its just speculation generated to get him a new contract
 
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Nah, please keep away, do not want this cheating bastard anywhere near our team, no matter how good he is (and he's quite excellent in what he does). £25m would be a steal though considering his ability, age and the room for improvement.
 
Would love him here, think he's a fantastic player. If he's to be a twat, hopefully he'll be our twat.
 
RDCR07 said:
I would like to have a debate with you in another 2 and a half hours. I work right now. I would like to dispute your argument that Busquets is one of the best holding midfielders in football today.
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Defensive (holding) midfielder's for country (in WC) and top teams.

Barry - England and Man City (played 2 out of 3 games)
De Rossi - Italy and Roma -
Khedira - Germany and Real Madrid
van Bommel - Holland and Bayern M
G da Silva - Brazil and Panathinakos -
Busquets - Spain and Barcelona
Mascherano - Argentina and Barcelona -

Carrick - Manchester United
Jon Obi Mikel - Chelsea -
Song - Arsenal - (I think :confused:)
Cambiasso - Inter
Gatusso - Milan

Feel free to fill in if I have missed any major player

So who's your choice?
 
rofl Busquets, £25m? rofl. He'd be asked to do a lot more in our team and would be found out. Concentrate on what we actually need instead of believing imaginary rumours.

Yaya, Mascherano, Busquets, Keita, Marquez.....they've all rotated in that role for Barca, and it's hardly changed the fact that Barca will still dominate when they feel like it. Same for Spain...in fact I thought they played a lot better with Senna starting than have done so far with Busquets, but makes no difference, they'd dominate with a current Hargreaves in there.
 
RDCR07 said:
I would like to have a debate with you in another 2 and a half hours. I work right now. I would like to dispute your argument that Busquets is one of the best holding midfielders in football today.
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He is easily one of the best, I dont like him but he is pure quality for Spain and Barcelona. I do think he might have a blip in quality moving from Barcelona, but he is a product of Barcelona, a product of Spain, and right now no one produces better. He is a continental Carrick, and ticks pretty much every box Carrick doesnt, would he be an improvement, ummmmm, yeah the lad is 22 fecking years old and better than Carrick has ever been.

That said this is never going to happen, 25 million would be a damn good price for him as well.
 
This is all talk to gain a better contract for Busquets. His agent is probably coming up with these stories. See these tweets:

Busquets has received offers from two English Premier League clubs and from AC Milan. [don balon]
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and...more telling actually from the same source:

Busquets, who's negotiating a new contract, wants to earn as much as Mascherano: 4M net plus variables and bonuses. [don balon]
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Stretch said:
This is all talk to gain a better contract for Busquets. His agent is probably coming up with these stories. See these tweets:



and...more telling actually from the same source:
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Good spot.

Aside from the cheating and all which really gets on my tits, don't you all reckon that he might look so good because he's in that midfield? Aside from the obvious dash Barca has on the offense, we all know that they do a whizzbang job closing down as well. Pair that up with any side being worn thin having to chase that lot and I expect any number of holders would look the part.
 
Zen said:
rofl Busquets, £25m? rofl. He'd be asked to do a lot more in our team and would be found out. Concentrate on what we actually need instead of believing imaginary rumours.

Yaya, Mascherano, Busquets, Keita, Marquez.....they've all rotated in that role for Barca, and it's hardly changed the fact that Barca will still dominate when they feel like it. Same for Spain...in fact I thought they played a lot better with Senna starting than have done so far with Busquets, but makes no difference, they'd dominate with a current Hargreaves in there.
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brad-dyrak said:
Good spot.

Aside from the cheating and all which really gets on my tits, don't you all reckon that he might look so good because he's in that midfield? Aside from the obvious dash Barca has on the offense, we all know that they do a whizzbang job closing down as well. Pair that up with any side being worn thin having to chase that lot and I expect any number of holders would look the part.
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Nobody in this thread is under any illusions. We all know it's talk from his agent to gain a better contract (from Barcelona). But the discussion is about Busquets quality, and what a player of his caliber can add to our squad.

First. Busquets have been first choice for both Spain and Barca since the CL-final in Rome. He was only 20 years old when he broke in to probably the two best teams in the world.

Second. Some of you really underestimate his quality because he plays alongside Xavi and Iniesta. This is the same mistake Real Madrid did when they sold Makelele to Chelsea. Haven't you learn something? Is their a coincidence that Chelsea, with Makelele, was probably the strongest defensive team in the world and Real M started to have serious defensive problems without him.

Players like Busquets, Mekelele, Carrick and Khedira is often undervalued. They don't dominate a game like Xavi and Scholes. They don't run and do last second tackle's like Gerrard and Keane but when they are not playing it's easy to spot the differnce. United won the league 3 times and reach 2 CL-final with a fit Carrick, the year after when he was below par our result was not the same. Coincidence?

Sergio Busquets is easily one of the best defensive midfielder's, with or without playing alongside Xavi and Iniesta. To clame that his presence is of no value because he plays in a very strong team is to dismiss the importance of a balanced team.

He would be a great addition to any team and I'm quite sure SAF could kill his own dog (if necessary) if he had the opportunity to buy a player like Busquets.
 
"United won the league 3 times and reach 2 CL-final with a fit Carrick, the year after when he was below par our result was not the same. Coincidence?"

ROFL.....Are you serious with this, like legit ignoring everything else? Man Utd WON the double with a fit Hargreaves, the next seasons two while he was injured they got worse and then worse again. Coincidence? See how easy this lame things like that are to make up.


I like Busquets, he does the simple role he's asked to play in both teams very well, especially for his age, but no I won't run out and overrate a player who plays most of his games where his has like 70% of the possession. The fact that both teams can and have done it without him just as easily doesn't help, yet if they lose Xavi, Iniesta or even Fabregas/Alonso/Messi....they do lose something and start to look a weaker side.

I like the misconception that if I don't think Busquets is amazing, I don't think other DM's are/were good. Lothar Matthaus was one of my favourite players.
 
Zen said:
I like the misconception that if I don't think Busquets is amazing, I don't think other DM's are/were good. Lothar Matthaus was one of my favourite players.
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I don't want to pick on you but Matthaus started as a attacking midfielder and a playmaker. It was in that position he was most successful, scored lots of goals, and reached two WC finals (1986,1990).

It was after a injury, when he was over 30 years old he changed position and took a step back and played as a DM and later as a sweeper.

Matthaus was never a holding midfielder similar to Busquets and Carrick but he was one of the best all around midfielders ever played.
 
You guys know this isn't actually going to happen right? He'll remain at Barcelona for years to come.
 
7even said:
United won the league 3 times and reach 2 CL-final with a fit Carrick, the year after when he was below par our result was not the same. Coincidence?
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Yeah, that's the major difference between United in 2006-09 and 2009-10, Carrick's form being under par. There were no other important changes at United in 2009.
 
Carrick has been excellent this season. We do not need Busquets yet. And Barcelona would never sell him.
 
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Yeah, that's the major difference between United in 2006-09 and 2009-10, Carrick's form being under par. There were no other important changes at United in 2009.
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Unbelievable you should have had to remind him of that. Some posters on here are unreal...

Also, I don't want this twat. I'd shudder at the thought of him so much as brushing past a United shirt in JJB, let alone pulling one on at Old Trafford. Let's hope it's just agent talk as is most likely.
 
he's a decent player but I think that he may be one of those who benefits from playing in a very, very good team and has a definate, and limited role in that system. I suspect he would not look as good in another team if he had to contribute more going forward.

I'm not sure he'd give us any more than another player of his type who would cost a lot less.

besides. Why would he leave Barca? Got it very good and will probably get a new contract after negotiations.
 
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