Thiago Alcantara | Signed for Bayern Munich
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that and the fact they offered 4 times the wages. and double the overall package throughout.
To be fair, unless you were present at the contract negotiations, you dont have a clue who offered what.
I thought it was now perceived as fact that the Caf knows all, from wages right down to the penny, to Mike Phelan's complete job description?
No conditional clauses needed, Gambit doesn't have a clue full stop.
It became public knowledge very quickly the contents of the deal, including his wages and transfer fees so no, you don't have to be present at the contract negotiations. As much as we deride the media for all their bullshit they do also tell the truth a lot of the time.
Who does? sure as fecks aint you.
What is immature about posting a picture? Seriously?
Excellent logic.
Nobody should ever speculate on fees and wages because media doesn't have a clue and they're not present at contract negotiations. Well done.
Gambit's knowledge isn't upto much. That is for certain. As for Mr Alacantaraara, God only knows.
You may be on to something.
What fecking good does it do to make up figures that we probably offered a player? It's one of the most pointless discussions to have.
Unlike the rest of in here, which is full of sense.
Talking about players that may be available or may do well here at least has some point to it.
According the Glaston, using the words "we" signifies that the player is definitely staying. So the fact Thiago didn't use that word surely means he's leaving, and joining United.
SURELY!?
SURELY!?
I have to post this. I haven't seen it posted in here. I remember watching this last season. Unbelievable.
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Mundo Deportivo say Guardiola's Bayern won't be triggering Thiago Alcântara's Barça release clause. Manchester United in pole position then.
Mundo Deportivo say Guardiola's Bayern won't be triggering Thiago Alcântara's Barça release clause. Manchester United in pole position then.
I think if he is to leave, then I would say we are the most probable destination. I mean, we are desperate for a center midfielder, he's young and we've apparently tracked him for a while. It's not as if we've come out of the blue this month wanting him just because there's rumours he might leave.
With that being said, I think the only thing that tickles my doubt is whether or not he'll leave Barca. If it's nailed on, then fine - I'd be quite confident. But it doesn't really seem to be nailed on to leave. Despite him holding up that shirt after the previous La Liga game with something like "Thanks for the moments" or something, his quotes since then doesn't really strengthen the possibility of him leaving.
I hope I'm just being pessimistic. I just really want this guy. He'd be fan-fecking-tastic.
With that being said, I think the only thing that tickles my doubt is whether or not he'll leave Barca. If it's nailed on, then fine - I'd be quite confident. But it doesn't really seem to be nailed on to leave. Despite him holding up that shirt after the previous La Liga game with something like "Thanks for the moments" or something, his quotes since then doesn't really strengthen the possibility of him leaving.
I hope I'm just being pessimistic. I just really want this guy. He'd be fan-fecking-tastic.
It doesn't do it justic watching it in slow motion afterwards, but at the time it was exquisite. That was very high up in the air, and he controlled that perfectly.
Unbelievable would be 2:13 on the video FcBarca put on page 22. Oh my.
It was an obscure Caf reference. FCBarca made a similar comment about Kagawa posing for a picture 'sticking ones up'
Who's making up figures. Everything we get is from media and the news around. Some people fall into it's all bollocks unless you were there you don't know so can't comment on it. The other you gather as much information as you can from the various sources and use that. We know from the time what was being reported in fees and wages.
Everyone acts that unless you were present in the room and have signed affidavits your not allowed to give an opinion.
Everyone kept saying Rooney was never on £200k a week and the media was spouting bollocks again, looks like it was right though. Someone will still say though unless we see his wage slip it's still bollocks.
At the time from the various media we were offering about €30mil with £50k a week wages.Paris St German offered €45 mil and £200k a week. I've not plucked these figures from thin air.
Oh right, I thought you were being serious.
KM is the one that said we are here to speculate on figures, but I don't see what the point is. The Rooney thing highlights how everything about wages should be took with a pinch of salt. They range his wages at between £150k-300k depending on which paper you read. That's a possible 50% increase! It's just madness and the reality is that, in most cases, nobody has the faintest of ideas.
I weep for us all. No credible source has even linked us with him yet.
It is known
When I first picked that moment out I thought the trick was just a roulette. But if you watch carefully, it's actually a flip-flap (elastic, whatever) leading into a roulette. The feint sends the guy the wrong way, and the roulette turns him. It's also special because the roulette is so crisp. You barely see it happen - one second he's in front of the player, and the next he's a couple of yards beyond him.
Fαptαstic.
And the ball after 
And the ball after
Mm, I know. But, you know... can't play CM.
Not without Fellaini alongside him, eh Theon?We don't know for sure we do have a general idea. One thing we have learnt over the years is that money does play a big part in players choices of destination. If it didn't then Man City would still have Stephen Ireland as their star player as the likes of Aguero wouldn't be touching them with a barge pole.
Mm, I know. But, you know... can't play CM.
What? But he's classed as a CM on Football Manager and Fifa? Ahh drat.
Might be contract haggling from Mazinho too. MD had an article basically saying the club has let the player know they count on and have confidence in Thiago going forward but won't be improving his contract or the buyout fee
Odd but appears the club are not positioning themselves to beg for the player to stay or accomodate his wishes
Odd but appears the club are not positioning themselves to beg for the player to stay or accomodate his wishes
Bah, as transfer muppetry goes this is very tame. We should start randomly guessing what date he'll make the announcement on twitter, that was fun last year.
Wait till the Ronaldo and Bale sagas kick into full gear.
He doesn't have any kids, so we can't all meltdown over the colour of his baby's clothes.
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