Yeah. He makes sure to get a suspension for the game that week due to accumulation of yellow cards. This year he wasn't able to do that so he had an "injury" instead. Was still fine enough to party with his sis.
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Wow I'm suprised he was allowed to do that when the race for the title was so close I could see when that would be frustrating but can't blame there poor season all on him not attending one game.
Barcelona will have some fun trying to get Coutinho if that Neymar fee is anywhere near the figure reported!
The old Denis Law trick eh? Didn't he used to be injured/suspended for Hogmanay?
Yes and no.
On one hand they have a fine 14-15 players all good ages, playing some good football.
But now they have the massive problem of how to improve the team, and it does need improving, as they haven't won anything!
When you don't improve, and it's optimistic that those players can all suddenly go up another gear together, you stay still. And when you stay still, you start going backwards
Are you one of those naïve people who think Rooney happily skipped off from 300k a week down to about 100k-150k with Everton, without any contribution from us at all?
In previous years he's made sure he had a suspension during the game the week of his sister's birthday by accumulation of yellow cards. He couldn't do that this year as he had accumulated the yellow cards early, so he said he was injured. Not like the people at Barca could say he was lying so he got out of the game that way so he could party with his sister. I
t's a shit attitude to have as a player. I'm not blaming their poor season overall on him not being at one game, but if they had won that game then a poor season would have turned out to be a decent one. Fine margins. When you're paying the money Barca do on his wages, having the drama of him missing a game each season on purpose is a joke. Imagine if he was here and missed the derby (for example) so he could go partying in Brazil?
Switching Neymar to Coutinho strikes me as a really quick way to continue their slide from finest club side of the last 50years back to their "slump" years. Which was still 2nd/3rd in the league in fairness, but still.
Wow yeah when you put it like that i can see why they'd want to get rid.
Nice attempt to crop the top of his head off the picture Chelsea
It's to cut out his red hair
I'm not a fan of Barca by any stretch of the imagination, but does anyone else hope that Neymar crashes and burns at PSG?
Juve want to replace Bonucci with Jiminez. His release clause is 45m euros.
I reckon this is merely an interim move to enable him to go to Real Madrid in a year or two.
Im sure thats why there was no transfer fee involved so he left and that was the end of it
While I think this Neymar deal will happen at this stage, Balague isn't exactly the best source for confirmation
It's a shame West Ham are so shit or he'd be worth putting in my fantasy team.
West Ham are decent going forward (and I think they'll be better this season). Their defence is awful now though, which is strange considering Bilic was a defender. You'd think he'd know how to organise a defence.
I still haven't really heard the reason why Neymar wants to leave for PSG. What would he get there that he doesn't at Barca? Much smaller club in a league no one cares about. No better chance of winning the CL than Barca have. He seemed great mates with Suarez and Messi.
Why the sudden desperation to leave?
Why the sudden desperation to leave?
$$$
Could be worth it for when they go up against bad teams then.
Probably wants to be out of Messi's shadow.
Will he still have the hunger and ability by that age? There's a fine line of Brazilian players whose ability and commitment fell off a cliff as they got into their later 20s.
I bet Ed though, is gutted the market has gone as mental as it has, as otherwise i'm sure we'd have been in for £100m when £100m was seen as incredible!
Right, you really think Real will pay the £300m it would take to get him?
Easy, he's in the game for the money and wants as much as possible for him and his family. Couldn't have been clearer when he moved to Barca, and even more so now. Type of character who will show up in China for £30m a year net when he's approaching his 30s.
More money, some Brazilian mates there including his best one Dani Alves and he'll get to be the main man with the team built around him. If he leads PSG to CL glory he'll win the Balon d'Or and he's used to the pressure having had to deal with massive pressure being the star of Brazil.
They know a good thing when they see it. They also know that if he lights up the CL for Leipzig they will struggle to get him next year.
Does the player want to move? 'Cause RB aren't exactly short of cash.
I don't think he does. He just needs to be shown every month or so how much he's loved and valued. He just likes being the topic of discussion. While doing that making Barca shit themselves into bumping up his wages.
Yeah that's pretty much the reasons summarised. Most important is obviously the extra money but combined with these other things it's understandable why he'd want to leave. Not like PSG were a million miles off winning the CL without him so with him in their team there's a good chance they could put in a strong challenge for it
Mateschitz (RB owner) has already said he won't let Keita leave. Usually I don't give a lot about that, but Red Bull (oh how much I hate them can't be described in words) use Leipzig to enhance their brand further, and Keita is more or less one of their most important players. Knowing Mateschitz "well" he will not accept being 2nd best even to Bayern, and Keita is integral to their plans. I'll be absolutely astonished if Liverpool manage to sign him.
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How does Griezman feel when he has declared his loyalty to Athletico because of the transfer ban and then his teammates jump ship ?
Doubt it. Do any of them have space in their defence for him? Here's a video showcasing his ability.
I have been bigging him up all season. Fantastic talent. Probably not ready for clubs like that though.