Eto'o is a bit of a volatile character and not the best example to have in the dressing room, however, on footballing grounds, there's not much between him and Zlatan. I think Zlatan's a bit more talented, but Eto'o has been there and done it for Barca for years. Eto'o's contract situation and unpredictability have certainly been a factor in forcing Barca into such a transfer, as Zlatan won't be a huge improvement over the Cameroonian on the pitch.
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I hate Eto'o and I didn't want him at Inter but if Barça are really going to give us 42million euros + Eto'o and Hleb, it's a feckin' good deal for us 
I hate Eto'o and I didn't want him at Inter but if Barça are really going to give us 42million euros + Eto'o and Hleb, it's a feckin' good deal for us
Why? He is an amazing player
I don't like him as a person, he's a money hungry twat. No doubt he's a great striker though.
I hate Eto'o and I didn't want him at Inter but if Barça are really going to give us 42million euros + Eto'o and Hleb, it's a feckin' good deal for us
It would be amazing if they gave all that, but it seems unlikely.
If you did get Hleb that'd be a great part of the deal, exactly what you need don't you think?
Not necessarily the most productive player but would contribute greatly in terms of creativity.
I'd rather have the attitude of Eto'o in a footballer (I was gunna type 'Eto'o's attitude' but it didn't look right) than the attitude of Zlatan, I tell you that much
There's a lot of guff spoken about Eto'o. Everyone seems to be an expert on his personality, rolling out the 'dressing room cancer' line, and yet I look on the pitch, and the team he plays for is extremely successfully, and he personally is extremely successfully
If only there were more dressing room cancers like him eh?
Spot on Brad, it's among the typical clichés in football. People just assume stuff concerning his supposed behavior with his other team mates whereas he's no worse than the others and all of his colleagues love him there.
Spot on
TBF, neither of them have the best attitude if the various sources are to be believed. I agree that knowing players' true personalities and characters isn't easy going by dubious stories about their hissy fits in trainings and dressing rooms, or by their body language on the field. Many here claim to know Ronaldo is actually a cnut, a despicable person whom they'd rather never meet in person other than to call him that, yet all those who actually know the person speak highly of the lad as a person.
Anyways, I think Barca don't want to risk losing Eto'o on a free transfer, and perhaps bringing the best player in Italy to Camp Nou would be a nice sop to those Catalan fans not best pleased with Real Madrid's recent galactico signings. Footballing wise, I don't see a significant advantage to bringing in Zlatan and selling off Eto'o. I'm sure Guardiola would be more than happy if Zlatan could give him a similar impact to that of Eto'o last season.
This is true, nobody really knows players and usually they are considerably different from the propaganda the Media feeds fans. People do not know them personality or how loved they are in the dressing rooms in reality. The problem is usually fans can only feed off what the media gives them which is usually is a bias image of the person in question which is a shame.
The players who we think are the nicest may be the biggest pricks of the all in reality.
To be fair, the criticisms of Ronaldo were mostly for things he did clearly visible to the public. I've heard mixed stories of what he's like off the pitch behind closed doors, to be honest I don't care. It's daft to think all footballers are saintly heroes. Some do mind
However harsh or shallow it may seem, football fans don't really care so much about that. It's all about what they do on the pitch. And the ultimate example is Ronaldo, because he was a cock at times, and yet United fans always backed and defended him, while opposition fans venomously despise him, especially if the regular sick 'should have died in the tunnel' chants are any indicator. It's only when he crossed us, with the events of last summer, that the tide changed somewhat. And even then he had a good season and opinion shifted a little again
We're a fickle bunch. But we're fully entitled to be
However harsh or shallow it may seem, football fans don't really care so much about that. It's all about what they do on the pitch. And the ultimate example is Ronaldo, because he was a cock at times, and yet United fans always backed and defended him, while opposition fans venomously despise him, especially if the regular sick 'should have died in the tunnel' chants are any indicator. It's only when he crossed us, with the events of last summer, that the tide changed somewhat. And even then he had a good season and opinion shifted a little again
We're a fickle bunch. But we're fully entitled to be
Starting XI:------------- Julio Cesar ------------------------
Maicon -------- Lucio ------------------- Chivu ------ Santon
------------------------- Cambiasso ------------------------
-------- Motta ----------------------------- Stankovic ------
---------------------------- Hleb ---------------------------
--------------- Eto´o ------------------- Milito -------------
Bench: Toldo, Zanetti, Samuel, Muntari, Quaresma, Balottelli, Kerlon
Very good team actually.
Maicon -------- Lucio ------------------- Chivu ------ Santon
------------------------- Cambiasso ------------------------
-------- Motta ----------------------------- Stankovic ------
---------------------------- Hleb ---------------------------
--------------- Eto´o ------------------- Milito -------------
Bench: Toldo, Zanetti, Samuel, Muntari, Quaresma, Balottelli, Kerlon
Very good team actually.
The transfer is definently better for Inter next year that is a very good lineup, Hleb is a good form he just needs a bit of confidence and he should slot right into the Inter team so that will help him. Inter are much improved because of this, Barca are just as strong as last year though, as they didn t need anything out of Hleb and Ibra is in the same class as Eto'o even though he hasnt proven it at the top level, he will at Barca imo.
Balotelli is going to be amazing next season, he has already shown glimpses he has the potential to be world class and has the mentality to do it on the biggest stages as conveyed with his goals against Juventus and Roma.
Under Mourinho I think he is going to fulfill his potential and become a great for Inter. Out of all the talented prospects in world football, for me he is definitely the one to watch out for and the frightening thing is he is only 18.
Under Mourinho I think he is going to fulfill his potential and become a great for Inter. Out of all the talented prospects in world football, for me he is definitely the one to watch out for and the frightening thing is he is only 18.
Good team but maybe Muntari instead of Hleb and then swap with Stankovic as Mourinho likes him very much
Balotelli isnt going to be amazing next year, but the twat is on his way. I reckon he will improve but I doubt he scores 20 goals next year, something that an amazing player would do in Italy. He was very good for bits last year but hasnt proven himself yet as a star in any degree as a star. Interesting to see what happens with him though.
J.Cesar
Maicon Lucio Samuel Chivu
Zanetti Cambiasso Motta
Hleb Balotelli
Eto'o
Maicon Lucio Samuel Chivu
Zanetti Cambiasso Motta
Hleb Balotelli
Eto'o
This is a very likely one if we won't play with the diamond. There are rumours that we might invest some of the money we earned from the Ibrahimovic deal to sign Cassano.
I doubt he'll ever score 20 goals 'cause Mourinho has been fielding him as a wide striker but surely there's room for improvement, the kid has a huge potential. In the end he's just 19 and already a very good player, who has been often decisive for his team despite not performing consistently well.
So is this correct Inter get 45 million euros , Eto and Hleb for Ibra and some people say our negotiation team is not good. Some fantatsic business done there for Inter.
The squad is strong, surely still not competitive upfront as the Barça, Madrid, but defensively would be unbeatable
Yes, on paper it would be, Maicon, Samuel, Lucio and Chivu would form an excellent defense and I reckon Mourinho will favour the Romanian to play LB, given that he doesn't overlap like Santon.
What happens to Milito? Around €20m spent on him and he's just going to sit on the bench behind Eto'o?
Was going to say, you don't pay that kind of money to bench a player
J.Cesar
Maicon Lucio Samuel Chivu
Zanetti Cambiasso Motta
Eto'o Balotelli
Milito
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Maicon Lucio Samuel Chivu
Zanetti Cambiasso Motta
Eto'o Balotelli
Milito
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Sorry but thats rubbish, Nani and anderson cost 25 million euros and they've been benched and dropped plenty. Last season we had 3 40 million euros rated strikers and we regularly benched one and even two at times. Hargreaves again cost more than 25 million euros and I'm sure he won't come back as first choice.
Yes fair point but usually the striker that cost the great sum of money gets countless opportunities to shine before being eased out of the team gently
It's not even about the money they paid for him, Milito will start because he's a good goalscorer and works really hard for the teams he plays in.Comparing Nani/Anderson both overprice and both inexperienced at the time to him is pointless as well comparing the 3 strikers in our team you mentioned as we couldn't play them all together
That's because we have a magnificent squad, and Anderson and Nani are still learning.
Inter don't have that same amount of quality in their line-up, they can't afford to have €20m players on the bench, IMHO.
We have a long term project, Inter Milan always bought players principally over 28-30 yr old.
Their project every 2 yrs needs to be rebuilt due the age of the players
They haven't enough money to sign young promising players, they built the team with free agent and on loan players
Or trying to recycling discards of other teams (Deco, Carvalho, Hleb)...
In an ipotetical 4-3-3 either Eto'o and Milito can play and I also see them coexhisting in a 4-3-1-2 but assuming that one of the two will be benched, I don't see the problem, there will be space for everybody in a long and tiring season where we have to be competitive in Italy and in Europe.
Bloody Hell, Eto'o plus 40 Million for Zlatan what ever his second name is?
Ronaldo for 80 Million is a fecking steal then. You stupid cnut Laporta, so much for calling Perez a numpty.
Ronaldo for 80 Million is a fecking steal then. You stupid cnut Laporta, so much for calling Perez a numpty.
I'm surprised, Sweden's biggest paper has only dedicated 13 pages to Zlatan today.
Erm yes, Hargreaves by your own admission was £17 mill which at the time was 25 million euros and Nani is touted by many sources as a signing for £17 mill too (spurs bid 14 million for him, so before you say it was an "add-ons" deal, porto clearly wouldn't have agreed to it with an offer like that from spurs)
So the Hargreaves fee was less now was it?
So we didn't bench Berbatov who we paid £30 mill for, which is around 40 million euros?
Sorry, what is it that I'm missing? Double standards?
Read my post above, I would love to see your response or were you just band wagon jumping?
We don't know how much Nani and Anderson cost. So, stop claiming that you do. As for Hargreaves - yes, £17M. But since the euro hasn;t been introduced in the England you may as well be talking in yens. I have no idea why you've decided to use euros instead of pounds sterling. Weirdo.
A lot of transfer we don't know for sure but usually if most of the papers and news outlets report it at a particular fee we accept it. Because the Milito fee was in euros, lets face it, them spending 20 million euros really isn't the same as spending £20 million now is it?, especially not at the old exchange rate.
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