No shit. You've missed my point. Euros aren't our currency - so I'd much rather we talk about money related issues in pounds sterling. It'd make more sense. How's that then?
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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No shit. You've missed my point. Euros aren't our currency - so I'd much rather we talk about money related issues in pounds sterling. It'd make more sense. How's that then?
Sorry spoony, I just didn't get how you can compare the prices unless it was in the same currency. My post was a response to someone not being benched because of their price tag.
But yeah we're on the same wavelength now
If he bombs he bombs, but then Henry "bombed" in his first season at barcelona then had a very good one the season after.
So it's bull shit that Zlatan was the standout player for inter milan??? what planet are you on.
I know you are willing him to fail for whatever reason you decide on today but i cant see it happening. He has been a success at every club he has joined. Why would barcelona be any different.
There is more chance of Kaka or Ronaldo failing at Madrid IMO than Ibrahimovic failing at Barcelona.
Getting your excuses in early eh?
Henry was coming off a season at Arsenal that was plagued by injury, he was also 3 years older and no longer at his best. If Zlatan goes for a fee worth around 50 mill, then I'd expect him to outshine Henry who went for only 13 mill. Mind you, you maybe right because if a player like Henry who has proven it at the highest level needs a season to adjust then Zlatan could well need one too (even if he is at his "peak"), lets hope he doesn't go missing.It isnt really
I said Zlatan can score almost as much an create far more than Eto'o. What part of that is too complicated for you to understand?
You honestly want to say that means the same as outscoring Eto'o?
I am sure he will. That is my opinion. Yours is different. To call it rubbish is needless and silly. Especially based on the what if's of daily uncertainity.
I didn't need to spell out squat for you and I didn't. You were just being you.
They arent going into a settled side. They have to find ways to work together in a new team with a lot of new team mates. Both have also came from different leagues and will have to adapt just like Ibra, but Zlatan is going into a side that are settled and play the game one way. Who knows at this stage if this new "glactico" type era at Madrid will bring success.
Getting your excuses in early eh?
Henry didnt bomb, he just had to fit into the barca system and adapt his game. Once he did that he was effective.
I think he'll settle fast but you cant tell, we'll all wait and see.
You didn't state an opinion you stated a fact.
You assured us all that he will.
That is rubbish, and it makes no sense that you're now contradicting yourself by talking about how unpredictable things are these days.
O I see.
notice the quotation marks?
it was to show that it was a perception, not one i made personally. I never thought he bombed, he struggled at first but still managed to add something to the team.
Interestingly Ibrahimovic is a Nike sponsored player which makes it likely that Nike will pay a percentage of his wages and possibly some of his transfer fee according some stuff I've read around the net. It also fits in with that rumour about Nike paying for Cristiano Ronaldo to move to Barca last season because they were unhappy about him moving to an addidas club (Madrid) and also because Nike were desperate for another Nike sponsored star player at Barcelona after Ronaldinho left.
Why the hell have they never paid a percentage for us to buy a nike player?
That can't be right, surely?
Eto'o again showing his true colours. Even Pep has said he should leave yet he is demanding to become the worlds best paid player. Is it any wonder Barcelona have been trying to get rid of him when he proves to be the most difficult player in the dressing room. Ronaldinho was a bad influence and had lost his motivation, Eto'o is just bad news.
People think Ibrahimovic has a bad attitude and makes life difficult for managers and team mates?
What is Eto'o thinking? didnt City offer to make him the best paid in the world yet he turned it down? Now inter really want him and he wants to be the best paid player in the world? If you look up the dictionary for the word difficult you may find Samuel Eto'o with a big smile on his face.
On a side note why have Inter all of a sudden decided that Ibrahimovic can go after making rediculous demands? I think it's Mourinho. He recognises that the team needs an overhaul and the only way he can get the funds to do so is to let Ibra go. On paper they will have a stronger side next season but they will not have a player equal to Ibrahimovic but as football is a team game it should improve the side and dish out the responsibility.
People think Ibrahimovic has a bad attitude and makes life difficult for managers and team mates?
What is Eto'o thinking? didnt City offer to make him the best paid in the world yet he turned it down? Now inter really want him and he wants to be the best paid player in the world? If you look up the dictionary for the word difficult you may find Samuel Eto'o with a big smile on his face.
On a side note why have Inter all of a sudden decided that Ibrahimovic can go after making rediculous demands? I think it's Mourinho. He recognises that the team needs an overhaul and the only way he can get the funds to do so is to let Ibra go. On paper they will have a stronger side next season but they will not have a player equal to Ibrahimovic but as football is a team game it should improve the side and dish out the responsibility.
Its not like nobody saw this coming. Inter never looked likely to be able to satisfy his wage demands.
Mourinho factor and Guardiola actually telling Eto'o to leave might have forced his hand.
The deal could still go through without Eto'o, i think Barcelona really want rid of him and will sign Ibra regardless of Eto'o. Actually as a point to make him leave.
I don't but what the hell else is there to talk about in the football forum
Evidently bad news that can help them win the Spanish and European 'treble' for the first time in their history
Funny he's being slagged off for being money hungry. Barca are just trying to get something for him! It's all very well Guardiola coming out saying he should leave, they'd be signing him up in a flash if he wanted to renew his contract. They're just trying to avoid him leaving for free
Oh and now it seems he's the difference between getting Ibrahimovic and not doing
Funny he's being slagged off for being money hungry. Barca are just trying to get something for him! It's all very well Guardiola coming out saying he should leave, they'd be signing him up in a flash if he wanted to renew his contract. They're just trying to avoid him leaving for free
Oh and now it seems he's the difference between getting Ibrahimovic and not doing
I say Eto'o deserve those supposedly wages as he's been the most consistent player in the world since he signed for Barca.Can't think of any other player who would kept the same sort of form during the same amount of time
True he was a big part in the success. Even when Guardiola said last year he didnt want him he proved a point but the fact that Guardiola is actually coming out and saying, "leave, please" tells you something.
Actually Barcelona did offer him a new contract, for less money...
another way of saying, you can stay but we really dont want you anymore.
He deserves to be the best paid player in the world? really??
Tells me they want Ibrahimovic, and the only way of getting him is if Eto'o goes in the other direction I fancy. Don't think Inter will go through with just a cash deal
I'm sure if Eto'o was willing to renew for a couple more years they'd be very happy with that though
I agree, the player they want. For the dressing room etc they dont want him which is why he should go.
I honestly think they could and will still get Ibrahimovic.
Now there is talk that Milan could be in for Eto'o. But i dont see how that could be the case, if Inter cant afford his wages how can AC...
Eto'o is no angel, but he wants to stay at Barcelona. The fact that he turned down mega-bucks moves to Uzbekistan and City shows it ain't all about the money.
Why wouldn't he want to stay at Barcelona anyway? They're the best team in the world, playing in the biggest top-level stadium, in the finest European city.
Why not ? Is there a more consistent in excellence footballer than him ?
Barcelona have got rid of probably their most direct player. They are going to take procrastination to an either higher level next season! Was Eto the only one who didn't try and dribble the ball into the net?
Zlatan deserves his current wages? Really? What's he done that's worthy of him earning what he does now. Inter aren't as half as hopeless as you make them out to be (your excuse for Zlatan being a big time bottler), he should have helped them to get to a semi final by now. Like how Kaka a player you say is inferior to Zlatan, played a major part in getting an aging Milan to a final and played a major role in them winning the champions league (a side which is clearly inferior to inter's, just look at the serie A standings) and single handedly gave united a master class in the semis.
Eto'o should rightfully be one of the highest earners, if not THE highest earner. He just helped Barca become the first spanish team to do the treble.
Barcelona have got rid of probably their most direct player. They are going to take procrastination to an either higher level next season! Was Eto the only one who didn't try and dribble the ball into the net?
True. As I said earlier in the thread, the only danger with the Ibrahimovic move is you lose that directness and big-game mentality that Eto'o had, which was a necessary complement to the short passing game of Barcelona.
The fact he isnt wanted should be enough for him like it is for any other player to decide that time is time.
Yes, where do you get the idea that he is the most consistent player around?
At barca he had 2 great seasons where he was the best center forward on the planet. Then two mediocre seasons, then they tried to get rid of him, then he had another excellent season and they still want rid.
Milan were like liverpool, rubbish domestically but geared for Europe. Also they had experienced european players back to front. Inter are by no means hopeless, they are Ibrahimovic dependant. Milan had Kaka, Pirlo, Shevchenko, Seedorf and Gattuso all in their primes not to mention the best central defender in the world at the time Nesta.
I'm not saying he shouldnt be one of the highest paid in the world but since he has never been the best player in that barca side i struggle to understand where he gets the idea that he is the best player in the world.
What 2 mediocre seasons ? You must be talking about the ones where he had these long term injuries, shame on him for not scoring that "many" goals.It's all about goal/matches for me
The key to Barca is that they have seriously just dumped their most direct player. I seriously hope it bites them in the ass because nobody should get away with this madness. Eto'o has carried them at times and now he is involved in a patronizing 'swap deal'.
I'm sure Pep was not too bothered, it is just politics and making a statement that you are bringing one of the worlds best in. Sending wavelengths all the way back to Madrid and world football, upholding the image that Barcelona are the best and are doing big things, not resting on their laurels. A shame Eto'o has been criminally been underrated throughout his career and maybe Barca would realize what they have
I'm sure Pep was not too bothered, it is just politics and making a statement that you are bringing one of the worlds best in. Sending wavelengths all the way back to Madrid and world football, upholding the image that Barcelona are the best and are doing big things, not resting on their laurels. A shame Eto'o has been criminally been underrated throughout his career and maybe Barca would realize what they have
You mean the opposite right ?
Eto'o wasnt even the best striker in La Liga last season
It's about being the most consistent
Oops, yeh underrated, fekin hell, got to love edit
The bolded part of your post confuses me.
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