** Summer Transfer Window 2011/12 Season Rumours/Signings **

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I'd be gutted if we sold Meireles to bring in Adam. He was probably our second best player last season behind Lucas.

If he does go it wouldn't be a case of selling him to bring in Adam as they wouldn't be competing for the same position.

Not once did Dalglish play Meireles in a 2 man central midfield and I suspect it was because of his unwillingness to get stuck in and the way he shied away from tackles.

I'm not sure he was our 2nd best player either; there were times when he was excellent (the first 2 months after Dalglish arrived) but there were nearly as many times when he went missing.
 
Yep, they've thrown over £100m into replacing him (Ibra + Villa) and both replacements have been about half as good as Eto'o at best. Not sure why he was sold, but in terms of on the field replacements, Barca have done extremely poorly.

Villa is a world class player, just look at his scoring record for club and country, and well worth the €40 million fee, and just as good if not better than Eto'o ;)
 
Neymar has supposedly signed for Madrid, so which striker is on the way out?
Maureen likes Adebayor for some reason, so i guess he might sign permanent for them once he/city drops the insane fee demands.

Benzema's not been so great, so looks like the obvious choice.
But Ronaldo and Higuain dont get along, so maybe he's going?
Yet.. Maureen doesn't like Ronaldo!

So confusing.
 
Not sure anyone can lament Barca for selling one World Class player in Eto'o and replacing him with another in Villa? The loss of Eto'o hasn't been reflected in their subsequent success.

Their biggest mistake was the disgusting valuation they put on Ibrahimovic.
 
If he does go it wouldn't be a case of selling him to bring in Adam as they wouldn't be competing for the same position.

Not once did Dalglish play Meireles in a 2 man central midfield and I suspect it was because of his unwillingness to get stuck in and the way he shied away from tackles.

I'm not sure he was our 2nd best player either; there were times when he was excellent (the first 2 months after Dalglish arrived) but there were nearly as many times when he went missing.

Plus the fact Meireles is getting older and his re-sell value will be falling too
 
Cor, I hope 'Arry really is going to go head to head with Whinger for Samba. Would be a good shout for us. With Ledley very hit and miss, woodgate about to be written of and only Kaboul, Dawson and Bassong our real centrebacks, we could do with someone like Samba just to give us a bigger choice. Can't see Bassong hanging around either so we may as well sell him and get in someone 'Arry will be willing to play.

He's only 27, been in the league since 2007 so has plenty of experience and he's a big lad at 6ft 4". Who wouldn't want him? Will be watching this one with a close eye.

Still the same old everyone else wants to sign modric rumours circulating as well.
 
Yep, they've thrown over £100m into replacing him (Ibra + Villa) and both replacements have been about half as good as Eto'o at best. Not sure why he was sold, but in terms of on the field replacements, Barca have done extremely poorly.

He was a trouble maker in the dressing room and caused enough rifts....sure he was a good goal scorer but getting rid of him was for the best of the team....replacing him with Ibra for the amount they paid was beyond stupidity though but it goes to show how desperate Barca were to get rid of Eto.
 
Cor, I hope 'Arry really is going to go head to head with Whinger for Samba. Would be a good shout for us. With Ledley very hit and miss, woodgate about to be written of and only Kaboul, Dawson and Bassong our real centrebacks, we could do with someone like Samba just to give us a bigger choice. Can't see Bassong hanging around either so we may as well sell him and get in someone 'Arry will be willing to play.

He's only 27, been in the league since 2007 so has plenty of experience and he's a big lad at 6ft 4". Who wouldn't want him? Will be watching this one with a close eye.

Still the same old everyone else wants to sign modric rumours circulating as well.

Samba is definitely my choice of an experienced Prem CB, and seems a 'Harry' signing.

In some ways, I miss Comolli. He did bring in some great talent, but he also brought in his fair share of duds, and didn't seem to allow the manager much say in transfers.
 
One of the more reliable sources at Spurs has said there have been no enquiries made regarding Scott Parker, and talks over wages are underway with Leandro Damiao.

He's pretty much the only source I'm bothering to read. Generally is spot on.
 
Villa is a world class player, just look at his scoring record for club and country, and well worth the €40 million fee, and just as good if not better than Eto'o ;)

I can only assume you haven't watched the two this season. Villa has under performed something nasty and Eto'o has continued to bang them in. Villa is half the player he was at Valencia and isn't technically good enough to be playing out of position and still shine imo, it worked when the team was built around him but he looks out of place in this Barca side and has been largely disappointing for me.
 
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One of the more reliable sources at Spurs has said there have been no enquiries made regarding Scott Parker, and talks over wages are underway with Leandro Damiao.

He's pretty much the only source I'm bothering to read. Generally is spot on.

Who's this source? On twitter?
 
I can only assume you haven't watched the two this season. Villa has under performed something nasty and Eto'o has continued to bang them in. Villa is half the player he was at Valencia and isn't technically good enough to be playing out of position and still shine imo, it worked when the team was built around him but he looks out of place in this Barca side and has been largely disappointing for me.

Might of been disappointing but he still ended up being a 20+ goal a season wide man, every club in the world would kill for one of those
 
Might of been disappointing but he still ended up being a 20+ goal a season wide man, every club in the world would kill for one of those

I've probably said this a hundred times on here but don't judge a player by his stats, judge him by watching him, Villa has been the worst (first team) player at Barca this season, looked nothing like a 40m player. He missed such a large amount of ridiculously easy chances that Messi and co. put on a plate for him, at times it was cringeworthy
 
Neymar has supposedly signed for Madrid, so which striker is on the way out?
Maureen likes Adebayor for some reason, so i guess he might sign permanent for them once he/city drops the insane fee demands.

Benzema's not been so great, so looks like the obvious choice.
But Ronaldo and Higuain dont get along, so maybe he's going?
Yet.. Maureen doesn't like Ronaldo!

So confusing.

neymar is 19 years old. i doubt they are going to get rid of a well experienced striker just because they signed a promising youngster.

ronaldo isnt a striker and real madrid would never sell him unless man city offered 500m+ (the fans and board love him).

so they have two 23 year old strikers (higuain and benzema) and a target man (adebayor) on loan, that isnt much.

look at manchester united - rooney, berbatov, owen, welbeck, macheda and hernandez (they have some others too but they all look like complete duds)

i dont think real madrid are looking to offload any of them, if any of them were to go, it would be adebayor (due to loan) and or benzema (never lived up to hype).

but neymar is a prospect for the future which they will most likely use in rotation so he gets experience. if anything real madrid may look at bringing in more players, because barca are strengthening their squad and madrid are already behind them and want to be at the top.
 
I can only assume you haven't watched the two this season. Villa has under performed something nasty and Eto'o has continued to bang them in. Villa is half the player he was at Valencia and isn't technically good enough to be playing out of position and still shine imo, it worked when the team was built around him but he looks out of place in this Barca side and has been largely disappointing for me.

does villa not have a better scoring ratio at barca than etoo has at inter?
 
does villa not have a better scoring ratio at barca than etoo has at inter?

You should factor in that Inter have a lot of dross in the team and a central midfielder who hogs the ball while Villa has Xavi putting embarassingly easy chances on a plate for him all game long. Inter were built on a rigid defensive system with a manager who isn't there, they aren't really built to give Eto'o chance after chance after chance. Barca are almost the polar opposite of Inter.

Its insanely hard to quantify who is doing well, even at the same club because, take a Bendtner, or Anelka or, any second string striker who when they get in the team is often playing with a weakened side and not in form. When comparing different clubs its almost impossible to directly compare people. IE you'd expect Eto'o to score more at Inter than at Newcastle say, and more at Barca than at Inter(based on where the teams are now).

Villa's had good games, and bad games, his scoring record is more than good enough, but then Ibra had a pretty damn good scoring record last year.

I think people who watch Barca just expect the "main" striker to score more than Messi, because as Messi was younger the main strikers were outscoring him. Not outscoring Messi or Ronaldo doesn't make a striker crap.

Barca are being very weird, Ibra did as well as Villa, and both did as well as Eto'o--ish, Eto'o was a little better but he was gelled with the team, settled, and had years at the club.

If they buy Rossi...... I just don't see the point, replace a 20+ goal striker every season at huge expense for no real reason?
 
inter have dross in their team?

sneijder, cambiasso, milito, pandev, maicon, lucio, zanetti, shall i keep going?

also i think rossi is coming in for more depth to squad and possibly to replace pedro. they have no real depth
 
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