LOL right on queue. If Arteta was indeed better than those at United currently why's he been at Everton for about 10 years with little to no interest in him ever and before that Rangers?
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LOL right on queue. If Arteta was indeed better than those at United currently why's he been at Everton for about 10 years with little to no interest in him ever and before that Rangers?
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whats your point Larsson was at celtic for his whole career then went on to play for barcelona and man utd during his decline
No what's your point? Larsson hardly excelled for either of those club's did he.
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I bet you can't find one post where he is positive about wenger. He is a manic depressive when it comes to Wenger. Even when we are winning he can't do anything right in DMs eyes.
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really? Barca fans loved him, he scored around 19 or 20 (all competitions) goals in around a season and a half playing in one of the most competitive leagues in the world at the age of what 34? id say any striker in the world would love that record
He was a squad player for both Barca and Utd regardless of what the stats say
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lol, my point is that you seriously dont have a clue.
On 20 November 2004, during the 3–0 victory in the derby versus Real Madrid, Larsson tore the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee. Despite having missed most of the 2004–05 season, Barcelona took the option to extend his contract. In 2005–06 Larsson scored 10 goals as Barcelona won La Liga for a second consecutive year.
In January 2006, Larsson announced that at the end of his contract, which ended in July, he would leave Barcelona and return to Sweden to end his career. He revealed that he had refused an offer by club president Joan Laporta to extend his contract to the end of the next season. On the announcement of his departure, Ronaldinho said "With Henrik leaving us at the end of the season this club is losing a great scorer, no question. But I am also losing a great friend. Henrik was my idol and now that I am playing next to him it is fantastic."
In Larsson's final game for Barcelona, he won his first UEFA Champions League medal. Larsson came on as a substitute and assisted both of Barcelona's goals in a 2–1 win over Arsenal. Thierry Henry paid tribute to Larsson's contribution to Barcelona's win after the game, saying, "People always talk about Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Giuly and everything, but I didn't see them today, I saw Henrik Larsson. He came on, he changed the game, that is what killed the game. Sometimes you talk about Ronaldinho and Eto'o and people like that; you need to talk about the proper footballer who made the difference, and that was Henrik Larsson tonight."[19] Indeed his ability to give Barcelona the cutting edge required to overcome Arsenal was noted by the international press.
he has suffered huge injuries throughout his career, yet regarded as 1 of the best player in the world when he was 34.
Whilst United were eager to extend the loan deal, Larsson stated that he had made a promise to his family and his club to return on 12 March. This was confirmed on 20 February, when Larsson announced that he would not be extending his loan period.[26] Despite this, Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise for the striker, who scored three goals in 13 matches in all competitions during his three-month stay, saying, "He's been fantastic for us, we tried everything we could to get him to stay longer, but he made a promise and you have to respect that.
Manchester United won the Premier League two months after Larsson had left the club, and although he had not played the required quota of 10 league games to qualify for a Premier League winners medal, he, alongside Alan Smith, was granted special dispensation by the Premier League after the club requested extra medals for the two
His last appearance at Old Trafford in fact came against United, a few days after his loan with the club expired, as captain for a Europe XI team in the UEFA Celebration Match. Larsson received a standing ovation from the home fans upon being substituted for Liverpool's Robbie Fowler.
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Guldbollen: 1998, 2004
European Golden Boot: 2001
SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1999, 2001
SPFA Players' Player of the Year: 1999, 2001
Scottish Premier League Player of the Month: September 2000
SPL Top Scorer: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2002–03
UEFA Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament
Scottish Football Hall of Fame
Tidernas Guldboll (All-time best Swedish football player): 2005[46]
All-time UEFA Cup/Europa league goalscorer: 40 goals
Orders and special awards
UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest Swedish Footballer of the last 50 Years: 2003
Honorary Doctor of the University from the University of Strathclyde: 2005[47]
Member of the Order of the British Empire: 2006[48]
H. M. The King's Medal: 2007
SAF wanted him to stay longer, even though he was 35. Seriously get a clue
oh be quiet mate, Man utd fans loved henrik larrson and so did Barca, he was Brilliant for them.
dont try and dig yourself out of this one your clueless.
her was brilliant for both Man Utd and Barcelona, both clubs wanted to keep him.
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I dont get the point your trying to make Tom, he was 34 or 35 at barca i think, and even older at united (who only had him on loan), and during his of season im sure he was still playing football in Sweden so hardly got a break, at that age hes hardly gona be the main striker, he had an awesome goal scoring record and loved to play football, the fans loved him where ever he went.
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just because he was loyal to Celtic, even though im sure he could have walked into any other team in the world in his prime, people dont rate him, he was amazing, maybe not one of the greatest ever, but any team would beg to have a player like him especially with his loyalty.
im pretty sure united and barca enquired about him before and he refused so they never even tried.
your also forgetting he's had HUGE injuries throughout his career and bounced back even better, his mentality was amazing
im pretty sure united and barca enquired about him before and he refused so they never even tried.
your also forgetting he's had HUGE injuries throughout his career and bounced back even better, his mentality was amazing
I dont have a clue yet you've had to copy n paste his wiki page for the bulk of your argument
Lets say we agree to disagree about the impact that Larsson had at Barca and Utd the fact is he was at Celtic for the best years of his career if he really was that good why was that? Same situation as Arteta if he really is good enough to play for a club like United 1- why's there no interest in him and why has there never been any interest in him and 2- why has the pinnacle of his career been Everton and Rangers?
If he dont shut up after that he doesnt have a clue already, after that he needs a special admission to a hospital straight away
I dont have a clue yet you've had to copy n paste his wiki page for the bulk of your argument
Lets say we agree to disagree about the impact that Larsson had at Barca and Utd the fact is he was at Celtic for the best years of his career if he really was that good why was that? Same situation as Arteta if he really is good enough to play for a club like United 1- why's there no interest in him and why has there never been any interest in him and 2- why has the pinnacle of his career been Everton and Rangers?
Everything he posted was FACT.
Larrson was good enough to play for BARCELONA at the age of 34 and Man utd at the age of 35 where he was on of the best strikers in the world, seriously stop posting here.
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DM just wants all our good players to leave so his beloved Eboue can play a game. You notice how he never Slags off Eboue ever? Next he will be saying how popular Eboue is again lol
Hell I could be everyone's best friend and make them all laugh and be content to sit on the bench and collect £40k per week. Don't see why we don't all support the leeches more.
And he has the nerve to call the other supporters in the forum idiots.
With the Nasri issue I would prefer he either leaves or commits. I rate him highly but don't want a player that isn't 100% behind the club.
Same goes for supporters DM
Ah it's Mr dont tell me you know more about my club yet he's more than willing to suggest he knows more about yours
Man Utd fans didn't love him whatsoever, sure he was a bit of a cult figure at the time but christ even Heinze was a cult figure at one point, do United fans love him? Larsson barely played for us and the minute his loan ended and the romantic story went with it we all saw he was well past it and made little impact for us
So no he wasn't brilliant for us far from it.
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well said, plus im pretty sure if you go back to Euro 2000 there were some big offers for him from Inter Milan and Manchester United but Larsson wanted to stay at Celtic and signed a new contract not long after.
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I dont have a clue yet you've had to copy n paste his wiki page for the bulk of your argument
Lets say we agree to disagree about the impact that Larsson had at Barca and Utd the fact is he was at Celtic for the best years of his career if he really was that good why was that? Same situation as Arteta if he really is good enough to play for a club like United 1- why's there no interest in him and why has there never been any interest in him and 2- why has the pinnacle of his career been Everton and Rangers?
sorry hold on a minute here, you expect me to memorise everything about him? i have a life you know and im not his autobiography writer.
Ronaldhino, Henry, SAF, La Porte all praised him highly, and SAF and La Porte wanted him to stay at their clubs, but he wanted to go home on both occasions.
you obviously have never seen him play, he single handedly could change any team in his prime, his vision, passing, scoring, ball control and pace were phenomenal.
I would say he was very similar to Henry as a player.
No he was good enough to be a backup to play 20 minutes here and there, but we all know of your recollection of Albrighton's amazing second half of the season a couple of minutes here and there are proof of a great players aren't they
I suspect you've been itching for an argument with me since I showed you up over that
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Ah it's Mr dont tell me you know more about my club yet he's more than willing to suggest he knows more about yours
Man Utd fans didn't love him whatsoever, sure he was a bit of a cult figure at the time but christ even Heinze was a cult figure at one point, do United fans love him? Larsson barely played for us and the minute his loan ended and the romantic story went with it we all saw he was well past it and made little impact for us
So no he wasn't brilliant for us far from it.
lmao Manchester United fans and the manager him self were still talking of trying to get him back almost a season later, and id say scoring a goal inevery competition was pretty damn good, as an aging quality striker id still take Larsson over Owen. even tho owen is only 31 he kinda plays like an aging striker and is treated like one too lols
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DM just wants all our good players to leave so his beloved Eboue can play a game. You notice how he never Slags off Eboue ever? Next he will be saying how popular Eboue is again lol
Hell I could be everyone's best friend and make them all laugh and be content to sit on the bench and collect £40k per week. Don't see why we don't all support the leeches more.
And he has the nerve to call the other supporters in the forum idiots.
With the Nasri issue I would prefer he either leaves or commits. I rate him highly but don't want a player that isn't 100% behind the club.
Same goes for supporters DM
Well done, you've again ignored everything I've ever said about Eboue.
Again, for the record, Eboue is not the best player at the club, he should not be at the club on the bench for the wages he's on, he should be first team ahead of Sagna, he's a very good player, he's not the best player in the world ever, he's no where near as important as RVP, Cesc, Gallas was, etc, etc.
Every time you say I've said otherwise makes you look like a moron.
Its quite simple, back when you and everyone else on here, for around 8 months thought Denilson was the best DM in the league, and I said Eboue is leagues better than him, you all seemed to think I was saying he's the best player in the world. You also ignored the point that when you all raved over Denilson I said he was one of the worst players in the team.
As I've pointed out since, Eboue is MILES better than Denilson, Song, Diaby, he's miles worse than Cesc, Gallas, RVP, and thats no bad thing they are some of the best players in the world in their position.
I've only ever been angry Eboue isn't being played BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE DENILSON were played ahead of him, no more, or less, he's a significantly higher quality player. A year later everyone on here thought Denilson was a joke and thought Diaby was brilliant and Song was still crap, a year later everyone on here thought Diaby was crap and Song is brilliant, a year later people are noticing that Wilshire makes Song look like a joke.
Oh, and Tom, I hate Celtic, I hate that Larsson helped screw Arsenal, but Larsson is stupidly good, he was a great striker throughout his career, every club that had him loved him, his team mates, managers, pundits, fans of opposition clubs all rated him.
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