Ferran Torres signs for Barcelona

[chaddblue]

Forgotten about his negligible contribution already

 

[MadchesterCity]

But he wanted to leave and I still don't understand what Grealish has to do with it apart from you not rating him!

Football is a game of opinions, I was agreeing with the poster that I'd prefer Torres in our front 3 than Grealish. It's not that I don't think Grealish is a good player, he was a very good player for Villa.

I prefer Torres and financially he makes much more sense, one player we hugely overpaid for and the other we sold on the cheap

 

[MadchesterCity]

Sane is a great player. Torres will never be a great player. We’ve done brilliantly out of this deal.

Nonsense, I really can't understand why so many people are belittling him

 

[chaddblue]

Nonsense, I really can't understand why so many people are belittling him

By the same token .. I can’t understand why a lot of people rated him and think we haven’t got a good deal

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Football is a game of opinions, I was agreeing with the poster that I'd prefer Torres in our front 3 than Grealish. It's not that I don't think Grealish is a good player, he was a very good player for Villa.

I prefer Torres and financially he makes much more sense, one player we hugely overpaid for and the other we sold on the cheap

Fair enough.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Forgotten about his negligible contribution already

Exactly. And it's not as though he's been here long enough to endear himself to us blues, well not me he hasn't anyway. We've received decent money for Torres and he's no longer our player, and I'm fine about that.

 

[Norbert D]

I think he will prosper at Barcelona, we did well enough financially but still sad to see him go.
Good luck to him.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I saw little sign that he will ultimately be elite so fair enough. A couple of things I’m not entirely comfortable with but thats just my cantankerous nature:
1) he signed a contract, got injured and then asked to go. Not exactly honouring the spirit of a contract.
2) Barcelona don’t have a pot to piss in and could only buy decent players on tick. We did them a favour. I wonder if they would reciprocate if we needed.

 

[york away to this!]

I quite liked Torres. Undoubted talent, injured for ages after a decent start, wanted out. Farewell.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I saw little sign that he will ultimately be elite so fair enough. A couple of things I’m not entirely comfortable with but thats just my cantankerous nature:
1) he signed a contract, got injured and then asked to go. Not exactly honouring the spirit of a contract.
2) Barcelona don’t have a pot to piss in and could only buy decent players on tick. We did them a favour. I wonder if they would reciprocate if we needed.

Did you really need to put the last bit in ?

Self-serving arrogant penniless twats do Man City upstarts and UEFA cheats a favour in transfer market ?

 

[wolviedinho]

Lol this seems like peak football fan paranoia.

You honestly believe Pep is acting as a double agent and helping Barcelona?

As has been the case since 2013, the club has not lost 1 player we wanted to keep really. We've just sold Torres for double what we paid for him and he is a bit part player at best. Theres nothing more to the story....

I believe pep loves Barcelona.

 

[OntarioBlue]

I feel like we have been mugged off.

This deal has been put together to suit Barcelona currently "DIRE" financial situation.

They don't have a Pot to piss in.

We are actually only getting pack what we paid for him. With any Gravy on top coming from his appearances over the next few years, when Barcelona might then be a bit better off financially. To give this deal for one of Europe hottest properties at least a bit of respectability.

But we have to accept it is a bi-product of having Barcelona sycophants at the Club.

Barcelona just set a release clause of 1 Billion for him.

It’s been widely reported that Barcelona have taken out a loan to finance this deal. We are, apparently, letting them pay in four instalments but we will be getting about £55million after add ons. That’s considerably more than the £20m we paid for him.

 

[citytill1die84]

Good luck to him I think he'll do well back in the Spanish league.

 

[discopop]

Who is Phil Blundell and why would anyone care what he has said?

He’s a nothing but it was typically red shirt to mention an ACL to Rodri derailing our season. Rent fucking free.

 

[wolviedinho]

Saying 'all of our players' when it's only 2 isn't a 'figure of speech', it's just nonsense.

Who are all these Catalonians working against the club BTW?

It’s not all black and white bud. It’s no secret that our main men swear by the cule code. I didn’t say working against city but not enough fuss is kicked up when Barca show up. It’s their club and if you don’t believe they want to help then I can’t spell it out for you. Yes they work at city but the over the top adulation with anything cule is akin to the United istory fanfare.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

I believe pep loves Barcelona.

And he doesn't 'get us'.

 

[Phil1]

Even after all this time and success we have people questioning the club and decisions they make. Have a bit of faith, they haven’t let us down yet. (On the pitch)

 

[citizen_maine]

And he doesn't 'get us'.

and loves the rags

 

[jamesha]

I am disappointed that he has left but think City have handled this well. We have got a decent fee and enhanced our reputation as a club that treats players well.

I think Torres has great potential as a striker and showed some great movement earlier this season before his injury. His main issue seemed to be a lack of the "cockiness" demonstrated by the best strikers but, if he kept scoring, this could develop quickly.

It is a real shame that he got injured when he did - he might not have been as amenable to Barce's overtures if he was playing regularly. As it is I can understand why he has been tempted - going to his home country to play for one of the biggest teams in the world and to be able to see his family and girlfriend more often.

I think we are learning that this can be an issue with signing young players from countries with top leagues such as Germany and Spain.

 

[wolviedinho]

And he doesn't 'get us'.

Not sure about that. Don’t want to go full blown conspiracy nut. Half way will do ;)