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Gerard Pique
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southern muppet
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MCFC4EVR said:I thought the rags had first option on him?
Quite often these things tend to expire. It's four years since he moved back there now.
I actually think it was Rossi they had first option on not Pique anyway, could be wrong though.
OB1
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If you believed some posters, none of Barca's players can defend! I think Pique would be superb for us but I don't envisage him being sold: Barca's squad is thin, defensively.
Matt the Giant
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OB1 said:If you believed some posters, none of Barca's players can defend! I think Pique would be superb for us but I don't envisage him being sold: Barca's squad is thin, defensively.
This.
Pique is class, no doubt about it and would easily have a place in our starting XI.
But how could Barcelona sell him when they are really short of defenders? Even if he stayed put they could use at least one more CD.
And how hungry is Pique these days, after having won everything and having played in the greatest football team of all times for several years. I'm afraid motivation would be an issue.
Pughie
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LoveCity said:Please no, has nice technique but when the going gets tough he's really not that good. Barcelona suits him because they are hardly ever put under pressure. We get put under pressure a lot more than Barca and we'd quickly see how error prone he can be.
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Is it worth pointing out that it was our Big Phil Caicedo scoring that goal?
ifiwasarichfan
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Top class player but I cant see why Barca would sell.
No, not every Barcelona player is shit on here according to City fans, they're the greatest club team ever. Carles Puyol is one of the best CBs of his generation, but Pique is fucking wank.
He's a brilliant passer, but is a worse defender than Kolo Toure. He got dropped for Mascherano for the last 10 games of last season, he was subbed off after half an hour in the Champions League semi because he was getting slaughtered by Drogba. To everyone raving about his class, I ask, how often have you watched him play? Or is he just good on FIFA?
He's a brilliant passer, but is a worse defender than Kolo Toure. He got dropped for Mascherano for the last 10 games of last season, he was subbed off after half an hour in the Champions League semi because he was getting slaughtered by Drogba. To everyone raving about his class, I ask, how often have you watched him play? Or is he just good on FIFA?
Can't see it happening just because I don't think Barca would sell him for anything less than top dollar, like Vincent Kompany level money and I doubt Barca have a replacement for him.
It'd be a sick signing though. Young but experienced Champions League (3xwinner) player, he'd fit in well to the new 352 (if he bedded in properly it could potentially take him and us to the next level)
It'd be a sick signing though. Young but experienced Champions League (3xwinner) player, he'd fit in well to the new 352 (if he bedded in properly it could potentially take him and us to the next level)
Mattyc55
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Pique, a man who has pretty much won every single honour in the game as a consistent figure in the great Barca/Spain teams is being labelled as 'wank'. He (like all players) has his flaws and may not as suited to the pace of the Premierleague as the likes of Kompany, but he is top class and one relatively poor season doesn't change that. He and Ramos were imperious in the Euro's, so to call one of the classiest center halfs in Europe 'wank' is a complete joke.