Marquinhos

[pee dubya]

Crazy money for a 19 year old central defender, no matter how much potential he has.

 

[jauganaut]

And all along, Manchester City have been spending money and ruining football? lol
27.5 mil for such an Unproven player is ridiculous
I am sure we can compete, but we don't need to be foolish.
Nastasic is a good example of getting young talent without being dry bummed

 

[cmdub]

barca are paying through the nose for him cause they're absolutely desperate for a CB. unless marquinhos has a nastasic type first season for them they'll still end up getting shredded in the champions league

 

[richards30]

Barcelona have upped their bid to £27.5million. Safe to say we won't be getting involved in this one. Also safe to say we got an excellent deal with Nastasic the way the transfer market has gone with top young prospects.

Where are they getting the cash from? Maybe we could help by taking thiago? Would piss utd off as well!!

 

[Blue Haze]

When was the last time we hijacked a deal from our rivals? Seems it happens to us regularly but we never do it.

 

[NorwegianTruBlue]

When was the last time we hijacked a deal from our rivals? Seems it happens to us regularly but we never do it.

Nasri I think.

 

[Thenumber1blue]

I thought they were having Lescott lol .

 

[citizens_1976]

Quality young player. Will be worth more than 27 million in 3-5 years time.

 

[VOOMER]

Barcelona have upped their bid to £27.5million. Safe to say we won't be getting involved in this one. Also safe to say we got an excellent deal with Nastasic the way the transfer market has gone with top young prospects.

I thought the Spanish clubs were supposed to be in financial trouble, including the big two. To suggest that we are not able to compete in the market for the best young talent is probably true and also a worrying development.

Of the 20 clubs in la Liga, eleven are currently operating at profit including the big 2.

Any suggestions that Barca are cash strapped is laughable.

Due to their world renowned coaching system, their reliance on expensive external signings has been, relatively speaking, noticeably less than their Madrid rivals, Atletico and Real.

When they do need to go into the market - as they did when negotiating the transfer of Alexis Sanchez from Udinese - they play tough with the seller, in the full knowledge that the player will hold out for the move to Camp Nou rather than any other clubs that are contenders for the players signature. The signature of Neymar is a perfect example of them securing one of the top strikers in the world with little or no competition concerns with this influencing matters. The Fabregas case was a perfect example of the Sanchez tactic.

When you're Barca proof that being a top world club doesn't mean having to pay massively inflated prices.

Bollocks the whole leagues in the shit aside from the big only 2 other teams don't owe back taxes, This issue was made public over a month ago as it is linked to EU bail out, its over a billion euro's that's owed between the clubs and aside from Messi they haven't even started on the players who have missed the post!! The big two have loans that have been refinanced every year since Franco died!

 

[spinzer]

And all along, Manchester City have been spending money and ruining football? lol
27.5 mil for such an Unproven player is ridiculous
I am sure we can compete, but we don't need to be foolish.
Nastasic is a good example of getting young talent without being dry bummed

Not really. Considering how umproved Nastasic was, we did get dry bummed abit. Turned out to be a masive signing tho, so this was a really good call from the scouting departmant.