Daniel Alves moves to barca

vincenzo1975

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=730016.html

daniel alves moves to barcelona....

this will put an end to all the links with the big 4.

Little-Devil

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=730016.html

daniel alves moves to barcelona....

this will put an end to all the links with the big 4.

This not old news? I'm sure this was confirmed before Euro 2008, great signing though.

el rabitos

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=730016.html

daniel alves moves to barcelona....

this will put an end to all the links with the big 4.

deal was actaully done and announced before the euros, think it was just made official there today or yesterday

Wow, a time machine!

Dave!

I didn't know bout it, thanks for posting

In fairness the deal was only registered yesterday, same with Piqué who was also unveiled today, but it has been wrapped up for weeks. Good signing for Barca.

Mr Alan

dont mind em Vincenzo, the deal has only just been made official now.

window only opened on monday. you're dead right to post this info.

alves is more suited to playing in Spain than England, so its a good move for him.

i feel the same way about Daniel Alves as Noel Gallagher does about Tim Cahill;

Noel Gallagher wrote:

"I would love to kick him right in the bollocks, He has just got one of those faces. Don't you find his face really slappable?"

kmart6

It's been common knowledge that he was signing with them for weeks, doesn't matter that it was only registered yesterday, majority of people on soccerforums would have known this....just like the Pique deal!

leninbenjamin

kmart6 wrote: »

just like the Pique deal!

Pique left? :eek:

kmart6

leninbenjamin wrote: »

Pique left? :eek:

*tumbleweed*

leninbenjamin

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OP dont mind us havin a bit of banter. Like I already said, only registered yesterday, Thanks for posting and doon't let the light ribbing scare u off posting again.

kmart6

Neil1984 Counsellor to the Soccer Forum

Frisbee

Cheers mate, didn't know about this....

kmart6

kmart6 wrote: »

Neil1984 Counsellor to the Soccer Forum

Well at least he's makin a good conrtibution to the forum, dont want him decidin not to post again cos he got flamed for starting something?

hunter164

SantryRed wrote: »

Good signing for Barca, just there kind of player. Only found out after this thread.



Would you ever stop being an arsehole?

+1

Reganio 2

Never liked him, just adds to Barca's big names that won't perform.

el rabitos

Reganio 2 wrote: »

Never liked him, just adds to Barca's big names that won't perform.

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barca have made some fine signings so far this summer and are shipping out alot of the egos and underperfomers. ive got high hopes for next season.

cant wait to see alves on the right with messi, will be doing well if he can replicate his partnership with navas

kmart6

Deleted User wrote: »

Well at least he's makin a good conrtibution to the forum, dont want him decidin not to post again cos he got flamed for starting something?

Posting day old news isn't exactly a good contribution when the whole soccer world knew that that deal has been in place for ages, which had been talked about around here!

SantryRed

kmart6 wrote: »

Posting day old news isn't exactly a good contribution when the whole soccer world knew that that deal has been in place for ages, which had been talked about around here!

The deal went through today so he had every right to post it in here considering it wasn't already in a topic!
He's also the most expensive right-back in the world now.

If you have nothing to say about the deal then get the f**k out of this thread.

Thanks.

kmart6

kmart6 wrote: »

Posting day old news isn't exactly a good contribution when the whole soccer world knew that that deal has been in place for ages, which had been talked about around here!

:rolleyes: FFS what is your problem? Give the guy a break. It wasnt discussed in any depth in the La Liga thread and there was no previous thread dedicated to it. And he basically posted it on the day it happened. It was discussed in the United thread, ever consider the possibility that the OP doesnt support United?? Its not a troll thread, and its actually soccer related rather than some of the rubbish that gets started here.

What about if Ronaldo goes to Madrid? Should we not discuss it cos by your logic its been discussed already? You'll probably be rushing on here hoping to start the thread on it if that happens so cop the fook on and stop moanin. Generally if I dont like a thread i move along to the next one, lifes too short. Leave this one to people who wanna talk about Alves.





Re Alves. If he can learn the finer points of defending, then Barca will have as dangerous a right side as any in the world United included.

Third_Echelon

el rabitos wrote: »

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barca have made some fine signings so far this summer and are shipping out a lot of the egos and underperfomers. ive got high hopes for next season.

cant wait to see alves on the right with messi, will be doing well if he can replicate his partnership with navas

+ 1

The signings so far of Alves, Keita, Pique and Caceres have been very good IMO.

I see Barca for the next few years have a good young team with lots of energy mixed with the few more experienced heads who are by no means over the hill.

Savage potential lineups and good competition for places:

---

Valdes

---

Alves/Zambrotta --- Puyol/Marquez --- Milito/Pique --- Abidal/Sylvinho

Iniesta

---

Yaya Toure/Keita

---

Xavi

Messi/Bojan

---

Eto'o

---

Henry/Ronaldinho*

* I reckon Ronaldinho will go before the season starts though...

event

kmart6 wrote: »

Posting day old news isn't exactly a good contribution when the whole soccer world knew that that deal has been in place for ages, which had been talked about around here!

Dave! wrote: »

I didn't know bout it, thanks for posting

Frisbee wrote: »

Cheers mate, didn't know about this....

just cos you knew about it, doesnt give you authority on the whole soccer forum or indeed world.

if you dont agree with the thread, dont reply.

Nalz

Was the Pique fee ever released?

event wrote: »

just cos you knew about it, doesnt give you authority on the whole soccer forum or indeed world.

if you dont agree with the thread, dont reply.

well said boss.

zeusnero

Third_Echelon wrote: »

+ 1

The signings so far of Alves, Keita, Pique and Caceres have been very good IMO.

I see Barca for the next few years have a good young team with lots of energy mixed with the few more experienced heads who are by no means over the hill.

Savage potential lineups and good competition for places:

---

Valdes

---

Alves/Zambrotta --- Puyol/Marquez --- Milito/Pique --- Abidal/Sylvinho

Iniesta

---

Yaya Toure/Keita

---

Xavi

Messi/Bojan

---

Eto'o

---

Henry/Ronaldinho*

* I reckon Ronaldinho will go before the season starts though...

Zambrotta has signed for Milan btw

eZe^

Third_Echelon wrote: »

+ 1

The signings so far of Alves, Keita, Pique and Caceres have been very good IMO.

I see Barca for the next few years have a good young team with lots of energy mixed with the few more experienced heads who are by no means over the hill.

Savage potential lineups and good competition for places:

---

Valdes

---

Alves/Zambrotta --- Puyol/Marquez --- Milito/Pique --- Abidal/Sylvinho

Iniesta

---

Yaya Toure/Keita

---

Xavi

Messi/Bojan

---

Eto'o

---

Henry/Ronaldinho*

* I reckon Ronaldinho will go before the season starts though...

Zambrotta is gone to Milan unfortunately... Puyol and Cacares can quite easily slot in on the right hand side as well as being central defenders... Fali might be promoted from the B team also... And with the probable signing of Hernanes he'll be a great option on the attacking midfielder front... There's plenty of options for a 4-3-3, 4-4-2 or even Peps favoured 3-4-3....

leninbenjamin

eZe^ wrote: »

Zambrotta is gone to Milan unfortunately...

slightly off topic but do you think losing Zambrotta was a bad move? his pace is definitely going imo and i think he'll struggle to reach the level he peaked at in 2006 again. i thought getting 9million or so for a 31 year old was a solid piece of business. considering the wages he commands he wasn't going to be worth keeping around as a squad player.

another question: are Barca going to do anything about the klutz that is Abidal? he's still their weakest link imo.

Third_Echelon

zeusnero wrote: »

Zambrotta has signed for Milan btw

Hadn't heard that he'd left... All the more important that alves signed so!

PHB

I was under the impression Yaya wasn't in Gurdeilos plans?

PHB

PHB wrote: »

I was under the impression Yaya wasn't in Gurdeilos plans?

There's talk he MAY go to l'Arse but so far as far as anyone knows he's still there. The rumour is that he's surplus to requirements though hence the signature of Keita.

leninbenjamin

PHB wrote: »

I was under the impression Yaya wasn't in Gurdeilos plans?

Guardiola. you should know better PHB!

i haven't heard anything as regards to the above. would be a very strange of him to do so imo. He was definitely one of the better stories of the year for them.

tdv

Few things.

Who do Sevilla have lined up as a replacmet?

Zambrotta is bad signing for Milan. Just adds to the old folks in the team already. We seen last season he's clearly past his best.

Kieta is a great signing for Barca was really impressed with him last season. He's solid in midfield & has one hell of a shot on him.

Raskolnikov

Great signing for Barcelona, the problem last year with Barcelona was the lack of width. Messi drifted into the centre too often, Iniesta is simply not a winger and the full-backs didn't get forward enough. It meant lots of neat passing and controlling the game, but feck all real penetration.

eZe^

leninbenjamin wrote: »

slightly off topic but do you think losing Zambrotta was a bad move? his pace is definitely going imo and i think he'll struggle to reach the level he peaked at in 2006 again. i thought getting 9million or so for a 31 year old was a solid piece of business. considering the wages he commands he wasn't going to be worth keeping around as a squad player.

another question: are Barca going to do anything about the klutz that is Abidal? he's still their weakest link imo.

Well, I actually thought that Zambrotta was one of Barca's better players last season... He has never reached the heights he had at Juve and for Italy, but he was always one of the more solid consistent players in the defense.. I guess Im not that gutted about him leaving, because there is a nice wealth of youthful defenders now that will hopefully take us into another sucessful era in our clubs history...


People forget that before Christmas, Abidal was one of the highest rated LB's in the world, he played very well for us for a couple of months... But he has just capitulated recently, Im hoping the competition for places will now serve as a slap in the face for the lad and he'll regain some of his past form...


Dani Alves and Messi on the right hand side could potentially be one of the most potent sides the world has ever seen, with Messi's devastating inside runs, and Alves' running up and down like a kangaroo on steroids, I'm slowly gaining more and more confidence for the upcoming season. Considering I was expecting it to take 2 or more seasons for us to properly challenge I'm glad most of the pessimism is being eradicated by shrewd decisions by Laporta/ Txiki/ Guardiola.

vincenzo1975

Thanks for the positive posts.

I thought this was worth saying as it is the biggest transfer of the summer so far, It is a statement of real intent by barca that they have looked at where they are weak and put in something special. there was a raft of premiership teams linked with this guy, and until the contract is signed there was always a chance of it falling through, and anyway, ffs, is interesting soccer news.

Anyway, I am interested in seeing how barca are set up next season, with messi going to the Olympics, Henry will need to be on top form at the start.

el rabitos

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

Anyway, I am interested in seeing how barca are set up next season, with messi going to the Olympics, Henry will need to be on top form at the start.

i'd like to think there will be alot more responsibility for bojan. i'd be interested to see how he performs in the central striker role when the team is built to cater to him. he's still lightweight but this could be a great year for him.