Douglas Costa
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Douglas Costa de Souza
Douglas Costa has impressed at Gremio and has been dubbed the 'jewe' of Brazilian football
Why they call him the Jew?
Why they call him the Jew?
There is no way we would pay 21m for a player like that.
The black Jesus?
Big price tag for a black jew.
18m palcaios
21m douglas
pocket change
21m douglas
pocket change
Wrong Forum, That should be in the credit crunch thread in the general
Our chances to get young Brazil players are higher than 4 years ago
A player like what? In fairness we know little about him. Assuming for a second, he was the new 'jewel of Brazilian football', then he'd most likely go for a similar price to the one quoted i reckon.
The Jew Of Brazilian Football?
Is this a good thing?
Is this a good thing?
Gremio, hmmm, that's the club Lucas played for when he was top scorer in the league!
The argentine apache, or the black jew? I know who I'd choose.
Not a chance, extremely unlikely that he will go for over £10 million even if he is something special. Gremio needs cash.
Isn't he that really good Brazilian? I've heard he's better than KakaGremio, hmmm, that's the club Lucas played for when he was top scorer in the league!
and teh club Anderson got promotion for, scoring to win the deciding game when two men down.Gremio, hmmm, that's the club Lucas played for when he was top scorer in the league!
Oh really? I heard one poster comparing Anderson's style to that of Maradona (in the Maradona thread).
Looks like samuel eto to me
Oh really? I heard one poster comparing Anderson's style to that of Maradona (in the Maradona thread).
Really? Thats almost as bad as comparing Gerrard to Roy Keane.How did that get past the mods. Joking or not
looks a wee bit like eto?Douglas Costa de Souza
damn, beat me to it..
Looks like a thief who's just seen the CCTV spy camera.Douglas Costa de Souza
you'd know.
Are you calling me black?
Lighten up.How did that get past the mods. Joking or not
For that reason precisely.
Ferguson never really goes buying top up and coming South American talent. Fair enough, we have Rafel, Fabio and Rodrigo, but none were bought for big money. None were playing for their country or even for their clubs at this stage. The only player he did buy from South America for a decent amount of money was Forlan.
We are never really linked to any real up and coming player, even ones that a rated extremely high. Look at all the players that have come over to Europe in the last few years that were so highly rated yet we were nowhere near them: Sergio Agüero, Robinho, Higuin, Kaka, Mancini, Pato, the list could go on. Buying players for big money is something SAF just doesn't seem to do. He seems to like spending inordinate amounts of money on players based in England.
Anderson? Veron?
Anderson was bought from a Portuguese club. Veron was bought from an Italian club. They were not bought as 18 year olds for big money from South America, were they?
Yup its very rare that fergie has bought big money purchase directly from SA,and tbh i really also can't see it happening in the near future,,,
No. Just a Scouse!!
The lad was really special on his debut, a goal and three assists. He has the sort of imagination that is not the norm.
Hardly any players leave the Brazilian league for Europe for more than £15m, and plenty of them have been named the new jewel of Brazilian football.
When he leaves he'll go for around half of that.
I don't think that it is practical most of the time as the immigration laws of the UK are prohibitive. If the young fellas are really any good they hardly want to go to Antwerp for three years until they can get a permit (ala Dong).
There is the "proper" route - the Carlos Vela route (bugger off to Spain for 3 years then come back).
Yeah, but it is still difficult for United to compete with the rules and regs of Spain, Italy, France, etc when it comes to work permits. Then you have the language problem - unfortunately it limits our "foreigners with English as a mother tongue" to feckin Canucks, Septics, Aussies and Kiwis - not exactly footballing giants!
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