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I thought they only had 3 million to play with or they'd get further shafted by FFP?
I'm fairly sure we'd have first choice in signing him.
Aren't they a bit restricted by FFP?
Eric you beauty, never ever disappoints!
Well I suppose we will have to see how it goes, but if he plays anything near his full ability 50m will be worth it.
Hopefully the latter as I fully believe he will be a star for us, but yeah that's what I worry, I think it's clear he is a Madrid fan like most Spanish speakers are at heart, but hopefully he enjoys it enough here to stay.
City had €25m euros to play with before they offloaded Richards and Negredo according to Sky.
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No, no, no, all those clubs turned him down and he was forced to come here, thats why we have to pay him 750kpw just to have him here 'Rawk TM'
Balague said Perez isn't a big fan of him.Meh, not really surprising considering that Madrid/Barca is the pinnacle of football for Latin/Hispanic players. I'm just delighted (and laughing) that he rejected City and Liverpool despite their CL offering.
My only fear is that if he sets the PL on fire this season, Los Francos Blancos might come sniffing
That might change if Benzema has a cack season and Falcao bangs in 20+ goals for us.
The thing is though, this fee we agreed if we want him at the end of the season, surely Falcao had to agree to that as well right?, meaning that if we take up the option then Falcao has to go with it right?.
Benzema has scored like 2 in 16 now. And Perez didn't still buy a forward.
No. Monaco have to accept, Falcao can do what he likes. You can't force him into a contract at your whim.
The Benz doesn't have to score when you've got Ronaldo (100+ shots a game) and Bale (wishes he had 100 shots a game) in the side.
Exactly, swap Falcao with Benzema, and you have to rebuild the side tactically, as Falcao isn't going to play a 100% supporting role for Ronaldo & Bale.
I would hope that certain things have been agreed for him to stay (if specific criteria is met on both sides). Otherwise, it would be quite short sighted of us to get rid of 2 strikers, get one on loan and then he disappears elsewhere.
With all the shit Rooney gets over his first touch on here, you'd have to wonder if Falcao will soon be attracting the same ire.
Pogue, at least wait until he plays a game for us before you start hating on him.
No, what you'd have to wonder is if you are going to try your best to find anything negative to say about Falcao as soon as he outperforms Rooney (just like you have been doing with RvP).
Actually, Hernandez had an incredible first touch when he was on top of his game. Remember the game where Giggs pinged a long lofted ball forwards and he killed it dead, before despatching it with his next touch. Think it was against Preston, on a really muddy pitch?
Oh behave. Last season Welbeck arguably out-performed Rooney (in the games he played up front) Have I been doing my best to say something negative about him?
No, I haven't watched Atletico much. Saw enough of them in the Europa league to think Falcao was a brilliant player, though. Which is why the first touch stat was a little surprising. Hence, I posted it. You need to stop looking for agendas in everything I post. It comes across as slightly paranoid,
Benzemas role in the team is not all about goals. His role is somewhat similar to rooneys when Ronaldo was in the team. He is the third goal-scorer of the team after Ronaldo and then bale. That was also the case when both him and higuain where in the team and benzema was played on the right. Benzemas job is to draw defenders away by making runs to provide space for Ronaldo and bale as well as to drop deeps to dictate play and play one-twos to put the other forwards through. If he was the main goal-scorer in a team he could score 30 goals (heck he still managed that in 11/12). With that said, if he was the main man in the team I do not think Madrid could compete with Barcelona or other elite clubs. He is a very good player but not good enough to drag a team to the top with the likes of barca and Bayern around (not many are tbf). His touch is excellent, but at times he can be nervous in the box (even though he scores many goals and some of the are absolutely fantastic goals and first-time hit volleys) and as a result is not reliable to score in crucial moments in big matches or in games where your back is up against the wall and you are not getting much chances and you need your striker to be clinical. That is why it is best to have him play for the team rather than the team play for him.
Nope, it's you who comes across as nothing else than an agenda poster when it comes to anything related to Rooney. It's awfully predictable.
Whereas your have no agenda of any kind. Interesting. Only you seem to keep dragging my thoughts on Rooney into completely unrelated discussions (see above) I guess I should be flattered to have someone trying to read hidden messages into everything I post but it does come across as a little paranoid. Try and take each post at face value. See how that works? Would have saved me some typing in this thread, that's for sure.
Nope, I don't have an agenda. I think RvP is the better player, but I have critisized him a lot here and have defended Rooney when I felt the critics were unjustified. Whereas as far as you are concerned, I can't remember you having anything negative to say about Rooney, even after piss poor performances from him.
Yep, if he shows anything close to his old form, then Valencia and Young will have around 15 assists each
That's City for you. Frugal.
