i think this is very bad deal for Barcelona, i dont think zaltan is worth that money! Eto 40 mil is definitely a bad business..if we consider Eto's price as 20 mil its 60 mil !! more then Kaka?? i dont think he's worth that money,Jose mourinho may be making noises..But utimately this guy cost him last year's CL plans, Imbrahimovic complained about loosing CL QF against MU and failing to reach the finals but what he failed to understand is the fact he is the player who let his team mates down by underperfoming in CL games! he may score in seri A mostly against average defence but he never scored against PL clubs or Top European Clubs in CL! above all he has attitude problem, i believe barca is replacing one prima dona with another one! he is going to have issues with Messi and other superstar players at Barca! Jose Mourinho will be happy to have Eto in CL matches, he had Drogba and Lampard to rely when he was at Chelsea he never had that kind of players at Inter, hopefuly he will have that kind of player in Eto and Muntari this season..
Re: bad business for barca
by rahul babbar on Jul 27, 2009 03:06 PM
You dont just add the money for Etoo and Hleb and 40 million. Etoo had one year on his contract left...and Hleb is on loan for 1 year...While Ibra is contract bound till 2011(or 2012)...Zlatan is in no way better than Etoo...but his price tag is bigger than Etoo because Etoo will be free after just one more year....and nobody will have to pay to any other club to buy him...
Re: bad business for barca
by kamal harish on Jul 27, 2009 01:53 PM
well i agree...not an eyebrow would have been raised if it was a straight switch between Eto'o and I'vic but 40 million is just too much..Man city were willing to pay 35million pounds for Eto'o btw...which means I'vic is more expensive than Ronaldo..at least Mounrinho got this one right in terms of worth when he claimed I'vic is the best player in the world. Having said that i wont be surprised if he ends up scoring a whole lot of goals in the Primera liga considering the sheer class of feeders he has got like Xavi, Iniesta, Henry and Messi...Overall i feel Barca just wanted to show its fans some new superstar after the unprecedented buying spree of Real....
25 goals..Seria A top scorer..but no goals in Europe...at his price Ronaldo looks cheap at 80 million...people are going crazy...even saf has lost it..he would have easily got 120 million for CR7...
Re: is he worthy?
by kamal harish on Jul 27, 2009 01:56 PM
cant blame SAF..no one foresaw this crazy deal...kaka came relatively cheap btw to Real...and who could complain if you buy a player for 12 million and sell him after 5 years for 80 million...but i sincerely wish he gets hold of David Silva, if the rumours are true...
