Comments on: Cesc: The Transfer Saga of Comeuppance.

By: zgambo

zgambo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:36:18 +0000

until someone remembers how barca got messi, complaining about how arsenal got cesc is baseless. as already pointed out, barca did not at the time think cesc was good enough for them, if they think he is now (eveidenced by the noise) they should be able to pay his going market value- nothing to do with how arsenal got him IMO.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:23:44 +0000

Can i point out that arsenal took cesc for a few thousand pounds, had 6 years and counting out of him (3 of them being truly world class standards) and could sell him for upwards of £50 million. Now i dont know about you but that is what i call good management.

Btw, it must gall barca that they have no choice but to buy a player they raised through their youth system for so much money looool.

By: GunnerTill ManCityLookABetterBet

GunnerTill ManCityLookABetterBet — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:37:25 +0000

Of course, this saga will continue as long as lazy twats like the authour regurgitate the crap out of the baseless storuies.

Barca are an arrogant bunch of twats, as Real are.

They are using Cesc as a pawn in their macho bullshit media chess game/

Real have splashed the cash and got Ronaldo and Kaka, while barca, had to waste a huge amount on a show pony likie Zlatan to appease their big name hungry glory hunting fans. Eto’o was sold, leaving the team weaker.

Now cesc is being used by both clubs. barca are using the catalan DNA b*llocks for all they can, basically it is emotional black mail.

For me, it is not a certainty Cesc will go and in fact all the crap Barca are pumping into the press and the constant questioning by Catalan hacks may work against Barca.

By: potter

potter — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:07:16 +0000

The point neatly being swept under the carpet is that at the time Barcelona were stalling on offering Cesc a contract because of his size. In fact they wanted him to spend another year at their academy before making a decision. ( check back issues of El Mundo Deportivo if you can find them. ) a classic case of the biter being bit.

By: OhYes

OhYes — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:35:33 +0000

Yep Arsenal is getting a bucket-load of money for poaching Cesc from the Barca academy..and they have the nerve to complain about it! What a bunch of crap.

By: Ryan McManus

Ryan McManus — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:55:52 +0000

blah blah blah… all I ever hear about is how Barca is somehow morally superior to other clubs.

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:12:28 +0000

Not to be too partial to Barca, or too supportive of nauseating, and parity-shattering, conspicuous player consumption. But offering what will certainly be a hefty transfer fee to another club and possibly heftier contract to its 22 year old player, is a little different than getting a 16 year old player on a free transfer straight out of another team’s youth academy.

Morality in football (make that all sports) goes out the window when power and profit are concerned but, even so, morality can be somewhat relative. Obviously, I’m less concerned about any club’s interests than the age of the players either being asked to make these decisions or, more likely, having them made for them.

(And doesn’t it still blow your mind that Cesc is only 22?)