OFFICIAL: Barca offer for Villa accepted

[Hichkas]

we did well to get rid of Etoo, It was coming. But we could done a better job of getting Villa last season instead of Ibra. I remember Valencia wanted more.



Masoud what do you think of Villa? Will he be a success since now I believe whatever you say


anyway now Im really looking forward to seeing Villa in Barca I wont miss a single game now. Villa, Messi in the same team holy sht!

The Problem was that not many teams wanted Etoo last year because of his salary. So Inter got him and switched it with Ibra and big money. Otherwise this Transfer never could happened. Still Villa will be a boost for Barca. They are going to kill everyone with this offense next year.

[HuSsAiN]

I think the fact that :

1) Inter Milan are in the CL final
2) Barca are not
3) Ibra is on his way out after 1 season
4) Barca spent 34.2 million on a 29 year old

Shows that somebody made a big mistake last season. I never did understand why they signed Ibrahimovic - I just don't rate the guy and he wasn't going to improve their team or add a different dimension. Inter had by far the better of that deal. You know it's a sad situation when a team largely drawn from the ranks literally wins everything and does so playing great football and yet still has to sign a huge name for a huge fee just to keep up with their rivals, which is all it looked to be at the time and all it looks like now. And I wouldn't say the price is that big an issue - Villa is about putting the ball in the net and if he gives them 3-4 years and gets 20-30 goals in each of those years it's a good investment

[PersianMadrid7]

Madrid management has to learn from this, sadly they care more about international superstars rather than homegrown. Madrid fans wanted Villa before Benzema, Ronaldo or Kaka were even considered in the squad.

[Team Melli Fan]

fvck yessss! cesc + villa to barca! villa on the wing, ibra as striker. this team is dope!

btw, ibra is going NOWHERE! hes staying

[elnino99]

how are barcelona run ?

where do they get all that money from ?

it seems RM and Barcelona can spend endlessly with no restrictions as it's football manager


266Million Euros NET spending by Barcelona since 2004-2005, not including Villa's transfer or possibly Cesc's. 308Million Euros if you include 2003-2004 transfer window.

which is NET SPENDING OF 50 MILLION EUROS PER SUMMER. NET SPENDING/season. wow


not to mention RM's

[The-Iron-Ghost]

how are barcelona run ?

where do they get all that money from ?

it seems RM and Barcelona can spend endlessly with no restrictions as it's football manager


266Million Euros NET spending by Barcelona since 2004-2005, not including Villa's transfer or possibly Cesc's. 308Million Euros if you include 2003-2004 transfer window.

which is NET SPENDING OF 50 MILLION EUROS PER SUMMER. NET SPENDING/season. wow


not to mention RM's

Barca & RM, are running on massive debts/loans, difference is they have a high revenue which allows them to make there loan payments.

[chuck bass]

Barca & RM, are running on massive debts/loans, difference is they have a high revenue which allows them to make there loan payments.

real madrid might have, but barca have no debt. they are self-financed.

they get money from :
tv deal (real madrid and barcelona have one of the worlds most lucrative tv deals)
sponsors
prize money
advertising and jersey/merchandise sales

barca is one of the few clubs in the world who earn more than they spend (everything included, transfer fees, wages, etc)
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...t-trend-profit

[shayan20]

Yeah Barca earns its own money, but we have to learn to spend it more wisely and not just bring someone good looking to please the fans or compete with Madrid in that respect.
Thats how its done, every year they do a major deal with a player to keep the fans happy. Otherwise they would be asking where all the money goes.

[The-Iron-Ghost]

real madrid might have, but barca have no debt. they are self-financed.

they get money from :
tv deal (real madrid and barcelona have one of the worlds most lucrative tv deals)
sponsors
prize money
advertising and jersey/merchandise sales

barca is one of the few clubs in the world who earn more than they spend (everything included, transfer fees, wages, etc)
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...t-trend-profit

My Bad, yeah they don't have any debt what so ever and are the 4th most valuable club in the world.

But with this David Villa signing i think they really didnt need it as there attack is great, so to part with Zlatan & Henry would be wise decisions, because they still have Bojan & Pedro.

But i think they need to bolster there defence as it is aging and slow

[radin119]

well barca has a large stadium wich gives more ticket sales that other teams

[TM4LIFE]

The two top scorers villa+messi will be devastating. the transfer was probably in part because of their absense in the champions leauge final this year?

[Masoud_A]

we did well to get rid of Etoo, It was coming. But we could done a better job of getting Villa last season instead of Ibra. I remember Valencia wanted more.



Masoud what do you think of Villa? Will he be a success since now I believe whatever you say


anyway now Im really looking forward to seeing Villa in Barca I wont miss a single game now. Villa, Messi in the same team holy sht!

lol, but on a serious note a player like Villa in a team like Barca will have no problem becoming successful, the only thing that may hinder him would be coming from himself, which means he will have all the tools to become the best striker in the world in Barca and the only thing he has to do is to use them. He is spanish he can communicate much better than Zlatan since its his home country, he aint leaving for another country with a very different football style, his case is ideal comparing to Zlatan's case. Thus all in all Villa is and will be the best option for either Barca or Real.

[shayan20]

lol, but on a serious note a player like Villa in a team like Barca will have no problem becoming successful, the only thing that may hinder him would be coming from himself, which means he will have all the tools to become the best striker in the world in Barca and the only thing he has to do is to use them. He is spanish he can communicate much better than Zlatan since its his home country, he aint leaving for another country with a very different football style, his case is ideal comparing to Zlatan's case. Thus all in all Villa is and will be the best option for either Barca or Real.

Lets hope so

[HuSsAiN]

I think that people are missing the point with the Ibrahimovic business. Use him as bait? He's on a very lucrative contract at the moment, at one of the best clubs in the world, and one that he feels happy to play for. There are really only one or two clubs in all of world football who could afford to pay the kind of fee that Barca would want for him, and they're not necessarily the same as the one or two clubs that he would even consider moving to from Barca.

Really, Juventus is probably the only very credible option... and even that would be a regression of sorts. Maybe Bayern might come in as a wild card. But, other than that, City is probably the only other suitor, and without a really attractive history, without a stable squad, without the luxury of a warm climate or world city, and without champions league football, is that really attractive enough? He clearly doesn't need to play for the money ---> he's been a top wage earner throughout the entirety of his career.

[chuck bass]

BAM
rip real madrid