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The 2010-11 Football/Soccer Thread
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http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2113513,00.html
just a funny but sad article to read.. regarding Cesc Fabregas and his Arsenal/Barcelona situation. Funny because he continues to not flat out say he wants to leave and join Barcelona.. even though its 100% obvious after this interview.
inside the cut:
"I am a professional and I fully understand that it is Arsenal's prerogative not to sell me"
"Firstly I would like to apologize to all the Arsenal fans for not speaking sooner about my future but I have not known what I was going to do until this moment"
"I cannot deny that joining a club like Barcelona was not an attractive move for me. This was the club where I learnt my football, it is my home town where my friends and family are and a club where I have always dreamed of playing"
so yeah, its inevitable. guess i'll be burning my fabregas jersey.
just a funny but sad article to read.. regarding Cesc Fabregas and his Arsenal/Barcelona situation. Funny because he continues to not flat out say he wants to leave and join Barcelona.. even though its 100% obvious after this interview.
inside the cut:
"I am a professional and I fully understand that it is Arsenal's prerogative not to sell me"
"Firstly I would like to apologize to all the Arsenal fans for not speaking sooner about my future but I have not known what I was going to do until this moment"
"I cannot deny that joining a club like Barcelona was not an attractive move for me. This was the club where I learnt my football, it is my home town where my friends and family are and a club where I have always dreamed of playing"
so yeah, its inevitable. guess i'll be burning my fabregas jersey.
Conmebol*
Quack United is in to win
.Fun Fact: Chelsea invited ManU for the final match as they had no rival and they'd have automatically won the cup.
lol agreed. SELL HIM FERGUSON
Barca got a loan of about 150m to bail them out last i heard.
Ozil better hope Iniesta gets injured or he is going to sit on the bench,especially if Ibra stays which is looking more and more likely.
That free roaming attacking midfielder just behind the barca front 3 is Iniesta's spot and Iniesta will not get moved to his other main position on the left wing just to fit Ozil in.Pedro was excellent on the left wing their last year and left wing will also be where David Villa will be playing if Ibra stays.
-------------Valdes------------
Alves---Pique---Puyol---Maxwell/Adriano
------------Busquets----------
-------Xavi-------- Iniesta-----
Messi--------Ibra/Villa------------Villa/Pedro
will be their first team
Though 8.3m is ridiculous for a player as good as Ozil even with the fact that he will be a free agent next year. Arsenal should snap him up now while they can, gonna need someone to replace Fabregas when he goes next season.
Ozil better hope Iniesta gets injured or he is going to sit on the bench,especially if Ibra stays which is looking more and more likely.
That free roaming attacking midfielder just behind the barca front 3 is Iniesta's spot and Iniesta will not get moved to his other main position on the left wing just to fit Ozil in.Pedro was excellent on the left wing their last year and left wing will also be where David Villa will be playing if Ibra stays.
-------------Valdes------------
Alves---Pique---Puyol---Maxwell/Adriano
------------Busquets----------
-------Xavi-------- Iniesta-----
Messi--------Ibra/Villa------------Villa/Pedro
will be their first team
Though 8.3m is ridiculous for a player as good as Ozil even with the fact that he will be a free agent next year. Arsenal should snap him up now while they can, gonna need someone to replace Fabregas when he goes next season.
Yeah, I agree latinoheat if I were Ozil or Fabregas I'd stay with my current club until next year (well fabregas is settled...I think). They are both great players and with a little time they'll be able to take the spots of players like Xavi and Iniesta. I dunno why they'd want to ride the bench until then.
Also I think pedro will be dropped for Villa in something like this:
.........villa - ibra - messi.......
.............iniesta - xavi...........
................busquets.............
adriano...puyol..pique..alves
Though honestly I think Busquets could use some help in the defensive midfield, can't really see barcelona starting any other way aside from Maxwell>Adriano and pedro>ibra with pedro on the left and villa as the central striker. I like how Keita plays but I don't really see how he fits in...
Also I think pedro will be dropped for Villa in something like this:
.........villa - ibra - messi.......
.............iniesta - xavi...........
................busquets.............
adriano...puyol..pique..alves
Though honestly I think Busquets could use some help in the defensive midfield, can't really see barcelona starting any other way aside from Maxwell>Adriano and pedro>ibra with pedro on the left and villa as the central striker. I like how Keita plays but I don't really see how he fits in...
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