Aleksandar Kolarov - Lazio - LB (2 Viewers)

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blondu

Grazie Ale
Nov 9, 2006
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yes, it was stupid for Barca to spend that kind of money to on Villa, as they didn't need him after they got Ibrahimovic.

and there's a better chance of 4 Iaquintas scoring more goals than 1 Villa.
lol..ibra was useless for barca this season. Villa was a great move by barca + if they will get kaka in exchange for camelface they'll be settled.
 

Jasp

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Mar 19, 2009
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I don't know how much money we have available for transfers, so I won't whine, but anything which gets closer to €20m sounds a lot.
I agree and don't think Marotta will spend that amount on him , and that is why any bid from us seems like a "revenge" kind of thing.
 

Luftwaffles

Il terzo uomo
Dec 1, 2005
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£18€ - €20m seems to be a sensible valuation, based on todays pattern of spending between clubs to land a player of Kolarov's calibre.

Surely €12m plaus Poulsen would be the kind of thing that would be just what we need to do. Our LB situ is chronic.
 

Luftwaffles

Il terzo uomo
Dec 1, 2005
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Juventus 2010/2011 Formation 4-4-2(for now)

----------------------Buffon------------------------
--Grosso----Chiellini-----Bonucci------Motta--
--Martinez--Sissoko---Marchisio--Pepe----------
---------------Del Piero----Amauri-----------------

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

TERENCEE has the above 11 in formation.

Last season our goals for and against ratio was 55/56 respectively.

The above suggests to me that it will improve to something like 70/45. And that's tops. We need to improve that a lot more.
 

Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
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Forget about involving Poulsen, Amauri, Iaquinta or anyone else of the older players. Lazio might not be against having them but:
1. They won't like to go there.
2. Lazio can't afford even 1/3 of their wages.

Our chance to get him is similar to how Inter got Milito or how we got Amauri. The youth players.
And here I mean Giovinco most of all, plus players like Lanzafame, Ekdal, Pasquato etc. Players with potential and small wages who can in the future bring profit to Lazio (maybe even higher profit than selling Kolarov to City this summer) and can improve their team.
 

Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
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Yes, and as you say, particularly Giovinco. If he goes there and has an amazing season he could be worth €15m himself in market value.
Of course. The smaller Italian teams do prefer this kind of business. Genoa might have sold Milito (who just turned 30) for 20m eur (and it's a question if they could get that much) but instead they were satisfied with small cash and young players like Bonucci, Acquafresca and Meggiorini. Only by selling Bonucci to us they already made very nice profit. Meggiorini also had a good season and Acquafresca, if he has a good season soon, can bring them good profit too. In the end they will surely end up with more than the ~20m eur they would have gotten if they sold Milito outright.
 

Suns

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May 22, 2009
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Of course. The smaller Italian teams do prefer this kind of business. Genoa might have sold Milito (who just turned 30) for 20m eur (and it's a question if they could get that much) but instead they were satisfied with small cash and young players like Bonucci, Acquafresca and Meggiorini. Only by selling Bonucci to us they already made very nice profit. Meggiorini also had a good season and Acquafresca, if he has a good season soon, can bring them good profit too. In the end they will surely end up with more than the ~20m eur they would have gotten if they sold Milito outright.
Its extremely risky though.
 

Alen

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Apr 2, 2007
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Its extremely risky though.
Not really, because they pump up the price of their player.

For example....Palermo want to sell Amauri. They might ask for 23m eur but they will never get that cash. The most they can hope for is 18-19m. So instead of selling him for 19m eur, they sell him for 13m (12.8 actually) cash and they get Nocerino and half of Lanzafame. Even if they immediately sell Nocerino and half of Lanzafame, they can get 7m eur at least and the total they get will be 20m eur. More than if they sold him for cash only.

Genoa did it too. They sold Milito and Thiago Motta in package. The final price for those two was 39m eur. In reality (even if it turned out that they were worth it for Inter), Genoa was never gonna get ~40m eur for those two, right? The most they could get was 30m eur.
Instead of selling them for 30m euro they sell them for 15m eur+Bonucci, Acquafresca, Meggiorini, Bolzoni and Fatic. Even if Genoa sold those 5 players at the same moment, they were gonna get more than 15m eur.

It suits both the smaller team and the big team, because for the big team 2,3 or even 5 million don't make much difference, but they can act quickly instead of having to sell 3-4 young players first.

Lazio might want that too. City can give them 20m eur cash. To Juve they can sell him for 25m eur which will be consisted of 10m cash+Giovinco+Ekdal+half of Lanzafame. Lazio will in the end surely end up with more than 20m eur.
 
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