Arturo Vidal (93 Viewers)

king Ale

Senior Member
Oct 28, 2004
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I allways advocated understanding and not getting exaggerated and riled up over the ones who left after Calcipoli. But I gotta say...How could you possibly ask this question?
If it's about being professional and all that (loyalty is for the story books blah), both took the better opportunities. And it was 1000 times more understandable for Thuram and Zambrotta than it is for Vidal. If it's about the shitty comments, i'm equally gutted by what Vidal had to say. Heck i even understand why a player might have felt cheated by the club back then but i don't understand how Juve, a CL finalist, is not a big club. I'm not defending what say Thuram did but i don't see how his case is any different from Vidal's. A Serie B Juve was definitely not good enough for our world class players; Vidal thinks this Juve was not good enough for him.
 

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Mar 9, 2006
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Marotta gave us a hint, he wanted more money and bigger contract, when we said no he said that sell me for good offer from the "top" team

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Even Pirlo himself said in his book that he would run to play for Real madrid and bernabeu is like a temple to him, what do you want from south-american footballers, they don't know what is loyalty(sorry rogerio ceni)

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Another strange fact - 1 month ago, Bayern has signed young goalkeper Ulreich and they gave him this number.....

so Bayern wasn't even confident in signing Vidal 4 weeks ago? and it does mean that they've started to look for replacement for Bastian when he was sold to Man Utd 10 days ago and in 10 days they closed the deal for Vidal, pretty strange situation, looks like they've contacted Vidal's agent and he contacted Moratta and said that they want to move to bayern, fucking cockroaches
 
Apr 19, 2007
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Ill preface by saying im saying this to say we should have or should not have sold him or wether this was our best midfiekd ever or anything. One day we will look back and remember how crazy it was to have Vidal,Pogba,Pirlo, and Marchisio in the same midfield. We will watch videos and show our kids how these midfielders tormented other teams of the highest level. How they could completely dominate a game and have everything including grinta, flair,poise and that little bit of extra heart. It was good to have them together and its time to start a new chapter. Thanks for the great memories
 

Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,757
Problem with Vidal wouldn't be a lack of motivation, this is how fans like to see it. He's a professional, what does it mean to be unmotivated when you are pretty much risking your career? Had Trezeguet and Camo had more serious suitors (they were not young and not at their prime), willing to pay a tempting transfer fee, Juve would have sold them. You have a player who wants to leave, the club that wants him pays you 40m, and you doubt you'd be able to get the same money even one year later: you sell. It's easier to compare Vidal's situation to Zidane's imo.
That would make sense in this case if we needed the money - we don't. Or if we can make the team better with the money - we'll see.
 

Bianconero_Aus

Beppe Marotta Is My God
May 26, 2009
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Is it wrong to conclude from his comments he wanted out to bayern specifically, and that beeing the big reason behind his move ?
That's almost certainly the case. He said Bayern were one of the three best clubs along with Madrid and Barca. He obviously wasn't going to either of those clubs (no bids made for him) so once Bayern came calling, he decided he wanted to go there.

But nah, Marotta forced him out and should have started a non-existent bidding war :rolleyes:

@The Cusp I remember you and I were one of the first to say he wants to leave us for Bayern not for money but because he thinks they are a bigger club and have a much better chance of winning the CL.

I don't wish him any more luck in his football from now. Thanks for your 4 years of brilliant service for us, but I hope you fail miserably in Munich.
 
Mar 9, 2006
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That's almost certainly the case. He said Bayern were one of the three best clubs along with Madrid and Barca. He obviously wasn't going to either of those clubs (no bids made for him) so once Bayern came calling, he decided he wanted to go there.

But nah, Marotta forced him out and should have started a non-existent bidding war. @The Cusp I remember you and I were one of the first to say he wants to leave us for Bayern not for money but because he thinks they are a bigger club and have a much better chance of winning the CL.

I don't wish him any more luck in his football from now. Thanks for your 4 years of brilliant service for us, but I hope you fail miserably in Munich.
broken legs :agree:
 

Xperd

Allegrophobic Infidel
Jun 1, 2012
34,838
That's almost certainly the case. He said Bayern were one of the three best clubs along with Madrid and Barca. He obviously wasn't going to either of those clubs (no bids made for him) so once Bayern came calling, he decided he wanted to go there.

But nah, Marotta forced him out and should have started a non-existent bidding war. @The Cusp I remember you and I were one of the first to say he wants to leave us for Bayern not for money but because he thinks they are a bigger club and have a much better chance of winning the CL.

I don't wish him any more luck in his football from now. Thanks for your 4 years of brilliant service for us, but I hope you fail miserably in Munich.
:agree:

We are also on the same page regarding Tevez.He's a far bigger loss than Vidal at this point.
Tevez was one of the top 5 strikers in Europe last season.It's going be to harder to replace him.
 

EyeC_U

Junior Member
Jan 10, 2015
235
You can't respect him because of something you imagined?
Looks like I was right :)

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That's almost certainly the case. He said Bayern were one of the three best clubs along with Madrid and Barca. He obviously wasn't going to either of those clubs (no bids made for him) so once Bayern came calling, he decided he wanted to go there.

But nah, Marotta forced him out and should have started a non-existent bidding war :rolleyes:

@The Cusp I remember you and I were one of the first to say he wants to leave us for Bayern not for money but because he thinks they are a bigger club and have a much better chance of winning the CL.

I don't wish him any more luck in his football from now. Thanks for your 4 years of brilliant service for us, but I hope you fail miserably in Munich.
Give me some credit, bruh :p

I said the same just before he made those disrespectful comments. No wonder people say Chileans are the scum of South America.

He probably wanted to leave because he thought he'd never achieve European glory at Juventus and that our best chance of doing so was blown against Barcelona (I think he sees us as a B. Dortmund or Atletico Madrid), so he chose the easier path and now is going to Bayern. That's why I can't respect him now. Not a true warrior.
But some other poster said I was imagining things :D
 
Dec 26, 2004
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“I chose Juve in 2011 for myself and for my family, now I’m ready, and I have the experience it takes to play at a club like Bayern."

I don't understand how any Juventus fan could defend such comment, disgusting to say the least, even Lazio and Milan fans would find such comments unacceptable from a former player.

P.S: Bayern being the bigger club NOW change nothing, we both belong to the same elite group of clubs.
 

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