Diego Ribas da Cunha (89 Viewers)
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I knew someone would bring up this point when I wrote it. I just waited for some idiot to do so.... well done 
I'll try and explain it for you. Incase you hadn't noticed Nationality plays a big part in the price of a player. It shouldn't, I know, but it does.
Look at the transfers for English players.... Wright-Phillips 24 million, Bent 18 million.... James Milner away to sign for Man City for 30 million. I could go on and on but these guys ain't even worth half of that. It's simply because they are English. It's the same with other 'big footballing nations'. A Brazillian playmaker or a Argentinian winger usually demands a bigger fee due to a variety of reasons. the main one being the hype surrounding such players.
You rarely see big fees for guys who come from smaller nations like Bosnia. I can't believe some people actually believe Dzeko is worth 33 million (40 million Euros)
Anyway this kind of naive admiration for Dzeko is very reminiscent of Diego last season... Forgive me for being a little pessimistic
I'll try and explain it for you. Incase you hadn't noticed Nationality plays a big part in the price of a player. It shouldn't, I know, but it does.
Look at the transfers for English players.... Wright-Phillips 24 million, Bent 18 million.... James Milner away to sign for Man City for 30 million. I could go on and on but these guys ain't even worth half of that. It's simply because they are English. It's the same with other 'big footballing nations'. A Brazillian playmaker or a Argentinian winger usually demands a bigger fee due to a variety of reasons. the main one being the hype surrounding such players.
You rarely see big fees for guys who come from smaller nations like Bosnia. I can't believe some people actually believe Dzeko is worth 33 million (40 million Euros)
Anyway this kind of naive admiration for Dzeko is very reminiscent of Diego last season... Forgive me for being a little pessimistic
That has nothing to do with nationality, OK maybe some small percent if we're talking about young, unproven players, it had to with the fact EPL clubs splash money around aimlessly. Case in point Lescott went for the same money as Tevez, which clearly shows the absurdity of the EPL. Yaya Toure went for 30mil....you're telling me Ivory Coast players are valued the same as Brazilians and Argentinians?
Dzeko is a fucking striker who scored over 70 goals in the last two seasons, they have the right to value him more than the BRAZILIAN Diego who went for 25m, out of the same league, and flunked in Italy.
It's just a shame they're valuing him that while we're trying to buy him.
Diego set to stay at Juve
Wednesday 18 August, 2010
After weeks of speculation it seems that Juventus are prepared to keep faith in Brazilian playmaker Diego and take him off the market.
The 25-year-old has divided opinion in Turin and his qualities as a No 10 don't appear to fit in with Gigi Del Neri's plans for the team.
However, Del Neri has been very impressed with Diego during pre-season often using him as a second striker and considers him to be the team's only difference-maker.
Juventus director general Beppe Marotta had toyed with cashing in on the former Werder Bremen star amid interest from several Bundesliga clubs.
Talks were held with Wolfsburg who made a €17m offer last week. However, when it emerged that Edin Dzeko wouldn't be part of negotiations, the deal went dead even though Diego had agreed personal terms with die Wolfe.
Schalke Coach Felix Magath also ruled himself out of the running for Diego yesterday and Juventus responded by including him in their Europa League squad to face Sturm Graz.
yippieeee
now get krasic/elia, LB, CM and CB before mercato is closedddddddd
Wednesday 18 August, 2010
After weeks of speculation it seems that Juventus are prepared to keep faith in Brazilian playmaker Diego and take him off the market.
The 25-year-old has divided opinion in Turin and his qualities as a No 10 don't appear to fit in with Gigi Del Neri's plans for the team.
However, Del Neri has been very impressed with Diego during pre-season often using him as a second striker and considers him to be the team's only difference-maker.
Juventus director general Beppe Marotta had toyed with cashing in on the former Werder Bremen star amid interest from several Bundesliga clubs.
Talks were held with Wolfsburg who made a €17m offer last week. However, when it emerged that Edin Dzeko wouldn't be part of negotiations, the deal went dead even though Diego had agreed personal terms with die Wolfe.
Schalke Coach Felix Magath also ruled himself out of the running for Diego yesterday and Juventus responded by including him in their Europa League squad to face Sturm Graz.
yippieeee
now get krasic/elia, LB, CM and CB before mercato is closedddddddd
Werder Bremen deny Diego will be Ozil's replacement
Werder Bremen say it will be "impossible" to replace the departed Mesut Ozil by bringing Brazilian playmaker Diego back to the club from Juventus.
Diego departed Bremen for Serie A last summer in a £21.5 million deal and the Bundesliga side have been deprived of his successor as playmaker-in-chief following Tuesday's news that Ozil has completed his transfer to Real Madrid.
But although Diego has failed to impress at Juve and has been targeted by Wolfsburg, Bremen say they will not be able to afford their former player, who enjoyed three hugely successful years at Weserstadion.
"We have got to remember why he left a year ago," director of sport Klaus Allofs said. "Sure, he was happy here, but he was given the chance to play at Juve and earn far more money and they are wages that we cannot pay.
"We cannot buy a player back like him, no matter how attractive it sounds. Financially, it is impossible."
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/s...ansfers&cc=4716&campaign=rss&source=soccernet
Werder Bremen say it will be "impossible" to replace the departed Mesut Ozil by bringing Brazilian playmaker Diego back to the club from Juventus.
Diego departed Bremen for Serie A last summer in a £21.5 million deal and the Bundesliga side have been deprived of his successor as playmaker-in-chief following Tuesday's news that Ozil has completed his transfer to Real Madrid.
But although Diego has failed to impress at Juve and has been targeted by Wolfsburg, Bremen say they will not be able to afford their former player, who enjoyed three hugely successful years at Weserstadion.
"We have got to remember why he left a year ago," director of sport Klaus Allofs said. "Sure, he was happy here, but he was given the chance to play at Juve and earn far more money and they are wages that we cannot pay.
"We cannot buy a player back like him, no matter how attractive it sounds. Financially, it is impossible."
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/s...ansfers&cc=4716&campaign=rss&source=soccernet
