Wow, I never thought Juve would go for a brazilian defender, but Rafinha is just awesome. He's got a complete game and a tactical mind beyond his years. You'd be extremely lucky to get him.
I wonder what Amauri, Melo, and Diego would say to him when Rafinha calls them for advice. They go like "Yeah, its awesome here. Whenever we lose us Brazilians get the blame for it and if you're not performing then there's going to be these crazy rumors about us partying 24/7. We're living the dream. WOHO!".
rafinha is a very good player indeed. there were some problems with him though in the past and we should consider that. magath, the current schalke manager, is getting the best out of him this season but we have to be aware that he is a player who needs strong leadership in order to perform. we're not having that atm. he'd be a good signing though, caceres could move in next to chiello.
I read that it was about a huge loan they took from a London based investment fund, that was around 100 mil euro...after that they were lacking fresh funds, so they made several daughter companies, which are all in debt now! So all together it was reported they are 200+ million euro in debt! The will either have to seell players or part of the stadium!
Personally I think they will sell their keeper Noier to Bayern for 20 million atleast..
I read that it was about a huge loan they took from a London based investment fund, that was around 100 mil euro...after that they were lacking fresh funds, so they made several daughter companies, which are all in debt now! So all together it was reported they are 200+ million euro in debt! The will either have to seell players or part of the stadium!
Personally I think they will sell their keeper Noier to Bayern for 20 million atleast..
Magath isn't dump, indeed. The rest there is.
Rafinha is pretty important right now but Magath showed now often enough this season that he can find a 20 year old talent in some 4th League club who's starting for Schalke one week later and performs better then anybody else.
I read that it was about a huge loan they took from a London based investment fund, that was around 100 mil euro...after that they were lacking fresh funds, so they made several daughter companies, which are all in debt now! So all together it was reported they are 200+ million euro in debt! The will either have to seell players or part of the stadium!
Personally I think they will sell their keeper Noier to Bayern for 20 million atleast..
They won't sell in the winter as they kept a top 3 position, but wait till Bayern splash the cash in the summer(the new deals with audi and DTelecom)....
I forgot about Legro. I can support him as a backup for the rest of the 2010-11 season. He'll leave for free or retire after that.
So having Rafinha and Grygera at RB, Chiello, Kjaer, Legro, Ariaudo at CB and Grosso+Criscito/Kolarov at LB wouldn't be bad. Brazzo would be the versatile guy that can play on the right or left in case of emergency.
They won't sell in the winter as they kept a top 3 position, but wait till Bayern splash the cash in the summer(the new deals with audi and DTelecom)....
I know what you mean and I believe this is the right attitude for a football player, but he is 23....he can be seduced and the club can be forced to sell!