Thorsten Frings and Diego "linked" with Juve (3 Viewers)
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You have a point here Doumé. I'm all for a progressive world class team than an immediate one. Still, Juventus is a great club, Coboli has fixed an objective which is the qualification for the CL spot. I believe that with the actual backbone of the team ( buffon, trez,nedved,camo) we can achieve something, but will it be the CL spot. I have always my suspicions.
Patience yeah ........
Patience yeah ........
I believe that a balanced team is formed of players of three different ages groups; one is ranging from 18 to 25, the 2nd one is ranging from 25 to 30 and the last one is from 30 to 35/above. It is preferred for a team to be at the average of 27, the optimum age of practising football in my opinion. But, in our case especially this season, we have to add more players from the last group, so that they can add more experience to the squad besides guaranteeing that they would adapt quickly.
And as you said, our primary target (And let me say it loudly, our only target) is to reach a Champions League spot with all the possible and impossible means. We can't handle three successive seasons without playing in Europe. This wouldn't just have a negative feedback effect on almost all the people related to this great club, but it will also affect the winning mentality of the players on the long run.
And as you said, our primary target (And let me say it loudly, our only target) is to reach a Champions League spot with all the possible and impossible means. We can't handle three successive seasons without playing in Europe. This wouldn't just have a negative feedback effect on almost all the people related to this great club, but it will also affect the winning mentality of the players on the long run.
Frings rejects Juventus transfer
Wednesday 9 May, 2007
Juventus look set to miss out on Torsten Frings after he extended his contract with current club Werder Bremen.
The German international was being heavily paired with the Bianconeri after he and the Old Lady admitted that he was a target for the 2007-08 campaign.
But Frings, who was rumoured to have recently travelled to Turin, has committed his future to the Bundesliga giants today.
“I received a great offer from Juventus, but Werder are an affair of the heart for me,” said Frings on Wednesday to the club’s website.
The 30-year-old, whose previous contract expired in 2009, is now tied to Bremen until 2011 in a deal reportedly worth £2.8m per year.
“I am pleased as we can keep counting on an extraordinary player,” said sporting director Klaus Allofs, whose side is still in the race for this year’s Bundesliga title.
The midfielder, who returned to Werder in 2005 after two seasons with Borussia Dortmund and one at Bayern Munich, was one of Germany’s key players in their third place finish at the World Cup.
Frings scored Germany’s fourth goal in their 4-2 win against Costa Rica in the opening match of the tournament, but missed the semi-final against Italy through suspension after a fight with Julio Cruz in the quarter-final with Argentina.
Wednesday 9 May, 2007
Juventus look set to miss out on Torsten Frings after he extended his contract with current club Werder Bremen.
The German international was being heavily paired with the Bianconeri after he and the Old Lady admitted that he was a target for the 2007-08 campaign.
But Frings, who was rumoured to have recently travelled to Turin, has committed his future to the Bundesliga giants today.
“I received a great offer from Juventus, but Werder are an affair of the heart for me,” said Frings on Wednesday to the club’s website.
The 30-year-old, whose previous contract expired in 2009, is now tied to Bremen until 2011 in a deal reportedly worth £2.8m per year.
“I am pleased as we can keep counting on an extraordinary player,” said sporting director Klaus Allofs, whose side is still in the race for this year’s Bundesliga title.
The midfielder, who returned to Werder in 2005 after two seasons with Borussia Dortmund and one at Bayern Munich, was one of Germany’s key players in their third place finish at the World Cup.
Frings scored Germany’s fourth goal in their 4-2 win against Costa Rica in the opening match of the tournament, but missed the semi-final against Italy through suspension after a fight with Julio Cruz in the quarter-final with Argentina.
Essien is indeed a better player but I don't think he's as complete as Frings. The Ghanaian is a beast when defending but he doesn't have the technical attacking qualities (shooting, crossing) that Frings has.
I can guarantee that we won't sign a centre mid as good as Frings this summer. The people who are glad that he's not coming are either naive or just plain stupid. We can't compete with the bigger clubs for players like Diego, Ribery, Sneijder and Van der Vaart, and you can forget about Gilberto and Gerrard because they're not coming. Our best hope for a DM now is probably Sissoko and Liverpool will not be keen on letting him go.
I can guarantee that we won't sign a centre mid as good as Frings this summer. The people who are glad that he's not coming are either naive or just plain stupid. We can't compete with the bigger clubs for players like Diego, Ribery, Sneijder and Van der Vaart, and you can forget about Gilberto and Gerrard because they're not coming. Our best hope for a DM now is probably Sissoko and Liverpool will not be keen on letting him go.
The kids are a lot better than many people think. And what more, their improvement are often so drastic, people can rarely foresee their potential. I haven't seen Rio Mavuba a lot, but I liked his set of attributes, and I would hardly be surprised by end of the next year, he might end up being better player than Frings. Frings is a quality player who woud have produced consistently. But its hardly the end of world that he signed with Werder, as there are many viable alternatives left. Beside, Zanetti is already proven Serie A calibre player. We can afford to a risk or two in CM unlike our backline, which is filled with a bunch of no-hopers.
If anythingelse, it seemed to me Secco was the one who was after Frings, not Deschamp. No disrespect to Secco, but I think a man who won CL multiple times, WC, Euro Finals, and Scudetti knows a thing or two more about good players, than some random scout. I trust in DD, and if he thinks Mavuba is good enough, then why not buy him?
If anythingelse, it seemed to me Secco was the one who was after Frings, not Deschamp. No disrespect to Secco, but I think a man who won CL multiple times, WC, Euro Finals, and Scudetti knows a thing or two more about good players, than some random scout. I trust in DD, and if he thinks Mavuba is good enough, then why not buy him?
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