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RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

• RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

• RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  StrumSolo > 09/12/2013, 20:06

  ...and other transfer scandals.
  
  Wesley Sneijder was good a few years back, who better to save Man Utd's season? David Moyes is willing to include Nani and Antonio Valencia in any deal, all well and good, but whether or not Galatasaray will take them is another matter entirely. Alternatively, and this is so Moyes it has to be true, Leighton Baines is the only realistic January arrival at Old Trafford and even that, you know, might not be possible or something. Whatever. Anderson and Ashley Young could be on their way out too, and the chunky Brazilian's even got a suitor. Porto, the fools.
  
  Similar vibes at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho wants Falcao, and is willing to send Torres or Ba Monaco's way, but whether or not the French side... You get the idea.
  
  Jay Rodriguez looks to be staying where he is, but Danny Ings has played for Southampton and Burnley as well, so Brendan Rodgers will move for him instead. Close enough.
  
  Aaron Ramsey to Barcelona for £50m? Might be nonsense of course but the fact its even being mentioned shows Arsenal are playing some decent stuff again and attracting admiring glances. Wenger's a stickler for an admiring glance, and they usually result in him selling his best players. It's a worry.
  
  Manuel Neuer could swap Bayern Munich for Man City in a £40m deal, it says here. City could afford it, but would he fancy it? A January move for Lassana Diarra seems more plausible, though Arsenal are keen too. Again.
  
  The Gunners are also sniffing around Seamus Coleman (sure) and Ilkay Gundogan (hmmm, see the Neuer argument).
  
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• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  thewolfman > 10/12/2013, 03:51

  Wesley Sneijder has been linked with Manchester United for what seems to have been the last 25 years. It does make me wonder if it is based on anything reliable or the papers having nothing else to fill the columns with.

• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  StrumSolo > 10/12/2013, 18:25

  Just lazy reporting I reckon.
  
  Not the player was 3 or 4 years ago but he'd do well to make their midfield any worse.

• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  Timm24 > 10/12/2013, 23:11

  aaron ramsey won't go to barcelona and even if he does it will not be for £50m, but that doesn't matter because barcelona will not buy him. and if he does go, it won't work. english players abroad rarely works out

• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  StrumSolo > 11/12/2013, 11:05

  (10/12/2013, 23:11)Timm24 Wrote: aaron ramsey won't go to barcelona and even if he does it will not be for £50m, but that doesn't matter because barcelona will not buy him. and if he does go, it won't work. english players abroad rarely works out

  
  Ah, but he's Welsh Timm! :) Bale's doing alright too.
  
  Point taken though.

• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  thewolfman > 11/12/2013, 22:24

  That reminds me of something David Pleat said the other month, yes he did come out with some English amidst the nonsensical bile he normally lets out. He said that Bale was a bit young to be going overseas and it did hammer home just how crap we are at adjusting to different cultures in this country when you consider that Lionel Messi and Ronaldo (the pie eating one) came over to Europe at very tender ages. Wales can claim the great John Charles as a successful Brit abroad, he played successfully in different countries including England, Wales, Italy and Yorkshire, but then there is Ian Rush to counter that arguement.

• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  Timm24 > 11/12/2013, 23:02

  (11/12/2013, 11:05)ScottyRampant Wrote:

  (10/12/2013, 23:11)Timm24 Wrote: aaron ramsey won't go to barcelona and even if he does it will not be for £50m, but that doesn't matter because barcelona will not buy him. and if he does go, it won't work. english players abroad rarely works out

  
  Ah, but he's Welsh Timm! :) Bale's doing alright too.
  
  Point taken though.

  
  touche
  
  and with english players going abroad- if anything, it would be a GREAT idea to send them over really young, they might come back having learned something lol

• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  thewolfman > 11/12/2013, 23:16

  (11/12/2013, 23:02)Timm24 Wrote: and with english players going abroad- if anything, it would be a GREAT idea to send them over really young, they might come back having learned something lol

  
  How to speak footballing cliches in four different languages maybe?

• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  StrumSolo > 12/12/2013, 11:11

  (11/12/2013, 22:24)thewolfman Wrote: That reminds me of something David Pleat said the other month, yes he did come out with some English amidst the nonsensical bile he normally lets out. He said that Bale was a bit young to be going overseas and it did hammer home just how crap we are at adjusting to different cultures in this country when you consider that Lionel Messi and Ronaldo (the pie eating one) came over to Europe at very tender ages. Wales can claim the great John Charles as a successful Brit abroad, he played successfully in different countries including England, Wales, Italy and Yorkshire, but then there is Ian Rush to counter that arguement.

  
  Bale will be fine. He's a bright lad, doesn't seem the sort to be crying in to his paella whilst pining over Eastenders and fish and chips. He'll adjust to the culture fine but even if he didn't, he's on so much money he could easily just exist in his own little bubble.
  
  I suspect the reason more British players don't go abroad at a proper early age (like the South Americans) is purely down to the fact that the majority aren't good enough.

• RE: RAMSEY TO BARCELONA?

  Timm24 > 12/12/2013, 21:30

  (12/12/2013, 11:11)ScottyRampant Wrote:

  (11/12/2013, 22:24)thewolfman Wrote: That reminds me of something David Pleat said the other month, yes he did come out with some English amidst the nonsensical bile he normally lets out. He said that Bale was a bit young to be going overseas and it did hammer home just how crap we are at adjusting to different cultures in this country when you consider that Lionel Messi and Ronaldo (the pie eating one) came over to Europe at very tender ages. Wales can claim the great John Charles as a successful Brit abroad, he played successfully in different countries including England, Wales, Italy and Yorkshire, but then there is Ian Rush to counter that arguement.

  
  Bale will be fine. He's a bright lad, doesn't seem the sort to be crying in to his paella whilst pining over Eastenders and fish and chips. He'll adjust to the culture fine but even if he didn't, he's on so much money he could easily just exist in his own little bubble.
  
  I suspect the reason more British players don't go abroad at a proper early age (like the South Americans) is purely down to the fact that the majority aren't good enough.

  
  we need to create a piss poor ghetto somewhere in england where there are no jobs, tonnes of crime, and the only way out is to be good at football
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