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  • cdawg44
    MVP
    • May 2003
    • 2936

    #5281
    Re: The Transfer Thread

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    Sky is reporting Inter accepted a bid from Stoke for Shaqiri.... Wow.... I don't think he goes regardless because he has made it clear he wants to stay in Milan, but man Inter is already tryin to pull the plug on that experiment
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    • RoyceDa59
      Chillin
      • Aug 2003
      • 3830

      #5282
      Re: The Transfer Thread

      Originally posted by Brahvocado
      This sport is very cyclical, it wasn't too long ago we had an all-English CL final and around the same time the CL was the Inter and Milan show.

      Serie A will come back at some point.
      Well hopefully some of the Dutch teams will rise again one day hehehe.

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      • Paul21694
        Banned
        • Dec 2014
        • 868

        #5283
        Re: The Transfer Thread

        Originally posted by Brahvocado
        Roma is basically Tottenham, it's not surprising when they make weird signings.

        The only reason newer soccer fans can't tell yet that Roma is the Tottenham of Italy is because the two Milans took an absolutely spectacular and unprecedented nosedive.

        With Inter and Milan at full strength, Roma is a Europa League team.

        Anyways, like I said, Serie A is not a bad league. It actually isn't too far behind the PL, the styles are just very different so it's hard for newer PL fans to tell because all they see is hard, fast and physical (PL) and think that leagues that don't play that way are automatically worse.

        'Newer soccer fans'? I've been a season ticket holder at anfield for 15 years. The Serie A is terrible. It falls way behind technically to La Liga and the Bundesliga (I'd even go as far to say as worse than some Adelante teams having been a season ticket holder in Murcia for the last 9 months'.

        I don't even like the Premier League. I think it's a money driven pile of commercialised bull**** stopping anybody from the bottom half from even challenging for top 4. But you're a Chelsea fan so none of this affects you.

        So please, don't insult me with any concept of 'newer'. I'm from the country the league is played in and I've been a fan of it for my entire 21 years of life.

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        • dubcity
          Hall Of Fame
          • May 2012
          • 17872

          #5284
          Re: The Transfer Thread

          Originally posted by Brahvocado
          Roma is basically Tottenham, it's not surprising when they make weird signings.

          The only reason newer soccer fans can't tell yet that Roma is the Tottenham of Italy is because the two Milans took an absolutely spectacular and unprecedented nosedive.

          With Inter and Milan at full strength, Roma is a Europa League team.

          i think Roma also is somewhat overrated and over-hyped in North America because an American is in charge of the team. That seems to earn them more undeserved attention. I believe they played the MLS all-stars a few years back, and strangely enough I have seen episodes of Roma TV on my local Comcast Sports cable affiliate here in Cali. Yeah, I don't get it.

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          • KG
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            • Sep 2005
            • 17583

            #5285
            Re: The Transfer Thread

            The Serie A is only terrible because they can't compete financially with England, Spain, and Germany. Teams that are folding up (Parma), outdated stadiums, and no true lucrative TV deal means teams like Inter & Milan can't afford to pay top level wages. They end up attracting past-their-prime players or risky players (injury prone, attitude problems, etc...).

            You add that with the last great Italian generation fading (Pirlo, Buffon, Totti) and no real young hot prospects outside of Verrati, SAS, Dybala, etc... and you're left with only 2 (maybe 3 counting Napoli) clubs functional enough to compete. Juve & Roma have done incredible jobs at poaching young/mid-level talent and turning them into studs. Just look at the talent those 2 clubs have poached.
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            • cdawg44
              MVP
              • May 2003
              • 2936

              #5286
              Re: The Transfer Thread

              Also the Italian economy tanking in 2010 has played a massive role in Serie A fall too. Especially with the government and businesses needing bailout money to not collapse. You know it's bad when Silvio Berluschoni had to fall back from a Milan club he loved, no matter what you thought of him. Owners in Italy who had no issue taking losses before and spending what they didn't have, now are pulling out and dumping stupid debt on these clubs. Serie A's business model has to change ASAP, because many Professional clubs are falling by the wayside throughout Italian soccer in Serie B and C1.
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              • jb12780
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                • Oct 2008
                • 10665

                #5287
                Re: The Transfer Thread

                Balotelli to Stoke?

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                • ImTellinTim
                  YNWA
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 33028

                  #5288
                  Re: The Transfer Thread

                  Originally posted by jb12780
                  Balotelli to Stoke?

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                  Lots of silly rumors starting to pop up around him. Also heard Newcastle.

                  Expect the first Liverpool striker to move to be Lambert to Bournemouth on loan.

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                  • jb12780
                    Hall of Fame
                    • Oct 2008
                    • 10665

                    #5289
                    Re: The Transfer Thread

                    Shaquiri is going to Stoke. Damn.

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                    • ImTellinTim
                      YNWA
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 33028

                      #5290
                      Re: The Transfer Thread

                      Originally posted by jb12780
                      Shaquiri is going to Stoke. Damn.

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                      Is this deal final? I heard that a fee was agreed to, but not that he had any desire to go there.

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                      • jb12780
                        Hall of Fame
                        • Oct 2008
                        • 10665

                        #5291
                        Re: The Transfer Thread

                        Originally posted by ImTellinTim
                        Is this deal final? I heard that a fee was agreed to, but not that he had any desire to go there.
                        Seems just like the fee:



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                        • ImTellinTim
                          YNWA
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 33028

                          #5292
                          Re: The Transfer Thread

                          If they can get him to agree to terms on a deal, I will be kind of shocked.

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                          • Paul21694
                            Banned
                            • Dec 2014
                            • 868

                            #5293
                            Re: The Transfer Thread

                            So weird seeing Stevie with a Galaxy shirt. Even at 35 he's still going to be one of the best players in the league, likewise Lampard at 37.

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                            • Mo
                              SSN
                              • May 2003
                              • 11425

                              #5294
                              Re: The Transfer Thread

                              Originally posted by Paul21694
                              So weird seeing Stevie with a Galaxy shirt. Even at 35 he's still going to be one of the best players in the league, likewise Lampard at 37.
                              lol, you dont watch much MLS do ya?
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                              • dubcity
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • May 2012
                                • 17872

                                #5295
                                Re: The Transfer Thread

                                Lampard should be fun to watch, but I'm not sure about Gerrard. He hasn't exactly been setting the world on fire the past few years. The talent drop off going from EPL to MLS will help, though.

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