07-28-2012, 09:44 AM
(07-27-2012, 06:44 PM)Ceceves Wrote: I agree Alba is much better (especially going forward) but apart from him I don't see any young Spanish LBs ahead of Didac (= why I called him ONE of, not THE most promising). They have some good prospects at RB (Azpilicueta, Montoya, that guy Carvajal that Madrid just sold), not a lot at LB. Anyway, my point wasn't that Didac is an amazing player who we cannot afford to lose - I don't rate him that highly tbh - I just think setting a €4m buyout clause is giving Valencia all the advantages. We might lose out on a lot yet can't really gain anything. Even if Didac has a bad season I can't imagine his value dropping below, say, €3m given his age, on the other hand if he has a great season it could rise to maybe €10m. Not saying that's likely to happen, but again: who would have though Gourcuff would explode like he did at Bordeaux?
Didac is one of the most promising, but at this point what does that actually mean?
He wasn't in the euros squad and has failed to get into the Olympics squad (I'm sure they have more than just Alba for LB).
At Milan he's played once and he's not exactly a well known or proven player, although I will accept he's had a couple of decent years in Spain. Honestly, I read we'd get in total around 5m for him, which I think is fair. His value might rise in the future and we'll regret it, but it's our fault for not keeping/playing him.
(07-28-2012, 02:19 AM)xudong Wrote: LOL. Is that why we keep Mesbah? I remember that he was the only one that actually could hurt Ibrahimovic last season in the training.
Never fails to give me a smile...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfZ2T8yer0A