Bye Bye Tevez?

| Saturday, October 18, 2008

Real Madrid eye Old Trafford star Tevez

Real Madrid are planning a double swoop on Manchester United's strike force, having set their sights on Old Trafford frontman Carlos Tevez, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo, claims The Daily Mirror.

The Spanish giants' Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain says Tevez is a target for the Primera Liga side, with Real hoping to take advantage of United's failure to thrash out a deal with Tevez. The striker is still on loan to United, and the Manchester club have yet to agree a new contract with the forward and advisors MSI.

"I hope Carlos comes. He's a great player and, if he comes, he will be welcomed," said Higuain this week.

Tevez, meanwhile, claims he is happy in the Premier League. "I love playing in the Premier League and I am very happy at Manchester United," he said. But with United reportedly weighing up a move for 18-year-old, £20m-rated Gremio wonderkid Douglas Costa, it is possible United may be unwilling to fund a £30m permanent move for the former Boca Juniors player, who scored 19 times for the Red Devils last season.

The Spanish giants' interest in Ronaldo continues, and it is widely anticipated they will resume their dogged pursuit of the Portuguese star next summer. Last weekend saw coach Bernd Schuster say he expected to land Ronaldo for the 2009/10 season.

- source: soccernet.com

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I be honest here, I am not a big fan of Carlos Tevez. I like him as a person, but as a player not so much. Although the report above is just a pure speculation but deep down me I believed that if Sir Alex manage to seal Douglas Costa’s deal, then Carlos Tevez will not wearing United shirt next year.

Let me tell you the reason why United haven’t finalize the deal with Tevez: -
  • Although Tevez is a striker, most of the time he play a role of a supporting striker. More to attacking midfielder or centre forward which is what Wayne Rooney has been doing for the past few years for United.
  • We’ve bought Dmitar Berbatov as a main striker.
  • Sir Alex saves no. 9 jersey for Berbatov rather than giving it to Tevez which mean he is still under "trial".
  • Tevez can't play a lone striker because he's not quick enough, and I know some people admire him because of his efforts (hard-working player) but we also have Park Ji Sung who running all over the place.
  • After seeing a great start for Robinho at Manchester City, Sir Alex knows that a small player can adapt very well in EPL as long they have great skills and that’s why he wanted to bring Douglas Costa who has almost similar physical as Robinho (just 3 centimeters different) plus great dribbling skill (watch the video at the bottom of this post)
  • And of course, as the report above says £30 million is way too much for someone like Tevez and trust me, he aren't capable to score more than 30 goals per season in all competition like Fernando Torres.
Of course, Sir Alex won’t say it in public because he doesn’t want to demoralize Tevez and we need him to give 110% until we get Douglas Costa or at least until the end of the season.

What do you think? Should Sir Alex keep Tevez or not?



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Ballon d'Or: Who Actually Deserve It?

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Del Piero And Raul Deserve The Ballon D'Or - Mijatovic

Real Madrid sporting director Pedrag Mijatovic believes Raul and Alessandro Del Piero are the symbols of football. What he can't believe, however, is that neither player has ever won the Ballon d'Or...

The two giants of the game lock horns on Tuesday night in what is arguably the best fixture of match day three in the Champions League.

Juventus vs. Real Madrid always promises fireworks and many will remember the 1998 final when Mijatovic won it for the Spaniards. It was Del Piero who inspired Juve to beat Los Merengues in the 2003 semi-final.

Mijatovic believes Del Piero should have won the Golden Ball as he looks back on two of the game's greatest players.

"Alex and Raul are football. The biggest injustice is that they both haven't won the Ballon d'Or," Mijatovic told Tuttosport.

"I think each player would have deserved to have won it at least once if not twice during their careers. I really hope that both players can win it sometime as they are the guarantee that the beautiful side of football will never go away."

Real are currently leading Group H having won twice from their first two games. Juve are in second having won and drawn. Claudio Ranieri's men could leap-frog the Spanish Champions with a win.

Source: Goal.com

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Another crappy news. We all know who the best player in world is right now. 

When Kaka won it last year, nobody said anything about it. When Cannavaro won it in 2006, nobody said anything about it. When Ronaldinho won it in 2005, nobody said anything about it.

Why people making too much noise right now when it’s clearly that Cristiano Ronaldo deserve the award? Is it because he’s not Brazilian? Or is it because he’s playing in EPL? Or is it because he’s Manchester United player?


(source: http://www.manunitedpies.tv)

Maybe it’s true that he didn’t deserve it last year because we failed to win the Champion League although I still don’t understand why Messi finished as a runner up for FIFA World Best Player award ahead of Ronaldo. Messi didn’t win the La Liga title and Barcelona only managed to reach last 16 in the Champion League for 2006/07 season.

If the evaluation of the “best player” is based on player’s individual skills, then Zinedine Zidane should’ve won it back in 2006 ahead of Cannavaro but instead the Italian captain received the prestigious award because Italy won the World Cup.

If let say someone else other than Cristiano Ronaldo won either the FIFA World Best Player or Ballon D'Or this year, FIFA will have a lot to explain.



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The "New Ronaldinho": Douglas Costa

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Looks like Sir Alex has found another Brazilian star so that we don't have to rely too much on Ronaldo because he could leave us at anytime soon. So far, we already has Rafael and Fabio, Passebon, and of course Anderson.


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Here's the news that I found from TeamTalk: -

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Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed Manchester United have appointed two full-time scouts in Brazil to keep tabs on the latest Samba stars.

Ferguson already has four young Brazilians on his books, with twins Rafael and Fabio Da Silva, plus Rodrigo Possebon joining Anderson in the Old Trafford first-team squad this season.

Now reports have emerged linking United with the 'new Ronaldinho', 18-year-old midfielder Douglas Costa, who is earning rave reviews at Gremio.

And while Ferguson is refusing to comment on that specific speculation, it is no coincidence United are starting to get linked with more Brazilians.

"We have invested in two full-time scouts in Brazil," said Ferguson.

"It is a country you should pay attention to. Historically, it has always been a country that produces fantastic footballers and players who can play in big games all the time.

"They have ability and enthusiasm."

While it may seem odd to cast the youth net so wide, Ferguson feels he is only following a trend that brought Sir Bobby Charlton down from the north-east in the 1950s and George Best across from Northern Ireland a decade later.

"It goes in cycles," said Ferguson.

"The north-east used to be a great hunting ground for scouts for many years.

"We had a spell in 1993. France had a great spell and are still producing some fantastic young players.

"Our scouts go to games and might get seen. It doesn't mean we are signing anyone."

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So, I went to YouTube and discovered this video: -



From what I heard, this kid is going cost us at least £20million to prise him away from Gremio. Personally, I don't think we need him so much consider that we already have lots of good midfielder right now (Carrick, Owen, Scholes, Giggs, Ronaldo, Park, Possebon, Anderson, Fletcher, Nani) but this could be a good buy for the future. 



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