Transfer talk

July 13th, 2009 | by: Miguel |

I had expected to write down these lines earlier but apart from Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Real Madrid not much has happened on the transfer market involving Portuguese players.

And then I got wind of Maniche’s transfer to Turkey. Completely by chance. As if some unimportant player from the third division got transferred to a club in a country who’s name sounds like a peace of meat you’d slap on a sandwich… wright… Ankaraguçu… no really… Ankaraguçu… honest… Ankaraguçu… I’M NOT KIDDING FFS!! AN-KA-RA-GU-ÇU! World famous for its… wright…

Apparently he is going to make 12 million over 3 years. Good for him. Bad for the Selecção. I can’t help but wonder how long he’ll last. Fernando Meira left Turkey because he wasn’t getting paid. Just a thought.

Deco and Carvalho seem stuck at Stamford Bridge. Moratti (Inter Milan’s Boss) seems to think Mourinho has all that he needs to win the CL this year. Stop laughing. Seriously. Stop it. Mourinho is apparently giving Quaresma another go at it. Are you laughing again?!

In the mean time back in Portugal… Porto, Benfica and Sporting all decided to sell their foreign players and sign the best Portuguese players in and out of the country. Promoting rising-star-juniors to the main team ensuring a sunny future for all us fans of the worlds best National Soccer Team! Yeeeaaaahhhh!!!

Ok I’ve been out in the sun to much…

At Porto let us be on the look out for Varela and Orlando Sá. They stand a snow-ball’s chance in hell as Porto probably wants to promote Hulk and Falcão but I’m not willing to write these lads off just yet.

At Benfica I’m hoping Fabio Coentrão gets his foot in the team. He’s got potential. Although another winger is not quite what we needed.

And it would be nice if at Sporting Postiga shows some amazing skill. Moutinho is guaranteed to continue his great performances but I have no idea what more it would take to convince Queiroz he’s of Selecção material.

Well let’s continue the watch as September and its defining WC qualifier clashes get closer.

Oh. I almost forgot. We dropped 6 places on FIFA’s ranking. 17th now. Who gives a…

Tags: Carvalho, Coentrão, Deco, Maniche, Moutinho, Orlando Sá, Postiga, Quaresma, Varela, World Cup 2010

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Comments

By Anonymous | July 14th, 2009 at 10:32 am

That was a great read!
I don’t remember the last time I enjoyed an article like this one.
Portugal dropped 6 ranks!!! Oh my god !!! I didn’t know that.
I honestly have no clue why the fpf are keeping Queiroz”with all due respect”. I mean after their game with Albania, I lost every drop of hope in Queiroz. Because that poor performance isn’t really what the Portuguese football is about. If Portugal was lucky enough to get through Denmark I honestly don’t think they’ll make it through the early stages in the World Cup and it saddens me. Because this generation is the best and deserves to be rewarded in such a competition.
Ops! I think I went beyond the subject.
It was a great article though.

Posted from Saudi Arabia

By Christian | July 14th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

No Mention of Bruno Alves maybe going to Chelsea or Barca?

Also, I don’t know how much of a chance it stands, but there are rumours saying Real is going after Moutinho since Liverpool is asking too much for Xavi Alonso. 3 portuguese players on a top tier team? Sign me up.

And hopefully one day your “sunny future” comes to reality and our clubs start playing the young portuguese players instead of all these random south americans who are looking for their stepping stone to a big pay day with another club in Europe

Posted from United States

By Miguel | July 14th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

Maybe Bruno Alves is going to Chelsea or Barça. Maybe Moutinho is going to Real Madrid. Maybe Eduardo is going to Benfica. At one time I even read maybe Nani was going to Atletico de Madrid. What I really want is to post here about our lads finding suitable clubs that have them playing regularly. Moutinho to Real Madrid could mean the opposite of this statement. Eliseu going to Lazio might also be a step up to his career and who knows if he takes the opportunity to learn some new skills and steps up his finishing capabilities.
The top Portuguese clubs seem to just want that. Half-backed south american young guns that want to play there harts out to sign the big contract in Spain, England or whatever.

Posted from Portugal

By Miguel | July 19th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

In an unexpected turn of events it seems Maniche didn’t follow Bugs Bunny on that left turn at Albuquerque and some sense got into his head so he’s going to FC Koln (12th in the Bundesliga last year). Just confirmed on their website: http://www.fc-koeln.de
There is hope after all.

Posted from Portugal

By Christian | July 20th, 2009 at 9:21 am

He pulled a Figo! Nice job. Still not great, but better than some random Turkish club paying him loads of cash. Would’ve preferred to see him go back to Porto or another Portuguese club, but at least he’ll playing a top-tier league.

Posted from United States

By Seth | July 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

I hope Maniche finds his form again so he can return to the national side.

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