Villareal president Fernando Roig said at a press conference today that his club has rejected a formal offer from Barcelona for Villareal central defender and Uruguayan international Martín Cáceres (21) (read more here): "This morning we received an offer from Barcelona for our player Martín Cáceres. Because we thought the offer was not satisfactory, we have rejected it and communicated our decision to Barcelona."
Asked about the rumours linking the defender with Barcelona, Roig had declared at a press conference yesterday that Cáceres will only leave if the buyout fee of 20 million euro° is paid: "He has a contract for the next four years and we want him to stay. Barcelona, or any other club, knows how it works. If they want Martín Cáceres, there's a clause. If they don't want to pay the fee, we will not let the player go."
Barcelona wants to reduce the fee of 20 million euro° and Roig sounded today more open to negotiations: "We're now going to talk with Barcelona. If their final offer approaches what we think is a good deal for us, ok. And if not, the player has a contract and will be a Villareal player next season."
Fernando Sobral, president of Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting who still owns a part of the rights on Cáceres (read more here), said in an interview with Catalan radio station RAC 1 that Villareal has the last word on the transfer: "Everything depends on Villareal, we cannot do anything. We're only involved as a part of the buyout fee will come to Defensor. We will just observe the events from a distance and we'll support whatever Martín and his agent will chose."
In a reaction on the transfer rumours, Cáceres said to RAC 1 that he was willing to join Barcelona: "I know that Barcelona is interested and of course I would like to play for a great club like Barça, one of the best clubs in the world. I'm 21 years old and I should keep my head cool but everyone knows that it's very difficult to say no to Barcelona. But they will have to agree with Villareal on the price. If not, I wouldn't mind playing for Villareal next season."
Cáceres repeated the same in an interview with Catalan radio station Catalunya Ràdio, adding that he can also play as right or left back defender.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Villareal rejects offer for Caceres
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I thought Villareal were bound and determined not to sell Caceres unless him buyout clause was paid in full? The only other way I could see Caceres moving to Barcelona for less would be if he made it clear to Villareal that he wanted to leave and forced their hand a bit. But the article also states that Caceres would be content to play for Villareal next season if a deal couldn't be brokered. I would rather see Caceres stay put at the expense of potentialy damaging relations between the clubs. I believe Villareal has made it quite clear that they do not wish to sell the lad so Barcelona would be wise not to push the subject any further in my opinion.
It's apparently serious, if they have made a bid. Guess this means that they will sell Marquez...
About Caceres... Think he is a quality player being able to play left/right/central def... has attacking quality... and by previous post if this blog he is apparently interested in playing for the club... overall a good choice... However, if him playing for Barca would mean having to sell Marquez, or reduce Pique playing time then maybe Caceres would be a bit of a problem especially with such a high price attached (have not seen Pique play much but something about Pique playing for Barca again is really exciting... also because Pique is a Barca youth product he knows the club and from previous post Barca as his dream team, which is very important... especially turning down wanting to stay in a HUGE club like Man U... this shows Pique's character and his interest in Barca)
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