Valencia regional sports paper Super Deporte claims that Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain could travel to Valencia this week to start negotiations on the transfer of Valencia left winger and Spanish international David Silva (22) and to put a first formal offer on the table.
With the European championships and the whole process leading to the vote of no confidence having come to an end and with the transfer of Andrei Arshavin being excluded because of the transfer fee, Begiristain has reactivated the Silva option.
Begiristain now wants to hear first hand from Valencia about the transfer price of Silva after the recent changes at the club (read more here). It is expected that Valencia will only be willing to let the winger leave if a huge transfer fee is offered.
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that the market value of Silva, who has a buyout clause of 90 million euro°, is between 20 and 24 million euro°.
Read more:
Silva again left wing priority
Arshavin negotiations on a dead point
Silva will stay in Valencia
Monday, 14 July 2008
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90 million euro =
124 million us dollar
64 million british pound
20-24 million euro =
31-39 million us dollar
16-20 million british pound
No thx, a bit overrated and not what we need.
Sign Neves instead, likely half the price and he has goals in him.
Im not too sure about Neves, yes he looks great on Youtube, but that doesnt mean he will be any good. Silva may not be Ronaldinho, but he has played in Spain for a while and will be able to slot into that left side very quickly. Neves would likely need at least a season to adapt properly. The best option would be to get both, but i suppose that would be greedy. Neves might be a better option for the future, but right now i would say Silva.
I would absolutely love to see this guy in a Barca shirt. One of my favourite players in the world.
I'd rather get Neves. He's cheaper and will add more to Barca, in my opinion. having said that, I think Silva might be a good fit too, but with only 5 goals and 3 assists to his name in the last season for Valencia, that remains to be seen. In any case, that statistic is not good enough.
Yes, I think we can all agree that YouTube is highly "subjective", and given the opportunity can make Star Jones look like the sexiest woman alive!
Back on topic Silva's a "nice" player but the last time he scored a goal I was hiding under my bed afraid the clown from 'It' was after me.
I don't believe Valencia will agree to let go of Silva for 20mil either. And anything above that price is a bit risky for a player that isn't viewed as much of a scoring threat. Who knows wether Neves will turn into a prince or a frog if he signs with us, but he's shown to possess more pure talent and raw ability than Silva (in my opinion) and would come at half the price.
Its amazing how this Silva saga continues!
I Believe he would be great in Barca, and hope that Txiki is able to persuade Valencia into letting him go.
20M is a good price - 25M is the limit for whats acceptable.
Mommy! Make it stop!
So if we get Silva, does he immediately get a spot in the starting XI? He will want/demand one, right. But at who's expense? Iniesta?
He's an attacking mid, so does that mean Hleb sits pretty much forever? Then why make that purchase? Does Iniesta see the light of day? All good questions.
It's why the Neves signing makes sense. He won't mind riding the pine for some time, and we already have what Silva does.
I don't understand this one, frankly.
kxevin "We already have what silva does" who are you talking about.... I doubt its ronaldinho... so you must be referring to iniestaa.. and or Hleb and I think you are wrong on both counts.. none of those guys offer the width that you get with silva on the left.. Some of them can play on the left but they dont offer the pace or width that silva affords.
He would be better solution than Neves because of his influene on the game even if he doesnt score that much.
But price will be a big problem.
I think that Iniesta does offer the width, as does Hleb. And they aren't as expensive. If Silva comes, both of them sit. Keita's position, nebulous as it is, is also threatened, unless you platoon he and Yaya, but Keita isn't really a true defensive mid, which means so much for a midfield of Xavi/Keita/Yaya, which promises ultimate control of the midfield, with Xavi able to push up alongside Alves.
If Silva, who is the "9" in the formation? If it's Eto'o, it looks something like:
----------------Eto'o------------
---Silva------Henry-------Messi----
-----------Yaya---------Xavi-------
Abidal-----Caceres---Puyol----Alves
--------------Valdes---------------
Or does Henry ride the pines in Silva-land, because Guardiola isn't going to dare (as much as I like the formation) play a 4-2-4.
Then Iniesta sits, Hleb sits, Keita sits, and we have depth and growing disgruntlement. I just don't see the Silva logic or need.
You could just as easily slot Hleb or Iniesta into that Silva spot, then add a midfielder, say Keita or Neves, if he comes. Team harmony is better, because you don't have that expensive signing who is demanding first team play at the expense of everyone else.
And no way do we get Silva for less than Alves, which is just crazy.
kxevin,
that is an intriguing formation, but a bit too radical for Guardiola, surely. As we saw in the Euros, and before, if you watched him last year, Silva's kinda lazy in tracking back on the wing. Messi is in that regard, but there's also the issue of Henry's tendency to drift out wide left. I think he & Silva would just interfere w/ each other too much. Therefore I think we don't really need to buy him, especially at 25 million + euros. What we do need is a hard, target-man striker. (Adebayor???)
For attacking midfield/wide forwards we already have (this is everyone who can play there, not necessarily who I think should play there): Messi, Henry, Bojan, Hleb, Iniesta, (Ronnie in the unlikely event that he stays). For strikers we have
This is what I think we should play
1 center strikers: New "9", Henry/Bojan
2 forwards/attacking mid: Messi (Hleb/Iniesta), Henry/Bojan/Hleb
2 mids: pick 2 from Xavi/Iniesta/Hleb/Keita
1 holding mid: Yaya/Keita (Márquez)
fullbacks: Abidal (Sylvinho/Cáceres), Dani Alves (Puyol?)
centre backs: pick 2 from Puyol/Cáceres/Milito/Márquez (Piqué)
GK: real competition between Valdés/Pinto (Jorquera)
(parentheses = backups at that position)
Personally I like this lineup because it's extremely flexible, and can be tailored to suit the opponent; a basic Barça 4-3-3 can change to a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-2 or a 4-1-2-1-2 or even a 4-2-4 at a moment's notice.
I'm with you, Citizen. I'm not a Silva fan, not for us, especially. As I said, I don't see the logic or need. That hypothetical formation points out the difficuties he would present, since Guardiola isn't going to play (my favored, as you know from the Barca Blog) a 4-2-4.
Henry or Krkic as the "9" would be very cool. I suspect that Krkic has been eating his Wheaties over the off season, to get some size and muscle on him, with precisely that in mind.
And be careful mentioning Adebayor over here. He isn't too popular. :D
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