IN
Seydou Keita
Gerard Piqué
José Manuel Pinto
Martín Cáceres
Daniel Alves
Alexander Hleb
Henrique Adriano Buss
Pedro
Víctor Sánchez
OUT
José Edmílson
Giovani dos Santos
Gianluca Zambrotta
Deco
Ronaldinho
Oleguer
Henrique Adriano Buss
Santiago Ezquerro
Lilian Thuram
Marc Crosas
IN
Seydou Keita
former club: sevilla
age: 28
country: mali
official announcement: monday 26 may
contract duration: 4 years
transfer fee: 14 million euro
note: barcelona pays the buyout fee
Gerard Piqué
former club: manchester united
age: 21
country: catalunya, spain
official announcement: tuesday 27 may
contract duration: 4 years
transfer fee: 5 million euro
José Manuel Pinto
former club: celta vigo
age: 32
country: spain
official announcement: friday 30 may
contract duration: 2 years
transfer fee: 0 euro
note: the contract can be cancelled by both parties after one year, pinto played for barcelona on loan since january, when barcelona paid celta 500 000 euro
Martín Cáceres
former club: villareal (on loan to recreativo huelva)
age: 21
country: uruguay
official announcement: wednesday 4 june
contract duration: 4 years
transfer fee: 16,5 million euro
Daniel Alves
former club: sevilla
age: 25
country: brazil
official announcement: wednesday 2 july
contract duration: 4 years
transfer fee: 29 million euro (+ 6 million euro variables depending on the ranking of the team and the trophies won in the coming years)
Alexander Hleb
former club: arsenal
age: 27
country: belarus
official announcement: wednesday 16 july
contract duration: 4 years
transfer fee: 15 million euro (+ 3 million euro variables depending on the results and the qualification for the champions league in the coming years)
Henrique Adriano Buss
former club: palmeiras
age: 21
country: brazil
official announcement: tuesday 22 july
contract duration: 5 years
transfer fee: 8 million euro (+ 2 million euro variables depending on the qualification for the champions league in the four years after his return from loan)
Pedro
former team: barcelona b
age: 21
country: spain
official announcement: [sunday 24 august]
transfer fee: -
Víctor Sánchez
former team: barcelona b
age: 20
country: catalunya, spain
official announcement: [sunday 24 august]
transfer fee: -
OUT
José Edmílson
new club: villareal
age: 31
country: brazil
barcelona player since: 2004
barcelona contract until: 2008
official announcement: friday 23 may
contract duration: 2 years
transfer fee: -
note: the contract of the player expired
Giovani dos Santos
new club: tottenham
age: 19
country: mexico
barcelona player since: 2002
barcelona contract until: 2009 (?)
official announcement: friday 6 june
contract duration: 5 years
transfer fee: 6 million euro (+ 5 million euro depending on the player’s appearances during his five years of contract)
note: when the player is transferred barcelona receives 20% of the fee during the first two years or 10% after that
Gianluca Zambrotta
new club: ac milan
age: 31
country: italy
barcelona player since: 2006
barcelona contract until: 2010
official announcement: friday 13 june
contract duration: 4 years
transfer fee: 9 million euro (+ 2 million euro depending on the qualification of ac milan for the champions league during the next four years)
Deco
new club: chelsea
age: 30
country: portugal (brazil)
barcelona player since: 2004
barcelona contract until: 2010
official announcement: monday 30 june
contract duration: 3 years
transfer fee: 10 million euro
Ronaldinho
new club: ac milan
age: 28
country: brazil
barcelona player since: 2003
barcelona contract until: 2010
official announcement: tuesday 15 july
contract duration: 3 years
transfer fee: 21 million euro (+ 4 million euro depending on the qualification of ac milan for the champions league during the next years)
Oleguer
new club: ajax amsterdam
age: 28
country: catalunya, spain
barcelona player since: january 2004 (cantera since 2001)
barcelona contract until: 2010
official announcement: tuesday 22 july
contract duration: 3 years (with an option for an extra year)
transfer fee: 3 million euro (+ 2,25 million euro depending on the qualification of ajax for the champions league during the next three years)
Henrique Adriano Buss
new club: bayer leverkusen
age: 21
country: brazil
barcelona player since: 2008
barcelona contract until: 2013
official announcement: tuesday 22 july
contract duration: 1 year
transfer fee: 0 euro
note: the player leaves on a one-year loan deal
Santiago Ezquerro
new club: osasuna
age: 31
country: spain
barcelona player since: 2005
barcelona contract until: 2008
official announcement: tuesday 29 july
contract duration: 2 years (with an option for an extra year)
transfer fee: -
note: the contract of the player expired
Lilian Thuram
new club: - (retired)
age: 36
country: france
barcelona player since: 2006
barcelona contract until: 2008
official announcement: friday 1 august
contract duration: -
transfer fee: -
note: the contract of the player expired
Marc Crosas
new club: celtic glasgow
age: 21
country: catalunya, spain
barcelona player since: december 2007 (cantera since 2001)
barcelona contract until: 2011
official announcement: tuesday 4 august
contract duration: 4 years
transfer fee: 0,5 million euro (+ 0,9 million euro depending on the player's appearances, the qualification for the Champions League and the titles won)
note: barcelona can buy the player back at the end of the 2009-2010 season for 2 million euro and when the player is transferred barcelona receives 25% of the fee
IN: 87,5 + 11 (= 98,5)
OUT: 49,5 + 14,15 (= 63,65)
fixed investment: 38 (= 87,5 - 49,5)
fixed + variable investment: 34,85 (= 98,5 - 63,65)
worst case: 49 (= 98,5 - 49,5)
best case: 23,85 (= 87,5 - 63,65)
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Transfer summer 2008: The Final Overview
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The worst case is the best case for us
once again financially the board has done quite well, 7 players in for 38 mil is good business in this crazy transfer market. i'm also quite happy with the players that have gone, except maybe crosas and oleguer, as the club needed a change.
what i do question is the neglect of positions needed. a genuine LW was a must as was a alternative no 9, i understand that we tried our best to get players for these positions and it just didnt happen which is a shame, but there must have been alternatives?
alves, pique, hleb, keita were good sigings as they increased the depth of the squad, again with caceres. pinto was not a good signing as he will not threaten valdes' place and so we have no competition there like in most other positions. but the CF and LW are not good enough if the 10 men behind the ball practice continues. we need more variation and that is where we failed in this transfer window, for a number of reasons, but they have done a good job of strengthening the squad. we will have to wait and see how the season pans out, and what happens in january.
Good view SJP
does everyone realize that they didnt spend shit this summer. It was supposed to be "a new era" and all they spent was somewhere around 40 mil. Previous seasons they spent around 60-65 mil., if the team lacks depth or quality it will be because Laporta was a cheapskate. As a whole I am disappointed with the summer transfers.
we made some good acquisitions, and (no less important) some good departures. the biggest problem, i feel, is that our acquisitions were incomplete. we still have a need for a pure left winger and a quality (rather than quantity) keeper. with luck we can make up for these positions in the winter window before the need is crippling. all in all, though, we got good players. now we need to see if they can form a good system under Guardiola.
who cares about how much money we spent... we didnt bring in enough talent... we lost great players and brought in maybe one of theat caliber (alves) and the rest are subs... unbelievable
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