French sports paper L'Equipe claims that Barcelona is still interested in Lyon forward and French international Karim Benzema (21).
If Samuel Eto'o would leave this summer, Benzema would be one of the three options to replace the Cameroonian striker, behind Inter Milan forward Ibrahimovic (27) and before Atlético Madrid forward Diego Forlán (30). Barcelona would consider to offer Eto'o and a fee in exchange for Benzema, whose contract expires in 2013.
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Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Benzema is still an option for Barcelona
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eto'o + fee? no way!
why is eto'o so underrated?
What about Villa? He's better than all of those guys.
hieifcb - the reason for eto'o's low evaluation is because he only has 1 year left on his contract. if he decides not to renew then we could potentially lose him for nothing. i still think there are plenty of teams would pay a lot for eto'o though. but we're not looking to sell him unless contract negotiations fail.
When you read:
"Barcelona would consider to offer Eto'o and a fee in exchange for Benzema" Thats more than enough to know that this is just a rumor. Lyon can not afford Eto'o Salary. Thats if he will accept to play in France at the moment, which is unlikely as well.
I would like eto'o to renew. If not we must sell.. no other options are possible. I'm not sure if benzema is up for the job but he has the right profile and qualities: seeking space behind defenders, powerfull shot, strong and fast.Also his age favoures him..
Maybe he still is the best option. I'm not sure about his attitude. he won't fight as much as samuel does!
benzema is not good enough. he lacks football brain. he didnt score for 4 months this year.
Why for every striker they seek whom by the way not many are even par with Mr.Eto' at the moment, in form or skill in the 18. why is it they wanna give eto' PLUS cash for? The guy had la liga in a choke hold for the 1st half of the season and the only reason other strikers caught up was because 1. we took our foot off the gas as the league cup looked more and more inevitable. and 2 he hit a "few" rough patches which if they were spread out in the season instead of 3games straight it wouldve been looked on as nothing. but i say that to say this...all this talk about messi is great but eto's the James Bond of this team you need an objective fullfilled? (score?) he'll do it..need him to go out on the wing and cause havoc only to just effortlessly slide the ball across the 6 yard for any of the barca fwd's to tap in? done deal! what's wrong with sticking with a good regime and squad? the guy says he's calm and wants to stay, so whats the problem? pep??? whats your take?
u do know this all media hype right. pep doesn't want to sell eto, it's just precautions incase contract talks break down with eto. it could also b that laporta wants to end his last summer with barca by signing some big name players hence why cesc has become more important now than the last 2 yrs. karim benzema/zlatan/forlan, ribery/silva, cesc/moutinho/melo, henrique/bruno alves, bruno saltor and a LWB most likely maxwell
1. messi has more goals than eto
2. messi has more assist than eto
3. messi drops in the middle to support both eto and henry when needed
4. messi is messi no one compares to messi not even ronaldo and kaka.
You say that as if I was "comparing" the two? And eto' is an out and out striker. Messi isn't.. My argument is that the man does his job comparing them would be unfair to both because what is asked of them in regaurds to what to bring to the table? Are two different things. Messi has said himself there's no-one like messi so why you'd try to create contrast between them is ridiuclous no matter the reason. Messi is great and getting better everyday but I'm not talking about messi. My bottomline is if its not broke don't sell it.
My apologies "messi has said himself there's no one like ETO'"
...was not always good with my words about etoo,but liked him always...after the goal against manu,when he gave the game another direction,i sweared never to criticize him...can't and won't imagine a barca without etoo...there were many games when he didn't scored the easy ones,but also many important ones he made...who knows if we had won these titles without him...for me,he's forever one of us...
nobody is saying eto'o is not good. But u cant say he does not miss many chances to be honest. We dont think eto'o is a bad player but if we can get someone who scores more then eto'o then why not ?. just as pep said :) we seek perfection :D
So.. Eto' missed goals..lol so sack him? And I guess zlatan has yet to miss? His team played man-u and had chance after chance after god blessed chance to seal and put it away! And he didn't. And also benzema whom faced valdes twice one on one and made novice shot decisions. With that said does that mean these strikers aren't awesome when on point? (Answer in ur spare time) the point is pep said he seeks perfection from his team .....not in the transfer population. Eto' is the man!!! and like every "man" he might miss a few. That's no reason to deem that as a reason to look elsewhere the guy proved that at any second a bad form can turn into a goal and a heartfelt celebration off to the left flag. Its very ungrateful to try and highlight his mishaps to warrant and justify a reason to sell him.
...ETOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...aka the king of the lions...aka the black pearl...aka serious sam...barca forever...
they may have missed goals but eto has missed more. when pep said he want perfection he meant a complete forward, so the new guy could score less than eto and still be more famous. a complete forward knows how to pass, head a ball, skillful with his back to goal, great technical ability, shot from outside box, penalty taking, freekicks(not necessary), scoring goals 20 and over and of course poaching ability. that's a perfect forward, names that fall into that category is drogba, zlatan, torres, forlan, del piero and benzema. higuain is slowly becoming one of those forwards.
pep told eto he is not counting on him next season and that he could leave, i guess that said it all but it was so last season and he stayed, so we will have to wait and see. eto or zlatan or benzema or forlan. all are good but zlatan and benzema would be nice addition to barca.
if it's true what the papers say (telling him we don't count on him) than that's the most stupid thing i've ever heard. we haven't negociated a renewal yet! he had a great season and there's no one else who wants to win as badly as eto'o does! forlan? it's just crazy, he misses more chances than eto'o. what a lack of respect to the man who scored in two finals.. unbelievable
That's what I was thinking when I read his statements. I'm pretty sure zlatan scored 25 goals to be top scorer and eto' I think finished with 27 league goals (don't quote me on that) but I think he made it 27 when they lost to mallorca. So if zlatan scores more or misses less lmao its oblivious to me in what games he does this. Its a shame people easy as pie over look the good a player does once all is said and done.
although it is disrespect, there is no justice in football. was their any justice in figo joining madrid, was their any respect for barcelona when we played attacking football while the english defended, no there was only talk of overrated and attacking football don't win titles and even to this day people still believe barca are overrated and that defense is what football is these days. there is no justice in kaka joining real madrid, just a money hungry tyrant such as silvio, there is no justice when referee's get decisions wrong, just a sad memory of what was to be and that's what football is about, cry now, forget later, look to the future. it's a cold world and that's why i say support laporta and pep in whatever they do cause the last time we questioned them they delivered the treble i won't make that mistake again, they can sign a 48 yr old striker from the US and i would back it 100%, not saying that you have too but try putting yourself in pep's shoes and try and think what he is thinking if your answer come to the same thing then stick to it.
I don't understand where your coming from.:s We just proved numbers-wise that you were wrong in saying zlatan scores more. Now you move onto, yeah its wrong what they are doing but such is life and after a successful season with pep behind them that you support them? Pep once said "he'll play with who wants to play" No one shows more "want" then eto' he's been through so much scrutiny and overcame it all. Laporta would be simply cheating his-self and us as fans if he were to drastically rearrange what was put together as a squad last year. Anyone who says playing defensively sound wins games might and I stress might have a point but the blistering and ever present truth is GOALS SELL TICKETS and moneys always the motivation! You say its life that you can just turn a blind eye to everything sammy's done and move onto "bigger and better" players I call it bad karma and god forbid if we flop this season because of these big signings and players not being able to settle and be in-sync. I'd love to hear what YOU will have to say about that. Once again if it aint broke don't sell it.
when did i say zlatan scored more than eto, i don't think in all my arguments have i mentioned zlatan scoring more than eto and the earlier post was aimed toward jordy when he said it was disrespect to eto not you, futhermore your making it seem like i want barca to play defensive football, i watch barca because they are entertaining and because they stick to their style no matter what if u were reading my post properly u would understand that i am going with whatever pep chooses and i was just letting jordy know that even though it is disrespect it is part of football so i dont see why u taking a hit at me about barcelona and their policies. i just mentioned what pep said, he said he is not relying on eto for next season. if u got a problem with that call him and abuse him, it's not like eto is the only man suited for barcelona. if u didn't realize by now they have scouts everywhere studying talent, they have a much higher knowledge of football than we do and they definitely posses the influence and money to do whatever they want, i don't believe pep would sell eto unless he truly believe there is someone else who can do a better job and that's great instead of being here reminiscing the past achievements. like i said if u don't agree with pep stick to it, cry now, forget later and look to the future cause in about 3months time we all be on the same side again looking forward to another great season.
...all have their ups and downs...the etoos,the zlatans,the forlans (flop at manu)and all the others...was not always good with words about etoo,but again,who knows what we have reached without him...he was also a piece of the team that won the treble and btw if you think about it,the truth is that it's very hard when you nearly was sold,ruled out,but to come again and fight back needs character...that's what makes etoo the king of lions...after all he missed,at the end we won all...also by goals from etoo...and til' now,the etoo-case is just paper talk...he has more qualities than the most,even if he don't scores...and without a doubt he has more charisma than zlatan,drogba or the forlan-puppet...remember when xavi said last year "etoo was our best summer transfer"...
strange. Anyone remember the 07 and 08 campaigns? barca won almost nothing over those years and did anybody notice that Eto was still recovering from injury and played less that half of league matches???This is Eto's fith year and he has been 100% three out of those five years during which we earned three league titles and two champions CL. Take Eto away and we could not even with the league title.
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