Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona was close to signing Genoa forward Rodrigo Palacio (27) last summer.
The Barcelona board reportedly wanted to pay a transfer fee of 20 million euro for the Argentinian striker, who then was playing for Boca Juniors and was recommeneded by former Barcelona player and manager Johan Cruijff (read more here). Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola would nevertheless have vetoed the transfer. Last month, Palacio joined Italian club Genoa for a transfer fee of 3,5 million euro.
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Pre-agreement on Palacio transfer put on hold
Five players on left wing short list
Boca president reveals contact with Palacio
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Monday, 10 August 2009
Guardiola vetoed transfer of Palacio
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Barcelona following two Argentinian talents
Madrid sports tabloid Marca unconfirmedly claims that Barcelona is closely following two Argentian players: Boca Juniors central defender Juan Forlín (20 - picture) and Lanús midfielder Sebastián Blanco (21).
Forlín was last week for the first time called-up for the Argentinian national team. Blanco has a buyout clause of 7,5 million euro°.
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Barcelona interested in Lazio forward Zarate
Watch this video of Sebastián Blanco:
Watch this video of Juan Forlín:
Thursday, 6 November 2008
Barcelona interested in Lazio forward Zarate
Asked about the transfer of Lazio Roma forward and Argentinian youth international Mauro Zárate (21), player's agent José Alberti has said in an interview with Italian football site Novantesimo that Barcelona has been trying to sign the Al-Sadd loan-out:
"It was me who informed Lazio about him. I was in Argentina when Lazio was negotiating with Boca Juniors player Palacio, a deal that in the end didn't go through because the offer of Lazio wasn't accepted. When Boca played the semi-final of the Copa Libertadores against Fluminense in May, there were also scouts of Barcelona to watch Palacio.
That's when I talked to Lazio president Claudio Lotito telling him that he shouldn't spend more time on negotiations with Palacio. I suggested him to watch some youtube videos of the striker that Boca wanted to sign if Palacio would leave: Mauro Zárate. After half an hour, Lotito called me back being enthusiastic and convinced to try to sign the player.
I brought him in touch with the player's representative and after long and hard negotiations with Qatari club Al-Sadd a loan deal was closed. Lotito has tried to secure the player and no one else can sign him at this moment. Manchester United, Chelsea and Barcelona nevertheless asked for him.
But it's up to Lazio. They can finally get him in two years: at this moment he's on loan, next May they have an option to become the co-owner and in May 2010 they have the option to permanently buy him. Watching him play in the Italian league, I understand very well why Barcelona insisted so much in a transfer... Just imagine what a trio Zárate, Eto'o and Messi could have done!"
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Pre-agreement on Palacio transfer put on hold
Di Maria and Arshavin will be monitored
Diego Milito was again sounded out this summer
Watch a video of Zárate here:
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Ex-Barça: Maradona to Argentina
Former Barcelona player Diego Maradona (48) has yesterday been officially presented as the new head coach of the Argentinian national team.
Maradona's last coaching experience dates back to 1995, when he was for a short while the manager of Argentinian first division club Racing Club.
Arriving from Argentinian club Boca Juniors in the summer of 1982, Diego Maradona played two seasons for Barcelona. After a dispute with Barcelona president Josep Lluís Nuñez, the attacker joined Italian club Napoli in 1984.
With Barcelona, Maradona won one Spanish cup in 1983, one Spanish super cup in 1983, one Spanish league cup in 1983 and one European super cup in 1982.
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Friday, 5 September 2008
Di Maria and Arshavin will be monitored
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona will be closely monitoring the situation of Benfica left winger and Argentinian international Angel Di María (20 - picture, on the right) and Zenit Saint-Petersburg forward and Russian international Andrei Arshavin (27).
Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola is aware that his squad lacks a left winger and if he cannot solve this problem with the current players, Barcelona will probably sign a player for that position during the January transfer window.
That's the reason why Barcelona will follow the performances of Di María, who would have the advantage that he will still be able to participate in the Champions League next year, and Arshavin over the coming months. Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26) would be a third option.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Five players on left wing short list
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona is handling a five-name short list in their search for a left wing attacker.
The list includes the following players: Andrei Arshavin (27 - Zenit Saint-Petersburg), Angel Di María (20 - Benfica), Rodrigo Palacio (26 - Boca Juniors - picture), Ricardo Noir (21 - Boca Juniors) and Diego Capel (20 - Sevilla).
While Barcelona officials could meet with Zenit officials in Monaco later this week, Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain likes the Palacio option a lot. Capel wouldn't be the player Guardiola is looking for.
Like Begiristain (read more here), Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola said at a press conference yesterday that, although he's not worried about the current squad, the club is still searching the market ready to act.
El Mundo Deportivo claims that the board is divided on whether or not buying a left winger in the coming days. A part of the board thinks that a new transfer isn't necessary and prefers that the staff uses the Barcelona Atlètic players if needed.
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Saturday, 23 August 2008
News of the day - Saturday
(This post will be updated throughout the day.)
Barcelona will decide after the General Assembly on Sunday if they will get another player, Guardiola prefers to keep the squad as it is now (El Mundo Deportivo)
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Even if the transfer of Arshavin and Palacio cannot be closed this summer, Barcelona plans to give it another try during the January transfer window, when the leagues in Russia and Argentina will have come to an end (El Mundo Deportivo)
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Dennis Lachter, the agent of Arshavin, says that he expects that Zenit will offer the player a renewal soon (Sovietski Sport)
Zenit manager Advocaat says that, although his club doesn't need to sell, Arshavin will probably move to Tottenham (Bloomberg)
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Txiki and Rijkaard liked him, but Capel has never been on the list of Guardiola (Sport)
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Manchester City is working on the transfer of Thierry Henry (L'Equipe)
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Talks on Boca Junior striker Noir
Argentinian newspaper La Nación claims that Barcelona is interested in Boca Juniors forward Ricardo Noir (21).
After the Gamper tournament on Saturday, Boca Juniors president Pedro Pompilio would have stayed in Barcelona to hold talks with Barcelona officials on Noir, who made his debut with Boca's first team last May when he scored the winning goal against Racing.
Watch videos of Noir's goal in his debut match here and here
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Thursday, 31 July 2008
Pre-agreement on Palacio transfer put on hold
Argentinian newspaper La Nación claims that all parties involved signed a pre-agreement on the transfer of Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26) to Barcelona on the 31st of January of this year.
With the contacts already having started in December 2006 and after negotiations with a lot of ups and downs, Barcelona representative Joan Patsy, Palacio's agent Roberto Depietri, Palacio's father José Ramón Palacio and Boca president Pedro Pompilio signed the official pre-agreement at the end of January, with Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain following the final negotiations by phone.
Palacio would sign a three-year contract with an option for an extra year. Barcelona will pay Boca Juniors a transfer fee of 11 million euro° with another possible 4 million euro° variables, three of which were depending on the participation of Boca in the Trofeo Joan Gamper pre-season match in August.
The deal furter explained the incentives Palacio would receive for his performances. It was also stated that Barcelona wouldn't allow the striker to join the Argentinian national team at other dates than the official FIFA dates and that he would be one of the Nike stars during the first three years of his contract.
Because of the institutional crisis Barcelona is going through and the need to bring in a more high profiled striker, the deal would nevertheless have been put on hold. The pre-agreement would be the reason why a 16 million euro offer for Palacio by Italian club Lazio Roma was rejected last month.
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Deal on Argentinian international Palacio close
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Palacio wants to leave Boca Juniors
Asked about the rumours linking him with a move to Barcelona (read more here), Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26) said in an interview with Latin American television network Fox Sports that now is the right time for a transfer abroad:
"I'm 26 years old and if I don't leave now, it could get more complicated later on and Boca then also won't be able to sell me in the best conditions."
Palacio, whose contract with Boca expires in 2010, denied that he only wants to move to a Spanish club (read more here): "They asked me once where I would like the play if I could choose and i said Spain because of the language and because I like the way of playing. But if I get the chance to play somewhere else and I like the offer, I wouldn't have problems to go to another league like the Italian one."
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Thursday, 12 June 2008
Palacio only wants to move to Spain
Argentinian sports paper Olé claims that Boca Juniors and the player have rejected a formal 14 million euro° offer from Lazio Roma for Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26).
Boca wants a higher transfer fee and the player, who has been linked with Barcelona over the last weeks (read more here), would have let his club know that he only will accept to leave for a Spanish club (read more here).
Although Palacio is not really pushing for a move to Europe, Boca Juniors nevertheless thinks now is the time to sell the player because of his age and the fact his salary of 650 000 euro° is weighing on the club's budget.
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Thursday, 5 June 2008
Boca president reveals contact with Palacio
Asked about the rumours linking the player with a summer move to Barcelona (read more here), Boca Juniors president Pedro Pompilio said in an interview with Argentinian newspaper La Nación that there have been contacts between Barcelona and Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26):
"His agent and his father told me that Barcelona has contacted the player. It's common that interested clubs first contact a player to know if he's willing to join them and how much he wants to earn. Thereafter they make a bid to his club.
Until now, we didn't receive an offer for him, so we didn't yet put a price on Palacio. But we all know that he's an irreplacable player and that he's unique on the international market. Boca will respect his decision, but if we sell him, it will be for a very high fee."
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Palacio fears Barcelona media pressure
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26) has asked his agent Roberto Depietri to give priority to offers coming from clubs with a lower profile than Barcelona.
Despite talks between officials from Barcelona and Boca Juniors in the last days during which both parties came closer to a deal (read more here), the Argentian striker wouldn't be ready to deal with the media pressure he would feel when joining Barcelona. Palacio is known to be a very shy person, who gives almost never interviews and who had already problems with his football boots sponsor because he didn't want to participate in promotional acts.
Although clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal, Juventus and Lyon are interested in Palacio, the player has made clear to his agent that, if he will leave Argentinia, he will only accept to go to Spain. Besides Barcelona, Sevilla and Villareal would be following the forward. Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Sevilla will use 20 million euro° of the transfer fee they will receive for right back defender Daniel Alves, to launch a bid for Palacio.
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Thursday, 15 May 2008
Deal on Argentinian international Palacio close
Catalan sports site Info Esports claims that Barcelona is close to reach an agreement on the transfer of Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26) (read more here).
Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain would have closed a deal with Palacio's agent, Roberto Depietri. Boca wants the player to stay until the end of the Clausura competition (last match on June 15th) and the Copa Libertadores (final on July 2nd). The transfer could be announced in the coming days.
Madrid sports tabloid As claims that the deal is totally agreed upon by all parties and that it has been negotiated by Barcelona external adviser Joan Patsy. Palacio, who has been close to joining Barcelona several times in the last years, would sign a contract that will link him to Barcelona for the next four seasons.
As and Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claim that Boca Juniors had initially been asking a transfer fee of 20 million euro, with the latter suggesting that the Argentinian club was expected to accept an offer of 15 million euro. As reports that there was an agreement for 12 million euro° but that Boca now wants to add five million euro more to that price. Info Esports claims that Boca Juniors will receive 17 million euro° for the transfer of Argentinian international Palacio.
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Offer for Boca Juniors striker Palacio
Argentinian news agency Télam claims that Barcelona has made an offer for Boca Juniors forward Rodrigo Palacio (26). Sevilla and Chelsea would also be interested in the forward but Palacios has declared in the past that he prefers to go to Spain. Last season, the Argentinian international was rumoured for several months to be close to joining Barcelona.
Roberto Depietri, the agent of Palacios, returned from Spain this week and discussed the offer with Boca Juniors president Pedro Pompilio. Sources close to the Boca board assure that the club and the player agreed that he will be able to leave this summer. Boca Juniors vice president José Beraldi said the club will make no statements on the issue until the end of the Clausura competition and the Copa Libertadores.
Boca Juniors ownes almost 70 per cent of the player's rights. His former club Banfield is owner of 17,5 per cent and the rest belongs to Horacio Paladino, Palacio's first agent.
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