Sandro - Barca forward

[doctor stefan Freud]

Or they realise they can sell him for more at a later date. Let's be honest the buybacks both Barca and Madrid use are completely one sided, and hold zero benefit to the buying club.

Can't imagine Levy going anywhere near this unless the buy back clause is dropped. He doesn't rent, he buys.

 

[Trix]

Can't imagine Levy going anywhere near this unless the buy back clause is dropped. He doesn't rent, he buys.

Maximising the deal in our favour is without a doubt Levy's strong point. I can't see for one minute he'd sign a player whose future was under someone else's control. Just remember his stance on third party ownership for proof of this.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

This storey's starting to hit the mainstream outlets now- either something is happening or they've had a lazy Christmas and are trawling websites for stories. Can't see him and Berahino both coming when neither are out and out CFs

 

[King of Otters]

Can't imagine Levy going anywhere near this unless the buy back clause is dropped. He doesn't rent, he buys.

If an outstanding talent is available then I'm sure Levy will be OK with renting. Look at Frasier Campbell for example, that was an opportunity we couldn't afford to miss.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

If an outstanding talent is available then I'm sure Levy will be OK with renting. Look at Frasier Campbell for example, that was an opportunity we couldn't afford to miss.

True, his poster's still on my dungeon wall.

 

[Hoops]

Im not convinced tbh. We need goals. If you cant score in that barca team...

 

[Giovanni]

Not too keen on this guy. Igalo would be much better for us and would slot in well im sure.
Just watching athletico madrid and its seems as though jackson martinez needs rescuing from spain....anybody? Poch would have him banging them in in no time!!!

 

[tiger666]

jackson martinez needs rescuing from spain

Huge fucking nope. Soldado mk2.

 

[Giovanni]

Never know he could turn out to be quite the opposite to soldado, hes not done much there except loose value...not even on loan with option to buy? Mind he would still cost a lot.

 

[tiger666]

Never know he could turn out to be quite the opposite to soldado, hes not done much there except loose value...not even on loan with option to buy? Mind he would still cost a lot.

Well, not for me. There's a thread on him here anyway:

http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/index.php?threads/jackson-martinez.122930/

 

[Larryjanta]

Dont know an awful lot about him but I have so much faith in Poch and Mitchell I'm excited at anyone we sign.

 

[GeneralBurk]

Obviously a buy-back clause is annoying but it's only gonna get activated if he turns out to be truly outstanding. I'm pretty sure Deulofeu still has one active in his contract, and he's been fantastic this season but are Barca that bothered about bringing him back? I'd be all for this kid even with a buy-back, as he'd have to become something approaching world-class for Barca even to consider using it.

Actually what they do is activate the buy back clause to sell on at a profit.

Eg sell us Sandro for £5m with a buy back for £8m. He has a successful 2 years but not going to play first team for Barca they then sell him straight on for £20m. Real have also done it in the past.

 

[thefierycamel]

I for one don't reslly rate him, probably their third best attacking academy player behind munir and sergi Roberto. If we were to go for one of Barca's academy players then I think rafinha (thiago's brother) would be awesome but we don't really need him.

 

[Gloryhunter]

Actually what they do is activate the buy back clause to sell on at a profit.

Eg sell us Sandro for £5m with a buy back for £8m. He has a successful 2 years but not going to play first team for Barca they then sell him straight on for £20m. Real have also done it in the past.

Oh I used to do this quite often in previous editions of FM.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

I for one don't reslly rate him, probably their third best attacking academy player behind munir and sergi Roberto. If we were to go for one of Barca's academy players then I think rafinha (thiago's brother) would be awesome but we don't really need him.

From what I've seen, the Barca fans are unanimous in saying he's better than Munir.

 

[thefierycamel]

From what I've seen, the Barca fans are unanimous in saying he's better than Munir.

Their opinions by far outweigh mine, however i think munir has a lot more technical ability than Sandro and that's why I rate him higher. Neither of them score goals though, nor do they create many. Probably hard to do when you only come on for 10mins at the end of games but from what I've seen barca seem to rate munir more highly out of the two because he generally comes on for these cameo appearances whialt I don't see Sandro as much. That's only from the games that I have watched though.

 

[Shadydan]

Whatever happened to Allen Halivic?

 

[Shep]

Whatever happened to Allen Halivic?

On loan at Sporting Gijon and, by all accounts, having a good season. Likely to be back at the end of the season and integrated into the squad.

 

[dagraham]

If we are to buy or loan a striker this window we need to get someone who is proven at PL level, not a "prospect" or someone who has a record of no goals this season.

That's not to say we shouldn't be generally buying players for their potential, but our need at this present moment in time is different.

 

[Shep]

It is worth also pointing out that Barça have just sold Alejandro Grimaldo, left back and captain of the B team, to Benfica for about £1.1m.

No buy back clause but there is a percentage of future sale. Far from guaranteed that a deal with Sandro would have to have a buy back in it. However, I concede that this how Barça and Madrid roll typically.