The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 1 July 2011

[Ionman34]

Now that the Rossi-to-Barcelona rumors have "gone up in smoke", some lesser teams have come around, sniffing to see if they might try and convince Giuseppe Rossi to forego his desire for Champions League football for an overwhelmingly large paycheck. The teams that have surfaced have been Tottenham Hotspur and Atlético Madrid.
As we all read, Tottenham came calling at the end of the January transfer window, offering Villarreal a reported €33m and Peter Crouch in exchange for Rossi. Needless to say, that deal didn't happen for quite a few reasons, including at least Villarreal's plans to finish in the top four of La Liga and to try and win the Europa League.
Speculatively, a move to Tottenham also did not happen because Rossi's next move, when (or if!) it ever comes, will be to a bigger club. And by that, I do not mean a club with more money or more fans - both of which conditions Tottenham meet. But the thing is, Tottenham are not one of the top clubs in Europe, no matter how much they might claim to be. While they had an excellent run in the Champions League last season, their current history is surely no more impressive than Villarreal's - and when you are talking about a guy like Rossi, you are talking about a guy who wants to, and deserves to, consistently play on the biggest stage


(Written by some douche via Newsnow)

Well going by that logic, Citeh didn't buy Toure, Tevez, Djeko et al because, surely based on their history and that fact that they DIDN'T have an excellent run in the CL, they are not one of the top clubs in Europe and their history is LESS impressive than Villareals.

Oh, they did didn't they.

Rossi will come if the price and the terms are right, as well as us convincing him that his inclusion will help us to challenge for the title in the biggest league on the planet.

 

[Bill_Oddie]

Why so blue, Ion?

 

[spud]

Well going by that logic, Citeh didn't buy Toure, Tevez, Djeko et al because, surely based on their history and that fact that they DIDN'T have an excellent run in the CL, they are not one of the top clubs in Europe and their history is LESS impressive than Villareals.

Oh, they did didn't they.

Rossi will come if the price and the terms are right, as well as us convincing him that his inclusion will help us to challenge for the title in the biggest league on the planet.

I don't know whether I'm alone in this, but I find your posting in blue, in bold, and in italics, pretty irritating. Would you mind posting in regular text like everybody else? I'm sure what you write will be read in any case.