El Profesor
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Vinícius Jr. was oficially presented today. He was already training with the group. It´ll be interesting to see if he´ll make the team or if they´ll send him to Castilla. apparently, he is impressing in the training sessions.
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Great post, Antoñito. Do you think the success Barcelona had in the Iniesta, Xavi, Messi era is responsible for Florentino´s shift of philosophy? Despite the recent Champions League success I doubt he´s satisfied with Barcelona getting closer and closer at their record number of La Liga titles. Like you said, Lopetegui is known for his work with youngsters and they also spent a lot of money on Vinícius Jr. and Rodrygo. And it´ll also be interesting if Odegaard gets a look.
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Fábio Rochemback was impressive at Internacional and at the U-20 level. To be honest, it was a decent gamble. The real mistake was the Geovanni signing, he was never good enough to play for Barça. I´ll be following Arthur closely. Can´t wait for the friendlies.
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Most at Barça didn´t know Arthur and had no idea of what to expect of him and considering the last few signings from Brazil didn´t do very well, there was a lot of suspicion regarding Arthur, but in his first days of training he already impressed his teammates and coaches with his intelligent passing, positioning and how he holds the ball. This kid left his home when he was 14 to move to Grêmio, he is from a region of Brazil not known for developing good footballers and he had to move to Porto Alegre in order to improve. He is a fighter. I don´t know if he´ll thrive at Barça, but if he doesn´t, it won´t be due to lack of work. Love his attitude. Keep up the good work, Arthur. https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20180715/45908117869/arthur-barca-impresiona-entrenamientos.html So proud of my boy, @SirBalon and @The Rebel CRS.
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Yes, it´s delicious. I´m doing it tomorrow.
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I´m thinking about cooking "kafta" tomorrow. Lebanese food, it´s delicious.
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He was very angry about not being part of the french squad and sent a letter to FFF asking to remove him from the reserve list.
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Very good player, Chris. He´s a rich man´s André Gomes, tall, a bit slow and not great defensively, but when he has the ball, he´s a great player to watch. Good, smart passer, technically way above average. The real problem for him is not talent, but maturity and his entourage. If you guys thought dealing with Neymar Pai was tough, wait until you deal with Rabiot´s mom, Véronique.
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General La Liga Discussion
El Profesor replied to Carnivore Chris's topic in Spanish Football Forum - La Liga
Layún to Villareal for 5 million euros. This is a very good signing for Villareal. -
haha Some bizarre stuff happens in brazilian lower divisions. Including this save, on Sunday:
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Barça sure does some strange deals.
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It´s finally official, Arthur is a Barcelona player. Take good care of my boy, culés.
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Now Barça can keep Yerry Mina if they want to, even with the arrival of Arthur. On Paulinho, well, he at least proved he´s not the worst player in the world, like many fans acted when he arrived at Barça. And he´ll be able to tell his grandchildren he played for Barça with Messi and Iniesta and won a double. Not bad. I´m not a fan of his football, but I recognize he´s a decent player.
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A significant number of soldier and officials are deserting the army, and joining the exodus to Colombia and Brazil. It´s hard to envision a Vietnam like resistence in Venezuela, like Diosdado promissed. Maduro is no Ho Chi Minh, Diosdado is no Giap. The real danger is a civil war ecloding in the power vacumn, with different sectors of venezuelan society trying to position themselves in a position where they´re the ones who´ll gain the favor of the americans. But I agree, a war would be terrible.
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More on: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-04/us-official-trump-pressed-aides-about-venezuela-invasion In theory, the population would support the invasion and the Maduro regime would be easily toppled. At this point, he´s highly unpopular. But wars are always unpredictable and all scenarios must be considered. After all the United States proved they´re pretty bad at the nation building business in Iraq and Lybia, and creating power vacumn is always dangerous. Different sections of venezuelan could compete to gain power and a civil war could eclode simultaneously. There is too the possible scenario of venezuelan and cuban militias retreating to the Amazon forest and the conflict could drag on for years, causing instability in the whole region. There aren´t good solutions when it comes to Venezuela, but I sure hope a war is avoided. Colombia would definitely support an invasion, meanwhile Brazil is a mistery. Trump pressed Temer´s government to give a position, but the brazilian government has been evasive so far. Pence visited Brazil last week and Venezuela was certainly a topic of conversation. Like I´ve discussed with @Kowabunga, if Bolsonaro is elected on October, it makes a venezuelan conflict more probable. He will push hard for a alliance with the United State.
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Bechler confirming Paulinho said yes to a return to China.
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The same as you guys. So far in Brazil, they´re only quoting Mundo Deportivo about the rumors of a return to China. If the offer really exists, you definitely should take the money.
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The belgian one, I think it´s Mousa. Moussa is the Celtic one.
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Mousa or Ousmane?
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Great news, Antoñito! Arthur needs to move to Europe, he´s ready.
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Inter is interested in Suso. They have already initiated contact with his agent and Milan is aware of the interest and is already waiting for an official offer. Players moving from Inter to Milan and vice-versa is not an uncommon occurrence. Meazza, Pirlo and Seedorf are some examples I can remember from the top of my mind, but I´m sure there are more.
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Bad news for Barça, but at the same time, it may be good for the kid. At Monaco, he´ll get more playing time.
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I was about to ask you it. I mean, isn´t finding job at sports media easier in Canada than in Peru? I studied with a guy who covers Atlético Paranaense for GloboEsporte.com, that´s a good gig to start, but he´s so diehard and passioned about the team that I´m afraid that he maxed out. I´d love to see him getting to national media, I´ve always liked him.
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Róger Guedes is playing really well. He is the top score of Campeonato Brasileiro with 9 goals in 12 games. Hopefully he decides to move to Shakhtar or Benfica and not Saudi Arabia, he´s too good. On Sunday, he scored those two amazing goals: And today he scored another nice goal:
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Congratulations for the kid @Eco .
