'Hungry Vultures' Arsenal accused of waving money at Barcelona's best
Posted by SPORT WITNESS on November 20, 2013 at 19:25 in Sport Witness FootballView Discussions
The Catalan press can't stand it when Premier League clubs take talents from La Masia. The system in Spain prevents big deals being handed out to young players and therefore that presents opportunities for English clubs to take talent from the club without paying a transfer fee, and the operation is so cheap they can take several of La Masia's best over a few years.
In March of this year Catalan newspaper Sport branded Arsenal "obsessed" and called them "hungry vultures" for they way they were scouting La Masia players. Normally a club losing their young talent for nothing would receive sympathy but given what Barcelona have done to Arsenal over the years, it all seems more humourous than worrying.
The same newspaper today complained that Arsenal have approached three youngsters and feel that at least one of them will leave, but the club's big worry is Tonny Sanabria. The 17 year old forward could leave Barcelona for free in the summer and even though his father has spoken about wanting to stay, the Catalan media are worried on Barca's behalf about what they see as vulture tactics from clubs like Arsenal.
The other three youngsters are Alena, Carles Perez and Ayoub. If any of them do choose to leave, Sport are insistent that it will only be for money. They say the young players have to make a choice between fighting at the club which made them or taking the cash on offer.
I'm fine if Tonny were to leave. Of those mentioned in the post above, I wouldn't want Ayoub Abou & Carles Alena to leave. They're part of the famed '98 class which also features the Korean kid Lee Seung Woo. Those 3 should be a top priority to keep if Barca can. I think Pere Guardiola has signed Lee & Alena. Not sure about Abou.
Ayoub Abou should be a great midfielder one day, thrives playing centrally but can play up to 4 positions well. Very technical player even at a young age. He always had to play with older squads because of his technical ability. Deft touch with the ball too.
Carles Alena is being called the next Cesc. An attacking midfielder. Very good passer. Links up very well with his good friend Lee. Loves one touch passing whitch leads Lee to scoring but can also pop into the box to score as well.
Here are the rest of the most promising at La Masia
- Wilfred Kaptoum 17 year old midfielder
- Munir el Haddadi 18 year old forward
- Rodrigo Tarin 17 year old center back
- Oriol Busquets 14 year old playing defensive mid
- Alex Collado 14 year old attacking mid or winger
- Arnau Comas 14 year old defensive mid or center back
- Abel Ruiz Ortega 13 or 14 year old striker
- Enric Martinez 13 or 14 year old center mid
- Takefusa Kubo 12 year old striker. This mighty might Japanese kid is a goal scoring machine. He's so fun to watch. I think I read he scored 79 goals in one season
- Anssumane Fati 12 year old forward
- Adria Bernabe 12 year old midfielder
- Eric Garcia 12 year old defensive mid or center back
* These 12 year olds are part of an amazing class of '00 & '01.
@ whoever leaked info from Bayern. You know Pep will find out who did. He used to have his players at Barca under surveillance. He said when he finds out, that person will never play for him again... :x
Are you guys still linked with Cabella? Saw a rumor that United will go after Herrera again.
