I have no idea what you are getting at here but I assume that you are saying that your team is going to make a fortune from selling players, if it does indeed come to that. I will agree with you to that point. Hulk, Falcao and Moutinho will fetch a hefty fee and it means that Porto can bring in more players. Will they bring in people with the same quality that is going out the door? Probably not unfortunately. That's just how football works, I'm afraid.
I was trying to say that for this player have the attention of the big teams in the Europe is because they have done something good for that, and you are totally trying to take FC Porto their credits for every title they won last season.
Hulk is a good player and has many interested suitors. If he does indeed move, then I assume you will be happy. You should be happier that you will be receiving a fee of around 25 million Euros for him. I don't think he's worth it but there are teams out there that can afford that fee and will pay it to capture him.
In matter of fact I will, he just explodes in Big Games, and in Portugal a FC Porto vs Feirense isn't a game that draws the attention of anyone, so he just cares to much with his own belly.
His termination clause is precisely for the purpose that no one buys him from under the nose of Porto. If Lionel Messi had a termination clause of £100 million, I am sure that many teams would be clamouring to pay that fee.
Well the news around here is that Pinto da Costa (FC Porto President - the one with more titles than any other president
) will not sell any player, unless they pay the termination clause, just look for Villas-Boas, 15M for a manager, we should be proud of that.
Of course I know it. However, there are parallels that can be dran between the two leagues. They are a smaller league than their neighbours and have less money to play around with. Two teams tend to dominate the league every season and the league is hurt because of that. Let's face it, Porto ran away with the league this season and showed the gulf in class between them and other teams in the league. Much like the SPL, once you get down the table a little, you see the quality quickly drop off. Who here (except you obviously) have ever heard of Naval or Portimonense? No one, that's who.
If you look at the English Premier League, there is quality right through the league. Any team could win the league and any team could be relegated. That is not true of both of the former leagues I mentioned.
Of course, this is like comparing a city to Portugal, the Premier League is very good and the football is always head to head which is exciting.
Everton, Newcaste, Portsmouth, Bolton, Aston Villa, hell even teams in the Coca Cola League people usually know.
It is a all different divison, of course, but if you saw any game from Porto this season I think that he has a great chance in the Champions League, and well he won it in 2004, what a shock wasn't it?
That's precisely what I am saying.
Liverpool were going through a horrible phase under Roy Hodgson. I guarantee you that if you were to play them now, they would be a completely different kettle of fish.
You are wrong, of course Arsenal and Man Utd are in other level, but FC Porto is the team that can go head to head with no fear of Liverpool and still get the victory without a surprise.
Not to call you stupid or anything but this is the most ignorant statement I have read on here in quite some time. Sure, Gareth Bale is their talismanic player but they also have a wealth of quality from back to front. Modric has been an utter sensation at Tottenham and so has Van Der Vaart, Sandro is an amazing player and so is Steven Pienaar. Saying that they put their eggs in the one Welsh basket is ridiculous. Especially when Porto are doing the exact same thing with Falcao.
Tottenham don't have a world class striker, sure they have a lot of talented players, I never said otherwise but you are totally disfavoring Porto.
Helton is by far better goalkepper than Gomes it is true, and everybody can see that.
We have Sapunaru, Rolando, Otamendi and Alvaro Pereira on the defense line, all of them are being rumored to big transfers, Otamendi is being scouted by Barcelona since the first day he touch his feet on Porto.
In the middle we have Fernando, which is even linked with Inter, João Moutinho that his linked to Chelsea and Barcelona (if Fabregas is going to stay in Arsenal, than they will most likely advance to Montolivo or Moutinho, at least it was I read in Marca.com)
Guarin had an incredible season, did you saw the best goal of the year? It wasn't Rooney super goal, it was Freddy Guarin's goal.
In the front we have James Rodriguez, the 19 year old kid that his evaluated in 45M and Inter is thinking about hiring him.
Hulk, well is Hulk.
And Falcao is just a dream striker for every time in the world.
I don't know what team you support, but name me players in Porto that you would want in your team?
Besides that, don't miss the Europe Supercop and you will see what I'm talking about, they are going to play head to head, you'll see.
. theyre a good team but i dont think theyre good enough to be the 3rd best team in the world. but they could be, as long as they dont sell Falcao