Thiago Alcantara

man of the match

Was he really motm?

Officially yes, in my opinion it was Javi Martínez but still Thiago showed his insane ability. Just needs to improve his decision making at this stage.

Linked with dozens of top clubs now.

He's going to win the U-21 trophy tonight too. Bow down.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

special player

Another Dos Santos

Sublime.

another top notch post by dawsy. i don't think he understands football. thiago is a class act

i think dawsy is correct this time not as good as people making out

Arsenal want him in any deal for Cesc

CR7 - he's only 20, how good do you expect him to be at that age? He's making his mark at the best club in the world and has just signed a new 4 year deal, obviously he's not the finished article but then who is at 20?

biscuit barca dont mind getting rid of him that tells me everything i need to know

What makes you think Barca wouldnt mind getting rid of him?

This player is worth more than Cesc imho. Would be beyond crazy if they got rid of him. I suspect they won't

CR7 Joined: 04 Sep 10
Replies: 5783 27 Jul 11 21:52 
biscuit barca dont mind getting rid of him that tells me everything i need to know



Says who?
I know Wenger wants him as part of a deal but when and where did Guardiola say he didn't want him? He signed a 4 year deal last month.

JamDav1982
What makes you think Barca wouldnt mind getting rid of him?


I'm guessing the new long term contract they just rewarded him with.

'barca dont mind getting rid of him'

last i heard Pep Guardiola views the Spain Under-21s international as an important part of his plans for the new season.

What does that mean Phil? I asked what makes him think they wouldnt mind getting rid of him.

they said afew things like that in the summer jamdav then hes dad said he wants hes son to stay there then thiago come out and said he may leave to get first team football and you can ask barca4life they wanted was offering 30mil and thiago for cesc

I was being sarcastic JamDav1982, they quite clearly do want him.

At no point has it been said they offered £30m + Thiago for Cesc.

Guardiola has said since last January that Thiago would be in the first team this season.

ask barca4life jamdav it also says it in the barca thread

cr u mug

Well if barca4life says it, I guess it's true then.

He's had a few good games and the forum is w@nking over him, no doubt they did the same when Dos Santos first came on the scene. If Bebe or another United youngster did what Thiago did tonight there would be no w@nking over him.

Welbeck scored a stunning goal against Sunderland a few years ago when he was a kid. No w@nking from the forum then... ABU..

Who to beieve? Barca4life or Guardiola who said they will not let him go and have never considered it.

But bebe would never do anything like that

show me where pep says he will not let him go please

Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara has expressed his delight with his contract extension and is eager to prove his worth in the 2011-12 campaign.
Thiago ended speculation over his future on Wednesday when he signed a new deal with the Catalan giants until the summer of 2015, despite supposed interest from clubs such as Roma and Villarreal.

He told the club's official website: "It's a dream to continue with this team and this club. I am really happy. Now It’s time to share it with my family. I never thought about leaving. I’ve always wanted to be here.
"The club has already done everything for me. They’ve trained me, I’ve come up through the youth ranks, they trusted me to play last season in the first team, and they offered to renew my contract. Now it’s up to me to prove that I can play for Barcelona and help the team to stay at the top."

He's had a few good games and the forum is w@nking over him, no doubt they did the same when Dos Santos first came on the scene. If Bebe or another United youngster did what Thiago did tonight there would be no w@nking over him.

Welbeck scored a stunning goal against Sunderland a few years ago when he was a kid. No w@nking from the forum then... ABU..

bebe?!? ha another classic from dawsy. I've heard bebe is awesome on youtube.....

just because you are a man utd fan you really shouldn't talk complete rubbish all the time.

Guardiola: “Thiago is playing at a very high level. I believe a lot in him, maybe more than his own father.”

Guardiola: "Thiago has great skills, a lot of personnality, there's a lot of competition but we'll try for him to have minutes."

Guardiola: "It was always clear to us we wanted to keep Thiago. At his age now, Xavi and Iniesta weren't playing at his level."

Barcelona starlet Thiago Alcantara claims he could be tempted away from Camp Nou.

The highly-rated midfielder helped Spain's U21 side to European Championship glory on Saturday, with his spectacular 40-yard strike putting the seal on a 2-0 victory over Switzerland.

He can now turn his attention back to domestic action and a potentially pivotal 2011/12 campaign in Catalunya.

Although he is considered to be a top talent by the Barca coaching team, Thiago has been forced to bide his time on the bench for long periods since joining the first-team fold.

At just 20 years of age he has plenty of time to force his way through, but it remains to be seen whether he is prepared to be that patient.

Thiago does not hide the fact that he is ambitious and admits that he would be willing to leave Barca for the good of his career.

"I would be lying if I said that my dream is to succeed at Barca," he said.

"My dream is to succeed in football. I want to be a player who people remember for ever."

CR7 there is the quotes that Pep says he wants to keep him.

Where are the quotes saying they offered him for Cesc?

Please dont quote Barca4Life on another thread.

i havent seen no quotes m8 just saw it on afew sites and barca4life was saying he was hearing it from hes contacts so i believed it

Well Pep Guardiola has said the exact opposite. If you choose not to believe that then fair enough.

this is the first time iv seen them quotes from pep

ttt

!

He's just been called up to the Spanish senior team

Thiago is the future, I'm a huge fan, cant believe the nonsense on this thread concerning myself, There was a rumour were Thiago was going to be used in the Cesc deal, Were he would go out on loan for a year to arsenal to sweeten the deal and I posted it, his father came out to rubbish these claims, I would love anyone to post a comment I made were I said I have contacts, I don't have contacts, I never have had contacts so stop posting crap to please your own comments, Apart from that, Top thread and it proves Pep was right all along when he said we have better players than Wilshire in our B team and I have no doubt you will be able to find comments on this forum were I said similar and I got shot down for it.

Another game, another goal.

tried to back him fgs and ags not in goal market ffs

Same here.

He's making some of the people in this thread look like fools.

Phil - have you got some infatuation with Thiago?

im not 100% sure, but i think he already has a bird

Mmm.

Thiago was very impressive the other night. In fact, pretty much the whole side were, Sanchez, Fabregas, and ofcourse Messi.

As for the Wilshere comparison.. he is equally as talented. I think the performances of Nasri at the weekend and Cesc also have shown just how much easier it is for them to perform when playing alongside players of equal ability.

If you took Thiago Alcantara out of the Barcelona  midfield set-up and stuck him in the Arsenal one, alongside the likes of Rosicky and Arshavin, then he wouldn't look half the player he does at Barca.

Believe me, Wilshere is everybit as talented as Alcantara. Thats a fact.

thiago MUCH better than wilshere and i should know

In what way is it a fact?

DawsyReturns Joined: 17 May 11
Replies: 3543 27 Jul 11 21:25 
Another Dos Santos


CR7 Joined: 04 Sep 10
Replies: 8534 27 Jul 11 21:45 
i think dawsy is correct this time not as good as people making out

DawsyReturns Joined: 17 May 11
Replies: 3543 27 Jul 11 21:25
Another Dos Santos


CR7 Joined: 04 Sep 10
Replies: 8534 27 Jul 11 21:45
i think dawsy is correct this time not as good as people making out

PMSL!
He plays the same position as Xavi, and we don't miss Xavi when he's not on the field. Xavi 3rd best in the world. Ok Xavi is better, but Thiago IMO could well be in the top 20 for fifa best player award this year.

i was right

this lad is absolute top drawer no doubt

I miss Dawsy's pearls of wisdom on here

Moe, What do you mean by we? Your a Notts Forrest fan, Stop jumping on the bandwagon you mug, Sad, Very sad

Biscuit1979
Date Joined: 16 Nov 10
Add contact | Send message
When: 31 Aug 11 13:50
Joined:
Date Joined: 16 Nov 10
| Topic/replies: 11,200 | Blogger: Biscuit1979's blog
DawsyReturns Joined: 17 May 11
Replies: 3543 27 Jul 11 21:25
Another Dos Santos


CR7 Joined: 04 Sep 10
Replies: 8534 27 Jul 11 21:45
i think dawsy is correct this time not as good as people making out


yes i was wrong

Dawson and CR6 making fools of themselves, what's new

post from aarong must be a mug smiley #stillblocked

Barca4Ever
31 Aug 11 16:35
Joined:
17 Aug 11
| Topic/replies: 388 | Blogger: Barca4Ever's blog
Moe, What do you mean by we? Your a Notts Forrest fan, Stop jumping on the bandwagon you mug, Sad, Very sad


If you ever have to get a new screen name, promise me it will be stalker4life (stalker4ever is equally valid).

Please stop going completely off topic with nonsense. I live under 100km from Barcelona, since about 15 years ago. You live in Ireland? Dont see your connection with the team...

Born and Bread in the Catalan City, Not a 100km From it, Your a Notts Forrest fan, Which you have admitted to, Your only connection to my club is like many you have jumped on the bandwagon, Now that is the end of the discussion, I have said my piece

You're just mean, i offered to send you a postcard and you just insult me in return. I hope this isn't some racist issue, you might get reported.

Btw born and "white" bread maybe? Or born and bred? I find it hard to understand you also know spanish whilst not knowing how to spell in English.

It's a forum and you only have spelling mistakes to fall back on, Are you a forrest fan? Now look who's getting of topic

*Forest. Much better.

Brian Clough would be turning in his grave, jumping ship when things start going badly wrong, Your not a proper football supporter, Your a glory hunter of the highest order, You have been exposed

“Thiago is a complete player who can play anywhere. It’s a privilege to have him on the team. He’s an extraordinary player” - Xavi

Disgraceful that he isn't on the anytime scorer options tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yVIrSFysro

Some player.

He was class against Athletic, I thought. A very skillful player.

Welcome aboard, the dza.

dreadful last nigth, couldnt finish his dinner, a fine talen tho all things considered!

So, Thiago ruled out of Olympics through injury...Spain struggle.

No coincidence pals.

No Thiago, no medal.

Would've also helped if they had a striker who could finish

True, although I rate Adrián.

Don't think the trio of Koke, Martínez and Isco worked - Ander and Thiago together ahead of Javi M looked much more suited last summer. Thiago was the key player back then so it's no surprise that even the likes of Neymar have been saying about what a loss he is to the tournament.

I can't work out why Spain didn't pick a striker like Llorente or Soldado as an overage player, seemed to be the only area of the side they're lacking in. Soldado didn't even go to the Euro's so he'd have surely been up for it

Agree that Thiago is a huge loss though.

Not that I agree completely with the reasoning, but they decided to "reward" Martínez, Mata and Adrián with places as the over-23 players because they helped Spain to qualify for the Olympics (through winning last years u21 Euros)

He returns!

Welcome back, king.

Sublime last night. If only Cesc was as good.

Can someone please hand me a rope? My favourite player moving to my most hated team. What a ****g combination.

**** Tito Vilanova, worst decision Barcelona have made in decades is favouring Cesc.

Who is he signing for phil?

Your club

I know we r favourites and want him but didn't know anything had changed. Be happy with him this season and Ronaldo next. Might improve our midfield a touch!

Not confirmed yet but rumours are growing every day. Plus, De Gea signed the match ball Thiago got for his hat-trick with 'See you in Manchester' (in Spanish, of course)

Enjoy, you've got a star.

Happy to be wrong about him going to Man Utd.

Devastated that he's going to Bayern Munich

Steal of the summer.

Unless he completely lied about wanting to leave Barca because of a lack of games, then i can't help but feel Thiago has been badly advised here.

Where does he fit into their side?

You mean with Ribery, Martinez, Robben, Shaqiri, Gotze, Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, Muller, Emre Can and Kroos?

Have you never heard of the 0-11-0 formation???!!!

He never actually said anything about wanting to leave the club, nor his reasons. That's all come from speculation based on the reason the clause was activated. I'd say the poor management by Vilanova was the main factor though, the lack of faith he had in Thiago(and other youth players) was disgraceful - for example playing Xavi on painkillers AFTER the league was won instead of playing Thiago.

As for where he fits in, aye that's a tough one alright. I'd guess Martínez will be moved to centre back seeing as Pep wanted him to play there when he tried to sign him for Barcelona. Guess the rest depends on formation, could be Schweinsteiger, Kroos and Thiago in the centre with Ribéry, Götze and Müller upfront? Not sure.

Why are Barca selling Thiago to the team that just destroyed them in the Champions League? Bayern are Barca's biggest threat in Europe for the next few seasons. Asking for trouble imo.

They had no choice, he had a release clause (Bayern paid more than it because it was beneficial to both clubs but either way Barcelona had no say). The stupid thing though was that Vilanova didn't care, or know, about the clause and criminally underused him so his buyout clause lowered from €90m to €30m.

I think this is absouloute suicide from barca in terms of champs lge concerned. I think this lad will be beter than xavi or iniesta as mad as that may sound

Certainly is a big call but I definitely agree that it's suicide from Barcelona.

He's pretty close to Xavi's current level already and he'll definitely overtake him within the next season or so, but being better than Xavi or Iniesta at their peaks is no easy task. Still think he's got a better chance of reaching their level than any other midfielder in the world though.

Just scored his first Bayern goal...with his chest!

Phil, I enjoy reading your posts! You are very eloquent with your words! Hats off sir!!

An absolutely superb player and a world star for the next 12 years or so. Bayern are extremely clever with their transfer policy. The likes of Gotze and Thiago coupled with some superb playera coming through their youth system could see them dominate European football for years to come.

Errr thanks GODSEND, I think...

Interesting interview today. He says:

Man Utd never talked to him about a move this summer, the Barcelona board didn't even bother trying to talk him out of a move, and also hinted that Real Madrid tried to sign him.

Out for 7 weeks after injuring himself in his first league start for Bayern :( :( :(

Guy can't catch a break

Doe's he have a buy back clause?