Comments on: Samuel Eto’o to Inter, Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barcelona. Who’d get the better deal?

By: Rolandinho

Rolandinho — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:42:12 +0000

I am a Man Utd fan and I think the craziest of transfers ever in the history of soccer is the eto’o ibra swap. Ibra is better on the ball and i don’t think that’s what barca need cuz they got messi,xavi,iniesta to provide the final passes.What they need is a finisher which eto’o is the best in that position. Remember…eto’o joined barca in 2004/2005 season and came from the bench to replace henrik larson..still he scored 24 league goals and did the UCL finals job done twice for barca.Which manager will let go a player who netted 30 league goals the previous season if not for …. Stoichkov wasn’t down for that swap but guardiola wouldn’t want sammy to beat the record of top goal scorrer in the history of FCB shirt….racist?hhhmm..uummm.i think rite huh!

By: Ojukwu

Ojukwu — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:11:57 +0000

Eto’o has the magic you need to win in a hghly profiled competition. I hate the craz abot Ibra when he doesnt give results. Any serious coach need to listen to the wishes of the fans as well. Barca keep Eto’o for the love of football and winning or loos him and count yourselves on the way to doom.

By: smarterthanmachinegooner

smarterthanmachinegooner — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:30:39 +0000

Not only has zlatan had a blistering start to his barca career, but you morons are completely ignorant. Goes missing against Roma, Milan and Juve??? He has score many goals against Roma and milan, and has had several good matches against juve (although goaless). What planet are you weirdos from?? Do you just read bollocks posted by someone else and believe it? I have personally watched Zlatan score magnificant individual goals against milan and roma, and seen him tear juve apart. Just becase you dont score, doesnt mean you havent played well.

Eto’o is a great finisher, but has nothing else to offer. Zlatan is a target man, a finisher, a provider, and scores plenty of individual goals.

Machine gooner funk is a moron who knows nothing about football.

By: GeneTinsley

GeneTinsley — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:30:55 +0000

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By: CEDRICK

CEDRICK — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:58:18 +0000

ALL THESE NOISE THAT WE ARE MAKING IS 4 WHAT??WHO IN THE WORLD DOESN’T KNOW EO’O IS BETTER THAN ZLATAN??YOU ARE COMPARING THE TWO PLAYERS IN WHICH WAY??IN SCORING GOALS OR WHAT??IF IS FOR GOAL SCORING THEN GO TO HELL ETO’O IS GOOD FOR THAT.I AM A BARCA FAN BUT HAVE DECIDED TO SWITCH TO INTER BECAUSE OF THAT STRIKER.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:58:01 +0000

Both teams will have to change their tactical approach and mentality on the pitch: Internazionale used Ibrahimovic as a anchor man , a sort of pivot , for he likes to have the ball, dribble, slow down the game. Inter often played long passes , and Ibra’s tendency to hold up the ball gave the team time to come up.
Barcelona , instead, like to play short passages, you can rarely see long balls, for it wouldn’t benefit players like messi, henry, iniesta, xavi, or even bojan.
Ibrahimovic shall probably score more than few goals, anyway, but his primadonna tendencies on the pitch will most likely affect the choral action of the team, making it less smooth and enjoyable.
As for Internazionale , they’ll have to play differently in order to activate eto’o and take advantage of his pace and finishing skills. A player like Sneijder could become vital.

By: cyril

cyril — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:14:51 +0000

62 millions on the top of the free transfer of Eto’o…. Barça is just crazy. If Ibra’s valuation is about 92 millions, Eto’o valuation should be the same. They have the same age – 27 for Ibra, 28 for Eto’o… But the last 5 years Eto’o scored 107 goals in 144 games and Ibra 80 goals in 158. Eto’o scored more than 2 goals in 3 games. It’s just insane! Even if Ibra scored an average of 1 goal in 2 games, it’s much less than Eto’o.
So I definitely don’t understand this deal valuating eto’o 3 times less than Ibra… Sorry but Barca get a fuked up deal!

By: mo

mo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:04:32 +0000

Inter, purely for the money they get as well

By: Omar

Omar — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:03:49 +0000

I am a Barca fan, and I have to say I am definitely sad to see Sammy go. One of the most important things Barca will miss with Eto’o game is his pace and the pressure he puts on opposing defense in their half. I’m not too worried because as far as talent goes, the two are very close and both are world class. I just hope Ibra can play the 1-2 with Messi the way Sammy did. Unfortunately I think Inter has the better deal on this one with Eto’o, Hleb (who is pretty worthless), and the money. In addition, Bojan will not be getting off the bench anymore than he did last year, he still needs a little more development time.

By: Benhameen

Benhameen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:22:41 +0000

I think Ibrahimovic is one of the most talented players in the world today, but I wonder if he is what Barcelona need. He was THE man at Inter, their best player. Like Henry was before he made the swap to the Nou Camp. And although Henry is still undoubtedly a top-class player he seems to have lost the flair and skill that he had at Arsenal. I just wonder if Ibra will struggle in the same way. Another thing is that Ibra doesnt play as a lone striker he likes to create as much as he likes to score, and so I think he won’t be anything like as prolific as Eto was but he will still create more goals than Eto could ever do. Therefore the success lies in the weigh-off between these two factors.