October 15, 2009
In their relentless quest for a Champions League title, classless club Manchester City is planning their next move: pull an Inter-Barca-esque swap. City is willing to offer their star striker, Robinho, in exchange for their pick of Carles Puyol, Thierry Henry, Yaya Toure, and Eric Abidal. The big guns at City were denied their original offer- Robinho for Messi, and will potentially pick from the four previously stated players.
Robinho has not been happy at City in the year he’s been there- apparently he originally thought he was going to Man United when he was told Manchester had outbid Chelsea, the club he thought he was going to in the first place. Now he’s making public statements, much like the last time this possible transfer came up, about how badly he’d like to play with Barcelona and how honored he be to play beside Messi and Iniesta.
I can almost understand this sort of transfer, but I am entirely too attached to Barcelona to see any of them leave for City. Inter is an excellent team and we got a great striker in return this summer so I was ok with the Eto’o-Ibra trade. My problem with this potential transfer is that Robinho seems like a real asshole, kind of like the guy we unloaded onto Inter Milan this summer.
Plus, all four of the players that are potentially going to be offered by Barcelona are vital players! Puyol is the backbone of the defense, Henry composed the Triplet offense of Mess-Henry-Eto’o, Toure is great in the midfield, and Abidal is…a decent defender. My point is that losing them is not worth gaining a shotty striker with the mood-swings of a teenage girl. No thanks.
The transfer, which is right now non-existent and not being acknowledged by either club, is said to take place this winter when the transfer window opens in January.
