bonavinter Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 My board of directors at Barcelona were happy, or even very happy, don't remember, at last season's sale of Andres Iniesta. Got €25M for him from Chelsea. Not exactly overpriced for such a good player. (I sold because I wanted to make the game more challenging, in my first season the team was a self playing piano) Now, in my third season, I bought Sergio Agüero for €60M, matching his minimum fee release clause, and I get, "however, the board are slightly disappointed with the signing of Sergio Agüero". Why? He's a quality player, and we now have four very good strikers in the team, Giuseppe Rossi, David Villa, Bojan and Agüero. Is there a reasonable explanation for this? I mean they gave me €172M for transfers and I think I spent it relatively wisely (?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nax Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 60M for any player is a lot of money. There's no way 60M for aguero can be called money well spent. To put things into perspective, so you sold iniesta for 25M and bought aguero for 60. Is aguero worth more than double iniesta? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonavinter Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 60M for any player is a lot of money. There's no way 60M for aguero can be called money well spent. To put things into perspective, so you sold iniesta for 25M and bought aguero for 60. Is aguero worth more than double iniesta? Like I said, I needed the challenge. 1st season was just too easy, so I decided to offload Xavi and Iniesta to make it harder. And everyone knows it's hard to get high fees when you sell, at least compared to what you have to shell out to buy some players. And to put it in even more perspective, just weeks before the Agüero transfer I also bought Thiago Silva for €68M. They said nothing about this transfer. Surely the Agüero transfer should be considered better for the team? And finally, if I sold Iniesta at what seems to be a bargain, why would the board of directors be very happy about it? Makes very little sense to me and just seems random. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPompey Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Is 60 million good value. Best way to change the boards view is for him start paying of his fee by playing well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgar555 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 If Athletico are considered a rival (I think they are a minor one) then the board will be annoyed for a while. But it's Kun Aguero, once he plays and scores then everyone will love him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pb1uk Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Might be due to the amount spent, as no doubt he's a quality player. Like said above over time if he bangs them in they'll soon forget about that. Another thought is that he could be a player that could cause disruption? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaru5 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 have you checked the confidence page to see what the fans think? Aguero has probably played garbage or certainly not to the level one would expect of a 60million signing and that's why the board are 'disappointed' Fans are fickle, you know? They expect 10 ratings every week from a big money signing, 6's and 7's don't cut the mustard... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim justice Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 its the rivals thing, i got ramos/higuain to barcelona for £8m/£15m and they complained like hell. once they play well, all will be forgotten! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrahimAliMaher Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Like I said, I needed the challenge. 1st season was just too easy, so I decided to offload Xavi and Iniesta to make it harder. You could've just not played as (arguably) the best team in the world, surely that would make more sense than starting as barca then ruining them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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