Belletti may quit Barca

[Jimbo 175]

Juliano Belletti says he wants to stay at Barcelona, but admits he is considering offers from other clubs.

 

The Brazilian full-back's chances were limited last season following the arrival of Gianluca Zambrotta and Lilian Thuram from Juventus.

 

Belletti is also believed to be one of the players Barca are looking off-load after the arrival of defenders Eric Abidal and Gabi Milito in the summer.

 

 

"It's difficult. Barcelona say they want me to stay and I want to stay, but we're hearing other things," Belletti explained.

 

"My agent is listening to offers and so are the club, I think."

 

Belletti has been included in the Barca squad for Wednesday's friendly against Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium.

[Tom 14021]

Never heard of him but me brother reckons he's good,

like Ashley cole but taller

[Guest Patrokles]

He's a good player. Always nice to have a Brazilian full-back, too.

[Shearergol 0]

Never heard of him but me brother reckons he's good,

like Ashley cole but taller

 

I get what he's saying, in the sense that they're attack minded, but Cole is a much much better defender.

[Ketsbaia 0]

The Mail saying we're in for him. £3million fee quoted.

[Dr Gloom 22518]

isn't he a left back though? i would have thought right back would be the position we need to look at now we've sound enrique

[Scottish Mag 3]

isn't he a left back though? i would have thought right back would be the position we need to look at now we've sound enrique

 

He is a right back.

[Geordie Boyo 24]

isn't he a left back though? i would have thought right back would be the position we need to look at now we've sound enrique

 

Me too, but he sounds like he would be better covering that position than Babayaro whose never fit to in anyways.

[Geordie Boyo 24]

isn't he a left back though? i would have thought right back would be the position we need to look at now we've sound enrique

 

He is a right back.

 

 

Ahhh.

 

 

So in other words he's knowt like Ashely Cole...!

[Barney 0]

.com reckon that and Faye are happening today. Possible Yepes too.

[Geordie Boyo 24]

Steven Taylor's gonna feel under pressure surely.

 

Enrique

 

Rozehnal

Cacapa

Yipes

Faye

 

Taylor?

 

Personally I don't think the Yepes deal is gonna happen. I could be wrong, all though that's highly unlikely not to be the case.

 

I do think they should maybe send Huntington and even Edgar out on loan as they've gto no chance really.

[marci 0]

The El Mundo Deportivo says Allardyce will fly to Barcelona on Thursday to finalise the deal.

 

I hope this will come through, we need a proper right back ahead of Carr.

[Kid Dynamite 7312]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA7l7qOY9v0

 

22 times capped brazilian RB for £3mil. YES PLEASE!

Edited August 15, 2007 by J69

[Guest alex]

Steven Taylor's gonna feel under pressure surely.

 

Enrique

 

Rozehnal

Cacapa

Yipes

Faye

 

Taylor?

 

Personally I don't think the Yepes deal is gonna happen. I could be wrong, all though that's highly unlikely not to be the case.

 

I do think they should maybe send Huntington and even Edgar out on loan as they've gto no chance really.

Not arsed really. Taylor still has a hell of a lot to prove imo.

[Kid Dynamite 7312]

Ronaldinho speaking about belletti after his winning goal in the CL Final

 

 

Ronaldinho said: “To win this title for Barcelona, a team with 106 years, is amazing. Its a dream come true for me. Absolutely a wonderful day in my career. When Belletti came into the game we got even more aggressive. He was decisive for the victory over such a strong team. Belletti deserved to score. So many criticism, so many people saying a lot of things… but here in Europe he is considered one of the best in his position and, to me, one of the best in the world, so my happiness is doubled today. To see him becoming part of the football history, in a competition of such importance was a great pleasure to me. He totally deserved it”.

 

 

Belletti, soon after the game said that he was very happy with the recognition of the coach and the technical commission as well as the player’s that told him he deserved it. “When the best player in the world comes to you and say that you deserved it, what else can you expect?”

 

He was asked about his absence in the World Cup: “I’m very happy today knowing I helped our team to get in the tournament”.

 

I must be honest with you. I didn’t know that Belletti was under criticism. I absolutely can’t understand why, because in all the Barcelona’s matches I saw, he made the team more aggressive and more worthy of scoring. This fact just made his goal even more tasty, more important and more exciting. It can be an inspiration for our other ‘media/fans hunted’ players like Ronaldo and Adriano

[Geordie Boyo 24]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA7l7qOY9v0

 

22 times capped brazilian RB for £3mil. YES PLEASE!

 

 

You can just see the commentator using the palm of his hand doing an american indian impersonation when he scored. What was with the ambulance siren sounds afterwards too...!

[Jusoda Kid 1]

Steven Taylor's gonna feel under pressure surely.

 

Enrique

 

Rozehnal

Cacapa

Yipes

Faye

 

Taylor?

 

Personally I don't think the Yepes deal is gonna happen. I could be wrong, all though that's highly unlikely not to be the case.

 

I do think they should maybe send Huntington and even Edgar out on loan as they've gto no chance really.

Not arsed really. Taylor still has a hell of a lot to prove imo.

 

Agreed, shows the state of our defence really when he's our best defender

[richg 0]

An interesting comment from Ronaldinho. I was watching the spurs game and was concerned that we may struggle like they did if the strikers run out of steam. An aggresive full back could be a quality addition to add more dimensions to the squad.

[ewerk 31589]

Seems a strange choice after Sam's comments that he wants his full backs to be defenders first and foremost rather than wing backs.

[bassplayerjj 0]

to be honest I'd rather Ryan Taylor than Belletti. He's very suspect defensibely =/ if he gets Carr out the side then maybe he can win me over.

[Kid Dynamite 7312]

i think hes being bought TO get Carr out the first team tbh

[Barney 0]

Without doubt he's going to replace Carr. Quality player. Offers a shit load going forward.

[Guest alex]

i think hes being bought TO get Carr out the first team tbh

Random capitalisation there.

[David Kelly 1280]

I would like to see us have a fullback who can really contribute going forward (which I think is something that is important in the modern game) as we haven't really had one since Bernard was playing for us.

Belletti has always looked quality to me when I have seen him play for Barca.

[Craig 6700]

Steven Taylor's gonna feel under pressure surely.

 

Enrique

 

Rozehnal

Cacapa

Yipes

Faye

 

Taylor?

 

Personally I don't think the Yepes deal is gonna happen. I could be wrong, all though that's highly unlikely not to be the case.

 

I do think they should maybe send Huntington and even Edgar out on loan as they've gto no chance really.

 

Something which quite a few on here suggested some time ago would and should happen and why he shouldn't have been considered for the captaincy.

 

I don't think he's anywhere near a finished article - sure he has potential, but then so does Huntingdon and Edgar. Be interesting to see how he deals with it, if he's anything about him, he'll deal with the competition positively and up his game. If he flounces and asks for a transfer then he's an idiot!