Higuaín

[john@staustell]

This fella anyone? From AS today. Not sure I follow the logic of selling your best striker to buy other players, but it would be typical of mindless Madrid!

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/futbo ... ftb_18/Tes

Higuaín could follow in the footsteps of Robben and Sneider

Gonzalo Higuaín is for sale. madrid haven't improved their contract offer and the Argentinian's camp consider that this stance demonstrates that the intention of the club is to sell El Pipita this summer. Higuaín's priority is to stay at Madrid, but he notes that the club prefer to sell him. On Saturday he spoke in passing after the match: "The people know that I have given everything for this club. If only I could carry on, but it's not certain."

The possible sale of Higuaín hasn't gone un-noticed among the greats of Europe, who have sounded out his advisers about the possibility of signing him, but at no time have his agents negotiated with another club behind Madrid's back.

Chelsea, Manchester City y Manchester United are interested in signing Higuaín if Real, as seems likely, decide to put him on the market. And he can also count on offers from Italy, according to sources close to the player.

Those close to El Pipita consider that the whites have prepared the ground for a sale. First stalling the contract improvement negotiations and then staging big debates every time he misses a goal. The player's intention is to stay, but he sees his case similar to those of Robben and Sneider and believes that the club thinks they can fill their coffers from his sale in order to finance new reinforcements. At the start of the season, Higuaín turned down an offer from Zenit which would have tripled his pay. Convinced of his abilities, he stayed playing as the reserve striker and ended up being first choice, forming with Ronaldo one of the best attacking partnerships in the world.

Higuaín remains convinced of his abilities and it doesn't bother him having competition for the top spot, but he doesn't understand, according to those around him, why Madrid have stopped his contract negotiations, as he is paid very poorly considering his performances and goals. He doesn't want to compare himself with team mates, but considers it an injustice to be paid 3 times less than players who haven't achieved his goals.

From Madrid there is no official recognition of a desire to sell Higuaín, just like there wasn't last summer with Robben and Sneider. The reason to sell him is because he's the player for whom they could get most money to reinvest in new signings. The deciding fixture of La Liga is still to be played, and then there's the World Cup, but it's the future of Higuaín that will monopolise attention in Madrid this summer, together with the new signings that arrive. Higuaín wants to stay, but knows that they want to sell him.


Gonzalo Higuaín está en el mercado. El Madrid no ha avanzado en su oferta de mejora de contrato y en el entorno del argentino consideran que ese plante demuestra que la intención del club es traspasar al Pipita este verano. La prioridad de Higuaín es quedarse en el Madrid, pero nota que el club prefiere traspasarlo. El sábado, incluso, habló en pasado tras el partido: "La gente sabe que lo he dado todo por este club. Ojalá siga, pero no está cerrado".

El rendimiento de Higuaín no ha pasado desapercibido entre los grandes de Europa, que han sondeado a su entorno la posibilidad de contratarlo, pero en ningún momento los agentes del delantero han negociado a espaldas del Madrid con otro club.

Chelsea, Manchester City y Manchester United están interesados en contratar a Higuaín si el Madrid, como parece, decide ponerlo en el mercado. Y también cuenta con ofertas de Italia, según fuentes cercanas al jugador.

El entorno del Pipita considera que el conjunto blanco ha preparado el camino para venderle. Primero frenando la negociación de la mejora de contrato que le había ofrecido y después montando debates permanentes cada vez que falla un gol. La intención del jugador es quedarse, pero ve su caso parecido al de Robben y Sneijder y cree que el club piensa hacer caja con su traspaso para financiar los nuevos refuerzos. Al principio de temporada, Higuaín desechó una oferta del Zenit que le triplicaba la ficha. Convencido de sus posibilidades, se quedó partiendo como el delantero suplente y volvió a ganarse la titularidad, formando con Cristiano una de las mejores parejas atacantes del mundo.

Higuaín sigue convencido de sus posibilidades y no le importa volver a competir para ganarse el puesto, pero no entiende, según su entorno, por qué el Madrid ha parado la mejora de su contrato, muy por debajo de su rendimiento en el campo. No quiere compararse con otros compañeros, pero considera un agravio comparativo ganar tres veces menos que futbolistas que no han logrado sus números.

Cotizado.
Desde el Madrid no se reconoce oficialmente que la intención es traspasar a Higuaín, como tampoco se hizo el verano pasado con Robben y Sneijder. El objetivo es venderlo porque es el jugador de la plantilla por quien más dinero se puede facturar para reinvertir en nuevos fichajes. Aún queda la jornada decisiva de la Liga y luego llega el Mundial, pero el futuro de Higuaín será una de las noticias que monopolizará la atención en el Madrid en el próximo verano, junto a los refuerzos que lleguen. Higuaín quiere seguir, pero nota que le quieren vender.

[Mike J]

would take him in a heartbeat. quality striker, i reckon he'd be great in the prem.

rumour is that he doesnt get on well with ronaldo at all so im assuming if this is true about wanting to flog him its because they want to keep their prized asset happy.

[avoidconfusion]

I still cannot see them sell him. They would be mental!

[Wooders]

See how he partners up with Carlos in the summer first

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

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[john@staustell]

'Higuaín leaving' stories are now all over the Spanish and Argie media.

Chelsea and €40M are mentioned a fair bit.

Still not convinced Abramovic wants to spend big again, and they've just stated today they wont have a bidding war with City.

Maybe we'll leave them clear for Higuaín so we can have a clear run at someone else, as per Marwood's meeting with the Chelsea bloke the other day?

[Beeks]

I'm sure Apache and Zabs will sway their team mate into making the right choice ;-)

[Crossie]

Swap for Adebayor,

Everybodies happy

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[edge275]

Yes please! I think Higuain is brilliant.

[Dameerto]

Alternatively this could have been leaked by his agent as an negotiating tactic - link him several well known and wealthy clubs and drop a rather large hint about him being underpaid relative to his achievements, then go into a meeting with club officials and thrash out a new deal.

[gillie]

Gerrard>Real Higuian>City or the other way round if you believe Real need the money to finance the Gerrard deal.

[john@staustell]

[cdncityfan]

It may very well boil down to the respect factor as well. Despite outscoring Ronaldo and being on Messi's heels almost the entire La Liga season, Higuain rarely gets the respect his workrate deserves at Real Madrid and in the Real Madrid supporting press. Much like the Robinho case, being used as a make-weight or playing second fiddle to a former-Rag primadonna (Beckham in Robinho's case, Ronaldo in Higuain's) is more than many footballers can take. Would absolutely love Higuain to come to City!