Marc Crosas from Barcelona

[Andy]

I'm sure he will sign tommorow. Does he still need to do a medical or has that been done already?

27 flights from the US bound for Glasgow tonight, all but two are now in the air so fingers crossed he's on his way.

[auh2o422]

Originally Posted by HOLY GOALIE

Barcelona say he has signed for initial fee of £400,000 Sounds like a good bit of business Source- Sky sports news

Link please?

[Messi 10]

Originally Posted by Andy

I'm sure he will sign tommorow. Does he still need to do a medical or has that been done already?

27 flights from the US bound for Glasgow tonight, all but two are now in the air so fingers crossed he's on his way.

lets hope he doesnt pick up an injury on the plane eh ?

going to florida last year my legs were fucked, had cramp for like 6 days after the flight, waking up every night in agony with it in my calves.

[HOLY GOALIE]

go on sky sports news and wait for spl and it will tell you

[auh2o422]

Originally Posted by HOLY GOALIE

go on sky sports news and wait for spl and it will tell you

Ugh, time and effort...

[Andriy.Dynamo]

I hear there's a buy back clause

[hoopymo]

yeah, we heard that days ago, apparently its 25%

[Don Corleone]

It's a €2m buy back clause if Barca want him back for the 10-11 season but if they decide they don't want him or if he doesn't want to go back and we sell him on Barca get 25% of that sell on fee.

[b1gs341]

This might work like a 2 year loan with buy-on option.

If he plays well here (but not super world class as hes only 20) and Barca is so deep they don't want him/he doesn't want to sit at Barca then we might be able to negotiate a new deal at 4-5m to keep him.

If not we spend 400k-1.1m for a solid DM cover or a world class player that Barca would really want to keep. Anyway it goes we win in the end.

[HOOPBHOY ' 67]

Crosas: “A period of my life is over”

David Saura (enviat especial)


Marc Crosas, who joined Barça aged 13, is on the point of finalising his transfer to Celtic and recognises that this means that “a period of my life is over”.

The midfielder and cousin of Albert Jorquera was about to start his eighth season at Barça but in the end had to look for another team after being discarded by the coach. “I’ve been told right from the start I wasn’t part of their plans,” he said. “Things change a lot in football but you’ve got to be smart when you see how many excellent players they’ve signed.”

He is not sad to go but leaving Barça is a tough decision for any ex-academy player: “A period of my life is over. When you start out as a kid your goal is to make it to the first team but not everyone can get there. Football doesn’t stop here.”

Little playing time

The Catalan player regretted the fact that he hasn’t played much recently and therefore has not been able to show if he’s good enough or not to stay. He says he is going to improve as a player and that “time will tell whether I could have made it here”.

Celtic’s interest

Marc Crosas said that he had offers from other teams but in recent days the current Scottish champions have shown a lot of interest and “maybe that’s what tipped the balance, though things aren’t yet tied up”. The club has agreed basic terms for the transfer of the player in return for half a million euros plus €900,000 as a variable sum depending on the player’s game time, classification for the Champions League and titles won.

The 20-year-old midfielder says the chance to play in the Champions League again after having done so with Barça is attractive, but not with Olympique de Lyon, where he has been on loan for half a season. “Playing in a tournament like this is always important,” he said. His new side is “tough and very good”.


:FCBarcelona.cat


Sorry just noticed this has been posted already

[studatelya]

fecking top class

[Hammy89]

Originally Posted by b1gs341

This might work like a 2 year loan with buy-on option.

If he plays well here (but not super world class as hes only 20) and Barca is so deep they don't want him/he doesn't want to sit at Barca then we might be able to negotiate a new deal at 4-5m to keep him.

If not we spend 400k-1.1m for a solid DM cover or a world class player that Barca would really want to keep. Anyway it goes we win in the end.

we are buying him. we don't need to buy him again. its not a two year loan. its not a loan at all, its a purchase with a clause of a buy-back of £1.5m by Barca in the summer of 2010. if he decides to stay or Barca don't come back for him, we do no need to shell out more money.

[Commander Gree]

Originally Posted by Hammy89

we are buying him. we don't need to buy him again. its not a two year loan. its not a loan at all, its a purchase with a clause of a buy-back of £1.5m by Barca in the summer of 2010. if he decides to stay or Barca don't come back for him, we do no need to shell out more money.

Exactly!!

[Nimrod]

Anyone know if he played for Barca last night ?

[ChristianH]

He didn't

FC Barcelona: Valdes, Alves (Piqué 45'), Márquez (Cáceres 61'), Puyol, Abidal, Xavi (Gudjohnsen 45'), Keita (Touré 45'), Iniesta (Busquets 45'), Henry (Jeffren 61'), Eto'o (Bojan 45'), Hleb (Pedro 45')