Marc Crosas from Barcelona - TalkCeltic

ChristianH · 28-07-2008, 09:24 AM

Sevilla and Celtic are on the trail of Barcelona playmaker Marc Crosas after Olympique Lyonnais opted to not make his loan move to Stade Gerland permanent at the end of the season.

The 20-year-old midfielder was keen to stay in France for another season, but was instead recalled by Pep Guardiola and included in the squad for the trip to Scotland last week.

Sevilla have made their interest known and the club's sporting director, Monchi, and Barça's technical secretary, Txiki Begiristain, are believed to have discussed the player, according to Sport.

Communication between the two clubs is strong after the recent deals that saw Dani Alves and Seydou Keita move to Camp Nou and a deal could be struck if Crosas agrees.

It is unlikely that Barcelona will give up on the latest player off their production line to fill the creative position in the centre of midfield in the mould of Guardiola and Xavi.

Instead, the Blaugrana will allow Crosas to go back out on loan to gain more experience or be sold, but only with inclusion of a buy-back clause in his contract.

Celtic had scouts watching both of Barça's matches in Scotland, against Hibernian and Dundee United, and were impressed by what they saw of the midfielder.

Crosas impressed last term with Lyon during a six-month loan spell that saw him help the club win their seventh consecutive title, but an agreement could not be reached for him to extend that stay.

Lucas Brown, Goal.com

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Bhoys Dont Cry · 28-07-2008, 09:32 AM

havnt heard of him... but looks good on youtube

ScottishGhirl · 28-07-2008, 09:55 AM

seems good, but do we really need him?

ChristianH · 28-07-2008, 10:07 AM

It is difficult to say if he could fit into Scottish football. But overall I think he's a bigger talent than Sno and could easily if anything work out, be a better option than Donati.

kevtun1888 · 28-07-2008, 10:17 AM

We need to get rid of midfielders before we bring more in. Especially a talen that may or may not make an impact. If we were to bring in another midfielder it would have to be someone who can make an immediate impact. I think this deal is a non starter unless we can give them gravesen for a year HA HA

celtic-bhoy · 28-07-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kevtun1888

We need to get rid of midfielders before we bring more in. Especially a talen that may or may not make an impact. If we were to bring in another midfielder it would have to be someone who can make an immediate impact. I think this deal is a non starter unless we can give them gravesen for a year HA HA

absoloutely rite kevtun1888 we need to get rid of graveson and donati befor e we bring in more midfielders

cmilkbhoy · 28-07-2008, 11:07 AM

totally disagree we need to get rid of donatti and gravesen before we need new midfielders, wot if we got injuries god forbid and we had to play gravesen and donatti then you would be moanin about how we didnt bring that young kid in from barca and so on, we all know they 2 are useless but still need players in who can do a job

kevtun1888 · 28-07-2008, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by cmilkbhoy

totally disagree we need to get rid of donatti and gravesen before we need new midfielders, wot if we got injuries god forbid and we had to play gravesen and donatti then you would be moanin about how we didnt bring that young kid in from barca and so on, we all know they 2 are useless but still need players in who can do a job

Have you seen our list of midfielders? We have:

Mcgeady
Naka
Brown
Hartley
Mizuno
Robson
Donati
Gravesen
Sno
Mccourt
Riordan

Now you tell me if we get 1 or 2 injuries we wont be able to put a strong midfield together

We also have good players coming through who could have a run out in the SPL

Get rid of a couple before you bring an untried and untested kid from barca who may after all be pants week in and week out in the big mans league

Davey Bhoy · 28-07-2008, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kevtun1888

Have you seen our list of midfielders? We have:

Mcgeady
Naka
Brown
Hartley
Mizuno
Robson
Donati
Gravesen
Sno
Mccourt
Riordan

Now you tell me if we get 1 or 2 injuries we wont be able to put a strong midfield together

We also have good players coming through who could have a run out in the SPL

Get rid of a couple before you bring an untried and untested kid from barca who may after all be pants week in and week out in the big mans league

Couldn't agree more - some kid who is 5 foot 7 does not inspire me when it comes to grafting out a win at Tannadice on a winter's evening...

No thanks.

romeo9535 · 28-07-2008, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kevtun1888

Have you seen our list of midfielders? We have:

Mcgeady
Naka
Brown
Hartley
Mizuno
Robson
Donati
Gravesen
Sno
Mccourt
Riordan

Now you tell me if we get 1 or 2 injuries we wont be able to put a strong midfield together

We also have good players coming through who could have a run out in the SPL

Get rid of a couple before you bring an untried and untested kid from barca who may after all be pants week in and week out in the big mans league

LOL what a first 11! Who's the goalie?

Haha just reading through that list, it just shows how much dead wood we have!

col_p67 · 28-07-2008, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Davey Bhoy

Couldn't agree more - some kid who is 5 foot 7 does not inspire me when it comes to grafting out a win at Tannadice on a winter's evening...

No thanks.

Maradona is 5'7", as is Messi and Pele couldn't have been much bigger. It's not the size of the man in the fight....

cmilkbhoy · 28-07-2008, 11:37 AM

[quote=kevtun1888;606096]Have you seen our list of midfielders? We have:

Mcgeady
Naka
Brown
Hartley
Mizuno
Robson
Donati = pish
Gravesen = pish
Sno = has been pish
Mccourt = jury is out
Riordan = simply wont play

now that leaves me with 6 good players, are you happy with the other ones, i certainly am not

Davey Bhoy · 28-07-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by col_p67

Maradona is 5'7", as is Messi and Pele couldn't have been much bigger. It's not the size of the man in the fight....

You have just addressed 3 of the best players ever. Do you really think this guy is (or will ever be) as good?! No.

I take your point bud, i really do, but i prefer strong players for the SPL - for many reasons, but the ability to not get kicked to f^ck and miss every 2nd game is up there.....as is the prominence of the aerial game in Scotland.

Finally, how many sunshine players come here and do well? Not many...

col_p67 · 28-07-2008, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Davey Bhoy

You have just addressed 3 of the best players ever. Do you really think this guy is (or will ever be) as good?! No.

I take your point bud, i really do, but i prefer strong players for the SPL - for many reasons, but the ability to not get kicked to f^ck and miss every 2nd game is up there.....as is the prominence of the aerial game in Scotland.

Finally, how many sunshine players come here and do well? Not many...

It's not wise to make assumptions about his ability. He could be the next Moravcik for all we know. Barca obviously rate him, or they wouldn't include a buy-back clause. My only concern would be the lack of height we'd be sporting in the midfield. Other than Donati and Sno, I don't think we have a player over 6'. I do think we'd need to shift some players first though.

cmilkbhoy · 28-07-2008, 11:46 AM

I take your point bud, i really do, but i prefer strong players for the SPL - for many reasons, but the ability to not get kicked to f^ck and miss every 2nd game is up there.....as is the prominence of the aerial game in Scotland.

so nakamura and mizuno wot about them, there not strong. havent seen mizuno but naka defo aint but youd take him in ur mid. contradicting id say