saaby Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 tribalfooball.com - July 16, 2007 Everton have expressed interest in Villarreal midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme. Riquelme is being made available by Villarreal and enjoyed an outstanding Copa America with Argentina. The Daily Star Sunday says Everton boss Dave Moyes is considering a move for the midfield schemer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 ""Riquelme is being made available by Villarreal and enjoyed an outstanding Copa America with Argentina"". ......... That puts us out of the running then. Once other clubs hear that he's available, we wont stand a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 outstanding? hmmmm he was decent ... terribly badly last night...big stage against a weaker brazil team and he and his team failed to perform and got battered i don't want riquelme here anyway ... i don't think the english game would suit him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonButtle Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Riquelme did'nt do it for me either last night, he's still a class player though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuffRob Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 This roumour won't go away will it. Personally, I think he is a truly outstanding footballer - Although, heard he has an attitude problem - Villareal are not going to want to loan him out to another Spainish side, so I would think a go in the Prem would not be a bad idea- Everton may not be to bad a club for him for a 6 -12month loan- European football, couple of other Argies living local, apparently he likes the club and supporters after our tie with Villareal. Would a top 4 team want to have him on loan? Maybe not. Would he be a hit at Prem level - who knows, but I tell you one thing he is such a talented player he is the type would could just as easily be PFA Player of the season as be a flop. He is the type of player who could easily be the player that makes the difference between lifting the UEFA cup or not. Riquelme on loan - I would f8cking jump at the chance. Very little finaical risk with a loan player, and WHAT a player he is We can live in hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishtoffee Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 i agree he wasn't great last night but this guy has it all. Someone also says his game wouldn't suit the premiership , well i would totally disagree with that, class players can play in any league and he is a truly class player. Mentioned somewhere that if Moyes wants to play 4-5-1 then Riquelme would fit perfectly into that system in my opinion. All this said dont think we will see him at Goodison well not in the blue anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Second top goal scorer at the COPA with 5 goals. Defo take him on loan with a view to a perm. transfer at the end of it i think, just to see if he fits in with not only the team but the english game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuffRob Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 At Villareal his goal scoring record was 1:3 and it about the same at international level. That is pretty darn good for a attacking midfeilder, I bet his assits stats aren't to shabby either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Even if we did get him on loan to a buy do you really think we would pay the money for him? I dont, we had a chance to get one of the best players ive seen at Goodison in years and we didnt pay the money for him but we should have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fosse Captain Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 i agree, he's a truly oustanding footballer (who happened to under perform, like his colleagues, last night) IF we could get him it would, on face value be a magnificent signing. And i totally agree with RuffRob, he could be sensationally good or sensationally bad........to be honest.........i'd take the risk. Having said that, like licker points out, we've shown our hand to the world so watch some shite team out bid us........i'll keep dreaming though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J*A*C*K*E*L*Z Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 1 year left on his contract the price should be around 5 million riquelme is a one of and if its more they find the money. if you dont want riquelme who do you want!!! come on!!! he is a brilliant player! number 10 shirt left free for him there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomness Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Even if he flops in the league he'll do us a world of good in europe So please jeebus deliver us Riquleme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J*A*C*K*E*L*Z Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Even if he flops in the league he'll do us a world of good in europe So please jeebus deliver us Riquleme AMEN! (yah gotta say amen lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolio Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 would love to see this so im begging moyes to move now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Would love it to happen. BUT IT WON"T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillaGTiR Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 i dont see it comming off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 it won't happen nor do i want it to ... for 2 reasons 1. i'd lose a 10er 2. i don't think he'll cut it in the prem... and too much money for a uefa campaign when we need several other positions over him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 it won't happen nor do i want it to ... for 2 reasons 1. i'd lose a 10er 2. i don't think he'll cut it in the prem... and too much money for a uefa campaign when we need several other positions over him You dont want us to get a rated international player so you dont lose a tenner, nice....... ................... Anyway on the Riquelme issue I dont see it happening, just paper talks like the rest of the shite spouted about IMO. Quality player though, can be a bit hit and miss but would jump at the chance of having him playing for the Blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton_Worshiper Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 I think it will happen...I have a bit of optimism it will but realism is slowly overtaking optimism... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 If it was from a decent source linking us with Riquelme I would actully have hope but its tribal football, they chat pure shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Edmonds Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Would be absolutely fantastic, if this fella wont cut it in the prem then i'l eat my hat. Type of player we need to bring in to firstly progress, and to extend our european campaign. Av read he likes to be the bigger fish in a 'small' pond so we cud be in with a real chance for him ahead of the big 4. Ad also win a 10er so come on moyesy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arealtrueblue Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 lads are ye having a laugh?dont get me wrong i love everton always hve and always will and i'll always fly the company flag but here amounst fellow evertonians i feel i can be frank.....a player of richelme quality is so far out of our grasp we might as well be trying to sign ronaldinho...i hope im wrong he's world class and if we got him it would be a huge step in the right direction but alas its only a dream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton_Worshiper Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Riquelme has never been a world beater, he is extremely skillful but to compare him to Ronaldhino is ridiculous. Not out of our reach at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 This Riquelme rumour was probably never terribly serious to begin with, but... http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news;_ylt=Arh3...t&type=lgns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Bernard Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 How did this get back to the top there is no way this fellas comin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Riquelme has never been a world beater, he is extremely skillful but to compare him to Ronaldhino is ridiculous.Not out of our reach at all... What?! Did you see him at the copa America? He was class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 it wasnt serious it was made up on a forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton_Worshiper Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 What?! Did you see him at the copa America? He was class Yep, I watched the copa america....my comments are still the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Yep, I watched the copa america....my comments are still the same. lol fair enough mate - we all are entitled to are own opinion. Im glad the Riqulme rumour is false, i think its too much for Everton to buy a 29year old - When you could have manny with prem experience and only 22. Or even Lucho who is 3 years younger than Riqulme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 ^ me too mate, i can't see him being the prem type of player anyway, too flairy not enough speed or physical presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RampageJohnson Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 ^ me too mate, i can't see him being the prem type of player anyway, too flairy not enough speed or physical presence. I like the tactics ! if we keep saying he won't come,he wouldnt be good anyway, he may actually come whats that called reverse something ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 psychology??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexKing Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Riquelme is excellent world class player(who could say anything else from Argentinas playmaker?) , but hes way too expensive for us PERIOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Riquelme is excellent world class player(who could say anything else from Argentinas playmaker?) , but hes way too expensive for us PERIOD No he isnt - we have 20mil to spend now apperently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 We have £20m - if you belive the rumours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 We have £20m - if you belive the rumours! Yea but Moyes said Yakubu, Fernandes, Lucho are the type of players we are looking at. So if were looking at them we have at LEAST 12mil to spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 DM has mentioned no names, or numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 DM has mentioned no names, or numbers It was on sky sports mate, the interviewer said: youve been recently linked with manny, lucho and yakubu. Is there any truth in the rumours. Moyes said: It wouldnt be fair to comment about other clubs players but there the sort we are looking to bring in. Thats not exactly what he said but it was somthing like that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Yep, I watched the copa america....my comments are still the same. you must be mad, at Villareal he proved he can make a poor team class. He's up there with the best midfielders in the world but its never going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 exactly, as i said if you read my post. DM has not mentioned any names or numbers. the jounalist mentioned some quality players names who we have been linked with in the press. no manager would turn around and say "no, we are after a much lower quality" at the momment its still all speculation, im not saying its not true, but all this going round like its fact. the only one close to having any substance to it is the manny one, due to benfica making a statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 you must be mad, at Villareal he proved he can make a poor team class. He's up there with the best midfielders in the world but its never going to happen. they were never poor, they had a handful of good players, and they're spanish it's a completely different ball game here, and IMO veron before he came showed more than riquelme has in terms of an all round game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexKing Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 No he isnt - we have 20mil to spend now apperently. And you want we spend all of em to 1 player tranfers and his wage. Please no , tell me i understood you wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everton_Worshiper Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 you must be mad, at Villareal he proved he can make a poor team class. He's up there with the best midfielders in the world but its never going to happen. Nope not mad just realistic. He is "skillfull" no questioning, but being skillfull doesn't make you one of the "best midfielders in the world". You need an all round game to be that, cue Ronaldinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Nope not mad just realistic.He is "skillfull" no questioning, but being skillfull doesn't make you one of the "best midfielders in the world". You need an all round game to be that, cue Ronaldinho. he's not just skillfull, he can't alf pass a ball, got a belta freekick, can cross, is one of the most skillfull players there is now, composure,can shoot from close range and far, Ronaldinho is a class player but he's very overrated imo. Villareal arnt a very good team either tho Craccer, forlan + maybe Gonzalo Rodriguez who is say wer in the good/verygood section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 when they were good they had the likes of senna, venta, sorin, tacchinardi on the bench, arruabarrena.... they were a good side and tbh riquelme wasn't even the main man in their team...senna was the heart of villareal and ronaldinho is in a different league to riquelme, do u think riquelme could keep pace in the premiership? i don't he needs time and space which he wont get. not strong either he's just a technical player, need more than that to play here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) when they were good they had the likes of senna, venta, sorin, tacchinardi on the bench, arruabarrena.... they were a good side and tbh riquelme wasn't even the main man in their team...senna was the heart of villareal and ronaldinho is in a different league to riquelme, do u think riquelme could keep pace in the premiership? i don't he needs time and space which he wont get. not strong either he's just a technical player, need more than that to play here Id say senna aswell was a good player, but he aint near Riquelme's class, I can understand he may not be the same player in the premiership because he does like time on the ball but he is stronger than he looks he's no faggat, a bit like Manny IMO. Edited August 14, 2007 by Blue4Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 can't think of a time wer riquelme has got stuck in. manny is very athletic, riquelme isn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Bernard Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 If i had my way, which i dont, this topic would be scrapped. It is clear that Riquelme will not be signed if Moyes is keen on Fernandes and when you could choose between a 21 year old with his best years ahead of him, and a 28 year old who although world class would demand a lot heavier wages, i know i would choose manny every time. I can see him going to Boca Juniors very soon so lets cut this one now. But i suppose we can still dream of a Arteta, Manny, Cahill, Fernandes, Riquelme midfield. Now that would be special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Arteta, Manny, Cahill, Fernandes, Riquelme midfield. Now that would be special. :o Manuel Fernandes playing in two positions at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 :o Manuel Fernandes playing in two positions at once. Your always the first to spot mistakes like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 :o Manuel Fernandes playing in two positions at once. Now that's a talented player! DM taking his policy of buying players who can cover more than one position to a whole new level . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Bernard Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 yer it was a mistake but do you have to be so critical about it. You could have just said "you put fernandes twice". But here on toffeetalk everyone likes to have a good laugh at one another and then think about how perfect they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Mate im sure micko didnt mean any harm by it, it was a joke, be more lighthearted (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Yeah Jay lighten up mate, it gave us a little "Chuckle". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 And you want we spend all of em to 1 player tranfers and his wage. Please no , tell me i understood you wrong? When did i say i want to spend it on 1 player? Alls i said is apparently we have 20mil to spend. So were do you get that from?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexKing Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 But i suppose we can still dream of a Arteta, Manny, Cahill, Fernandes, Riquelme midfield. Now that would be special. :o Manuel Fernandes playing in two positions at once. But thats the whole point what is making that midfield so special. j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 (edited) yer it was a mistake but do you have to be so critical about it. You could have just said "you put fernandes twice". But here on toffeetalk everyone likes to have a good laugh at one another and then think about how perfect they are. Bloody hell that's a bit touchy. No offence intended, just having a bit of a laff....would have done the same for anyone (and expected nothing less if I'd made the mistake). In the traditional words of TT...harden the fuck up! Edited August 15, 2007 by MikeO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueboy122 Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Jay Bernard Lighten Up!! Christ! Are you gonna complain of peer preasure and bullying! Anyway back onto the topic of football (tough game jay maybe not for you try cricket or polo) i think riquelme although a quality player and i dont think he cud cut the mustard in the premiership i think it would be too phisical and fast for him but in any other league the lad is quality much rather have fernandes who is young and cut it in the prem as we have seen and i belive he can be one of the greatest players in prem history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 (edited) i belive he can be one of the greatest players in prem history I do 2, he will be some player after a season or two. Edited August 15, 2007 by Blue4Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 manny is undoubtably quality, but to say he will become one of the greates players in the premierships history may be a little premature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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