The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Goatseye]

mZuzek said:

Goatseye said:

mZuzek said:

Goatseye said:
What did you guys did to two of my favorite ex-Porto players. I read that someone that was from MC, said that they were the worst signing of EPL. I'm talking about Fernado and Mangala.

This happens to every hyped expensive signing from Portuguese clubs.

Cristiano Ronaldo was expensive back then. So was Ricardo Carvalho, Mourinho was bought for an incredible 5 million euros... unheard of for a coach back then.

All hyped and expensive.

Don't put Mourinho here, I didn't mean it with managers. And then again, obviously it's not going to be like that for EVERY signing, but it is for most of them, especially in the last 5 years or so. Seems like anyone who comes from the Portuguese league costs dozens of millions of pounds just because they played one good season in a comparatively weak league.

The only EPL team that I consider stronger than Porto and Benfica is Chelsea.

The rest are overhyped oil money sinkhole groups, not even teams.

Portuguese league has produced so many world class players that it deserves to be at wherever status they're at.