Marketplace: Now Piqué... Will it be a shopping spree?

Gerad Piqué at Manchester Utd (Photo: Eurosport)

I guess it depends on what we sell to finance all this new players. Some clubs seem to be interested on buying, like Inter asking price for Eto'o, Deco and Giovani (I guess they want some kind of 'bundle pack',). We'll be seeing new faces at Nou Camp, but european clubs, knowing Barça is in need of renovation may rise the price of adquisitions (some would say it's a free market, I guess).

There are talks about Ibrahimovic, but just that. Mourinho is soon to coach Inter and he may not want Ibrahimovic as he would prefer Drogba from his former team Chelsea. The price may be a swap with Eto'o, a player that I wouldn't sell as I believe will rise again next season.

Talking about Gerard Piqué, he's a central defender, who played at Manchester Utd, but comes from Barcelona (he is one of Barça's former vicepresidents grandson and played on Barça's youth clubs until 2004 when he left for Manchester). He hasn't played that much, although he played at Zaragoza (where he scored two goals and played 22 matches) for one year as a loan from Manchester, but he has been a regular at Spain's national team.

Gerard Piqué signs for Barça (r10ljung Youtube's channel)

Related links:

-Gerad Piqué at Wikipedia
-Gerard Piqué's Blog
-Gerard Piqué vuelve a casa (via lavanguardia.es)

Marketplace 2008-2009: Keita to play for Barça

Keita is near to be confirmed as Barça player for 2008-2009 season. He passed medical tests yesterday. Keita played in Sevilla F.C this season as a midfielder. Barça will pay 14 million euros for the player's rights. Last minute negotiations are being held at Seville concerning the payment of such a big sum of money (at least I think it's a big sum of money...).

Keita at Lens FC

Related links:

- Seydou Keita at wikipedia
- Seita's statistics 2007-2008 (via Terra.es)