Villarreal Searching in Brazil

by maddi on Jul 15, 2009 1:43 PM CEST

As Kqql has noted over the last couple of days, Villarreal are looking seriously at two players from Brazil - who just so happen to fit our main needs: central midfielder and a striker.

The first man on the list is 25-year-old striker Nilmar, who currently plays for Internacional. He has Portuguese roots, so hopefully an EU passport would not be a problem. He signed with Lyon a few years back, and made 32 appearances. Eventually he found himself back in Brazil, first with Corinthians, and now back with his earlier club, Internacional. He has made eight national team appearances for Brazil, and has most recently been called up for World Cup qualifiers in May and the Confederations Cup. According to El Periodico Mediterraneo, he has a reputation for being a good teammate. Villarreal are reputedly ready to lodge a 12m euro bid for his services, which is huge by Villarreal's standards.

The other potential signing is Elias, a 24-year-old midfielder who plays for Corinthians. Elias plays primarily on the right, but is capable of shifting to the middle, and has been compared favorably with Villarreal-man Marcos Senna. He has previously been linked with Roma and Fiorentina. According to goal.com, his rights are partly owned by an investment company, which could make things a bit complicated. The rumored bid for Elias is 6m euros.

Check out videos of the players in Samuel's comment on the previous post.

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i’ve seen nilmar play and i’m underwhelmed. also there’s a reason that 25 year-olds who are still in south america are there. looks like his spell at lyon was a complete failure. i’d much rather pay similar money for negredo, who is 2 years younger and has a track record in europe (specifically la liga).

this would be a very high-risk, expensive move. villarreal is not accustomed to doing that, so i doubt it materializes. also i think we need size at striker, and adding a 1.80m player to the mix isn’t going to help us in the air (to replace nihat and franco).

by sid on Jul 15, 2009 6:02 PM CEST reply actions

Exclusive: Altidore Speaks About Future With Villarreal, Olympiakos
"Olympiakos could be one," he revealed. "Olympiakos is a big team in Greece and they play in the Champions League, so that would be great for me. There are a bunch of others. We’ll see."

http://goal.com/en-us/news/1614/americans-abroad/2009/07/15/1385032/exclusive-altidore-speaks-about-future-with-villarreal

by kqql on Jul 16, 2009 4:36 AM CEST reply actions

Jozy on Rossi

“We were close,” Altidore said, looking back at his first season with Villarreal. “I think it was huge for him to have an American there and I was definitely happy to have him there.”

“We went out every day,” Altidore related. “We basically did everything every day, always hanging out at each other’s houses. We had a good relationship.”

Rossi traded jerseys with Altidore after Italy’s Confederations Cup win.

Source : goal.com

by kqql on Jul 16, 2009 4:39 AM CEST reply actions

Pires signs autographs in Navata, Spain. Site of First Pre-Season Training.

http://www.villarrealcf.es/galeria/thumbs/home/tn_1247666108.JPG

by kqql on Jul 16, 2009 7:09 AM CEST reply actions

The prospects for signing Nilmar don’t look promising. Villarreal have said that they will not o above 10m€ whilst his club are asking 14m€

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/futbol-tope-villarreal-hace-imposible/dasftbpri/20090716dasdaiftb_38/Tes

by Kenez on Jul 16, 2009 7:37 AM CEST reply actions

€12m should work. after all he failed in porto

by jackson on Jul 16, 2009 8:20 PM CEST reply actions

its a risky business

by hafiz on Jul 17, 2009 3:16 AM CEST reply actions

The offer for Nilmar is close to €13m by Villarreal and Nilmar will get 5 year contract for approx €2m /season

Wolfsburg offer is for €15m ,.

For Nilmar, @ €2m /season his net income per season would be higher in Spain vs Germany.

(*In Spain from what is known as Beckman Law, foriegn player tax/witholding for the first 6 years is @ 24% and then reverts to 43% – same as domestic player)

by kqql on Jul 17, 2009 3:34 AM CEST reply actions

Fuentus (CD) still could leave for Argentina or Mexico …..

by kqql on Jul 17, 2009 3:53 AM CEST reply actions

UPDATED: 7/16/09 (16/7/09)
First Team: 20-22 players for 09/10 season

Out:
Franco (CF) > Contract not renewed
Cygan (CD) -> Contract not renewed
Viera (GK) -> Contract not renewed
Nihat (SS/CF) -> Sold to Besiktas (for €4.5m)
Mati (MF) -> Sold to Sporting (for €3.6m)
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Possible Sale Pending:
Cazorla (RW) to Real Madrid
Fuentus (CD) to team/s in Argentina or Mexico
-—————————————

In:
Jony Pereira (SS) > Was on loan at Racing
Arzo (CD) –> Back from Recreativo due to clause in his contract
Escudero (MF) -> Was on loan at Valladolid
Oliva (GK) – > On a free transfer from Castellón
Marcano (CD/LB) -> From Racing for €6m
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In market for 1 CF, 1 MF
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Players likely to loaned out or play for Villarreal B in Segunda

Recent Buys:
Dutra (MF) -> From Brazil for €1m
Renan (MF) -> From Brazil for €1m
Fuster (MF) -> From Elche CF for €400K
Montero (SS) -> From Ecuador for €?m

On Loans:
Marcos (MF) -> Was on Loan at Real Sociedad
Flores (FW) -> Was on loan at River Plate
Ruben (FW) -> Was on loan at Recreativo
Jozy (FW) -> Was on loan at Xerez
+
Carlos (GK) -> From Villarreal B
Oriol (CD) -> From Villarreal B
Matilla (MF) -> From Villarreal B
.

by kqql on Jul 17, 2009 4:06 AM CEST reply actions

Kqql – I think it is a bit of a stretch to say “possible sale pending” on Santi at this point.

Also, I am really think that (in addition to keeping Santi), we really need to keep one of Escudero, Fuster, or Marcos for some attacking midfield depth – Pires and Ibagaza are not going to be able to put in enough minutes to be the only possible backups for Santi and Cani – imagine if they both went down with injuries…

by maddi on Jul 17, 2009 4:14 AM CEST reply actions