VCF Tidbits

By: Cesar | June 12th, 2009

Today’s one year to the 2010 World Cup and if you’ve been following me on the Road to 2010, you know I’m hoping to be in South Africa.

We’ll see if that’s possible.

One thing’s that’s for sure is that players like David Villa, David Silva and Raul Albiol will be representing Spain in South Africa next summer, much like they are at this summer’s Confederations Cup.

But will they still be VCF players? That’s in doubt.

The big rumor today comes via Canal Nou and Kyle. The offer? David Villa and Raul Albiol to Real Madrid for €50 million, midfielder Esteban Granero and striker Alvaro Negredo.

This is a VERY interesting offer …

Both Negredo (23) and Granero (21) are young, both are promising talents and both are cheap.

The only problem I can see with this (besides the obvious loss of Villa) is the loss of a central defender in Albiol.

Sure, Albiol’s acumen for striking the ball into his own net won’t be missed. But what about his defending prowess, which gets better every season? Sure, he can act the fool at times. But he’s an overall decent defender.

Couple that with the loss of Moretti and possibly Miguel and we’d be in even more trouble than we’re already in as far as defense is concerned.

How about this?

Madrid also throw in 22-year old defender Ezequiel Garay, currently on loan at Racing Santander? He’s young, a great talent and a good set-piece taker.

Maybe we knock a few Euros off the price tag? Eh? Whaddya think?

Espanyol’s Sergio Sanchez has been bandied about as a possible defensive reinforcement as well. I’m just of the belief getting rid of so many starting defenders could cause a problem down the line – an even worse problem than we had last season.

We’ll see.

A few more news tidbits for today:

1 – Apparently David Silva isn’t too happy about being declared untransferable.

I guess new president Manuel Llorente’s declaration that Silva’s young, talented and possibly a future captain of VCF didn’t sit too well with the diminutive midfielder.

Seems he has his bags packed and ready to go to Real Madrid.

You know, if you don’t want to be here, just go.

2 – Ever heard of Royal Excelsior Mouscron?

Me either. They’re a Belgian football club in the Jupiter League, Belgium’s first division.

Why am I mentioning this?

They have a new coach, VCF legend and super defender Miroslav Djukic.
Sporting director? Amedeo Carboni.
His right hand man? Juan Sanchez.

Who will they hire next? Santiago Canizares??

Take a look at their web page. They apparently want to become a destination for young Spanish players.

I wish them well.

3 – Welcome, Jeremy Mathieu and Angel Dealbert, new VCF players. AMUNT! Any one know their Facebook pages, so we can bug them?

4 – Raul Albiol wants to finish his career with VCF. So when he comes back from Madrid, you mean?

5 – According to Super Deporte, VCF’s working on Cesar’s renovation as we speak. Ok.

That’s all I got. Spain plays this Sunday. Go on, La Furia Roja! Amunt!