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[Albion] Facundo Buonanotte - SIGNED for 1.8 billion pesos
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nwgull
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Tedious, isn’t it? I mean he had a decent game last night, but it was against a team for whom getting out of the group was a major success, and the result ultimately was decided by an arse up by Matty Ryan and a very good injury-time save by the Argie keeper. The BBC team were on about Messi as if he’d played like Mexico-86 Maradona.Hopefully at WC26, it will be nothing but ‘Facundo! Facundo!’ instead of ‘Messi! Messi!’ - coz honestly, despite the almost unrivalled qualities of the latter, the constant mentioning of his name from commentators when the Argies are playing is beginning to feel like Chinese torture to my ears. Of course, any hyperbolic commentary at WC26 about Buonanotte being the ‘new Messi’ will be perfectly OK because this attacking midfielder will be ours!
What an inspired signing I think this will be - TB strikes again with a 20% sell-on clause fee too if I recall.
Coldeanseagull
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Wot, messi cheated?
GT49er
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Abso-bloody-lutely!
saafend_seagull
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Is he in dubai?
Brok
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- Dec 26, 2011
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He may be on holiday there, who knows? He's not playing in Doha though...
Probably referencing the clubs training camp in Dubai this week
el punal
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Now I wonder if she would appreciate my porridge pistol there instead?
Bless your optimism... He'll be at Chelsea by then after a £268m transfer and 12 Premier League appearances for us after being on loan at USG for 3 yearsHopefully at WC26, it will be nothing but ‘Facundo! Facundo!’ instead of ‘Messi! Messi!’ - coz honestly, despite the almost unrivalled qualities of the latter, the constant mentioning of his name from commentators when the Argies are playing is beginning to feel like Chinese torture to my ears. Of course, any hyperbolic commentary at WC26 about Buonanotte being the ‘new Messi’ will be perfectly OK because this attacking midfielder will be ours!
What an inspired signing I think this will be - TB strikes again - with a 20% sell-on clause fee if I recall.
nwgull
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Does he qualify for a work permit?
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
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More than likely yes, the Argentinian League is band 3 which means he gets 8 points for just playing there. If he played over 80% of available minutes in the league last season that would be the other 7 points he needs.
If he doesn’t quite make it to 15 points the fact he’s only just about to turn 18 means he’d more than likely to qualify for a permit under the exceptions granted to young player with significant potential.
Two things...
1) Looks an incredible talent. His centre of gravity and resistance to behind shoved off the ball for a 17 y/o is insane
2) I'm not sure why the accompanying track is so sexually explicit. I know all music on these compilations is trash, but this is another level
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
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A school permit more like.
2) I noticed this as well. So inappropriate
In a slightly annoying move, Javier Mascherano has called him up for the South American U20-Championship which means he'll be in Brighton for a week or something, before heading home to South America again for about a month (if Argentina go far, which they might).
- Jun 20, 2021
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If he is as good as we all believe, why wouldn't they call him up for the U20s. I think it is fine, he is definitely one for the future, not the now. He'll still have 4 months here before the end of the season
I think he is good enough to get a bit of game time pretty much on arrival... thats the main reason I think its a bit disappointing he'll be fecking around playing yoof football in Colombia for a month.
ifightbears
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Some interesting names on the list of players down to play: https://www.transfermarkt.com/u20-sudamerikameisterschaft-2023/marktwerte/pokalwettbewerb/20S3
This….from what I’ve read he’s supposed to be straight into the squad and not going out on loan. Can understand why they want him though
AstroSloth
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- Dec 29, 2020
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Marcos Leonardo is one to watch out for.
Seems to have a lot of the attributes to be a top forward but he wouldn't be cheap that's for sure.