Mascherano is a Red and he can play for us!

[The_weatherman]

Oh right, Gonzo has just received his spanish passport.

[Red Chilli]

Do you actually know what passports these players have, and also for how long will they remain non-EU players?

No, do you? It's a genuine question tomas, not a sarcastic dig. We can only play 3 per match, I just wondered who we have who are non-EU. I know Gonzalez needed a work permit so he is definitely one.

[Red Chilli]

Gonzo is Spanish and Javier is Italian.

He should have chosen to play for them then, he'd have a world cup winners medal.

[Red Chilli]

Oh right, Gonzo has just received his spanish passport.

When did he get that then?

[Bob]

I posted a link somewhere in this thread. It was a link to a West Ham forum, where the ‘Ed’ had posted about Mascherano’s plight. They say it’s all tied in with the Hammers having to buy JM for £25m or summat daft if he makes a certain amount of appearances. Mascherano was deemed “the world class one of the two” when he signed with Tevez, and Tevez has no such clause. This was all organised on the basis Kia Joobi-whatshisname would successfully take over.

Considering they were mooted to have offered 18m for Bent... not so daft?

30m if the Hammers go down... if Javier is great as all that (proven in training) then 25m may be worth a gamble, no?

[tomasjj]

No, do you? It's a genuine question tomas, not a sarcastic dig. We can only play 3 per match, I just wondered who we have who are non-EU. I know Gonzalez needed a work permit so he is definitely one.

I THINK Gonzalez will be eligible for a EU passport very soon.
JAvier has an Italian one already.

Insua is young and thus will get one over time.
Paletta, I have no clue. Same with LEto.


Edit: Oh, someone already filled in the blanks. Sorry.

[BobTheCharmer]

I THINK Gonzalez will be eligible for a EU passport very soon.
JAvier has an Italian one already.

Insua is young and thus will get one over time.
Paletta, I have no clue. Same with LEto.


Edit: Oh, someone already filled in the blanks. Sorry.

Hopefully Palleta will lose his passport when he visits his family in Argentina and be barred from ever returning.

[Armchairkopite]

It sounds plausable.
But, there is one reason why id raise my eyebrow at someone making that claim. Tevez IMO was rated higher than Mascherano before they both joined Westham. Well thats how I percieved the quality of both players anyway and I would have guessed many others too.

No Bazza your wrong there mate Masch is the more established one in the Argentinian team so i think its safe to assume that he would be the most sought after. PLus strikers always get more of a mention purly because they stir up excitement.

[Red Chilli]

[Morph]

any chance of changing the title of this thread, so that we'll actually know when he does sign, because at the moment he hasnt

[bazza76]

No Bazza your wrong there mate Masch is the more established one in the Argentinian team so i think its safe to assume that he would be the most sought after. PLus strikers always get more of a mention purly because they stir up excitement.

I guess he does have a great international CV alright. More so than Tevez. My thinking was more kinda based on the fees you would command for a world class young attacking tallent like Tevez (prior to his move).

[steveheighwayrobbery]

------------Alonso---Mascherano
Alves------------Gerrard----------Kewell
-----------------Kuyt

Next season IMO.

you beat me too that one, all this talk of SG on the right belies the free role he can do up front. he was fantastic in that positon when he played it.

[Armchairkopite]

Tevezs stock has dropped drasticlly over the past few months alright, i wonder would Rafa consider making a move for him in the summer, a far better buy than Raul would be imo.

[GordonGecko]

I can't believe anyone would not want Mascherano at the club. He's 22 & has already played 21 times for Argentina. He played every game for them in the world Cup, in which Argentina looked as good as anyone. He's already a very good player with the potential to improve. If people don't want him at LFC then there's no pleasing them.

All this doesn't guarantee he'll succedd at LFC but you could say that about any player in the world. Every buy is a leap into the unknown to some extent but if he comes I can't wait to see him play.

If he'd never gone to West Ham & we were buying him everyone on here would be creaming themselves. Argentina are one of the top teams in the world & we are buying one of their very best young players. What more could you ask for.

Too true......Heighway No9 was always a poster I looked out for on KT as the voice of reason....& so it continues here

[Maestro]

Tevezs stock has dropped drasticlly over the past few months alright, i wonder would Rafa consider making a move for him in the summer, a far better buy than Raul would be imo.

No chance. Not a Rafa player at all.