Lucas Barrios to Guangzhou Evergrande

Guangzhou Evergrande confirm £6.9 million deal for Dortmund's Barrios

The Paraguay international very nearly joined Fulham during the January transfer window but he has now accepted a reportedly lucrative four-year contract to move to China

Guangzhou Evergrande have confirmed the signing of Borussia Dortmund forward Lucas Barrios for a fee of €8.5 million (£6.9m).
The transfer was first mooted in March and the Super League side have now announced that the Paraguay international has penned a four-year contract with the club and will arrive in China on June 1 for a medical.

Barrios played a prominent role in Dortmund's Bundesliga title triumph last year, but has featured only sporadically during the current campaign after slipping behind Robert Lewandowski in the pecking order.

Indeed, the striker had been expected to depart the Signal Iduna Park side during the January transfer window but a proposed move to Premier League outfit Fulham collapsed.

However, the 27-year-old Barrios, who hit a hat-trick against Kaiserslautern at the weekend, has now accepted a reportedly lucrative offer to link up with Guangzhou.

The Paraguay international arrived at Dortmund in 2009 for the sum of €4.2m (£3.4m) and has made 82 appearances for BVB in the Bundesliga, netting 39 goals.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!!

Laurencio wrote:Yeah spending 4 years in the latter part of his career making hundreds of thousands of pounds a week ensuring he has enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life, as well as provide for the future of his children and wider family is just crazy.

He was likely offered close to £200k a week, just like Anelka. After 4 years he will have made £41 600 000, while being treated like a superstar. He must be mad.

Gegilworld93 wrote:

Laurencio wrote:Yeah spending 4 years in the latter part of his career making hundreds of thousands of pounds a week ensuring he has enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life, as well as provide for the future of his children and wider family is just crazy.

He was likely offered close to £200k a week, just like Anelka. After 4 years he will have made £41 600 000, while being treated like a superstar. He must be mad.

They would still have taken him if he was like 30 tbh, I don't see why he couldn't have proven himself in La Liga or Serie A first where some clubs were interested, considering BVB were his only club in Europe.
Pity to see him leaving Europe, he was still a class player.

Splashy wrote:Actually this makes me wonder whether Reus will go upfront now, if so then I'm glad he's gone because Reus> Barrios.

Either way it will be interesting to see Dortmund next year especially since Kagawa will be leaving in the summer.

Gegilworld93 wrote:

Splashy wrote:Actually this makes me wonder whether Reus will go upfront now, if so then I'm glad he's gone because Reus> Barrios.

Either way it will be interesting to see Dortmund next year especially since Kagawa will be leaving in the summer.

If Lewandowski stays there's no way he won't be in the starting XI, I think Götze might move to the middle and Reus to the right hand side, would look like this then:
-----------Lewa----------------
-Grosskreutz--Götze---Reus--

Gegilworld93 wrote:

Splashy wrote:Actually this makes me wonder whether Reus will go upfront now, if so then I'm glad he's gone because Reus> Barrios.

Either way it will be interesting to see Dortmund next year especially since Kagawa will be leaving in the summer.

If Lewandowski stays there's no way he won't be in the starting XI, I think Götze might move to the middle and Reus to the right hand side, would look like this then:
-----------Lewa----------------
-Grosskreutz--Götze---Reus--

Trent wrote:

Gegilworld93 wrote:
If Lewandowski stays there's no way he won't be in the starting XI, I think Götze might move to the middle and Reus to the right hand side, would look like this then:
-----------Lewa----------------
-Grosskreutz--Götze---Reus--

Do you think Götze will stay? I think he will stay another year and then move to the Premier League probably Next Summer.

Laurencio wrote:Yeah spending 4 years in the latter part of his career making hundreds of thousands of pounds a week ensuring he has enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life, as well as provide for the future of his children and wider family is just crazy.

He was likely offered close to £200k a week, just like Anelka. After 4 years he will have made £41 600 000, while being treated like a superstar. He must be mad.

The_Quilo wrote:

Laurencio wrote:Yeah spending 4 years in the latter part of his career making hundreds of thousands of pounds a week ensuring he has enough money to live comfortably for the rest of his life, as well as provide for the future of his children and wider family is just crazy.

He was likely offered close to £200k a week, just like Anelka. After 4 years he will have made £41 600 000, while being treated like a superstar. He must be mad.

What I would have done, is signed for Fulham or some other EPL side, play for 3-4 seasons and then, at age 30-32, move the China. That's what Anelka did. Why not spend your best years playing competitive football. China will still be there, and still want you, as Anelka proved, at 31-32.

The Maestro wrote:by stickeyLFC on Wed May 02, 2012 4:06 pm