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LFCtorresLFC · 14-07-2009, 12:00 AM

Douglas Costa isn't rated too highly in Brazil apparantly:

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Are Manchester United being conned over Douglas Costa?

July 13, 2009
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Pitaco do gringo’s Brazilian football blog

Douglas Costa: over rated and over priced?

Weekend reports in the British press have again linked Grêmio’s Douglas Costa with Manchester United.

The Premier League club have apparently been chasing the 18-year-old midfielder for more than a year. Now they may be close to getting their man in a cut-price deal, which could see Costa moving initially for as little as £7 million plus performance-related add-ons.

While it’s normal to see the British tabloids filling their pages with wild speculation, this weekend’s reports came from The Guardian, Independent and The Times.

According to The Guardian, Costa is being championed by Manchester United’s chief scout in Brazil, John Calvert-Toulmin.

The article talks about “the talented 18-year-old who has been hailed as “the new Ronaldinho” in his country” ….. and goes on to say …. “Manchester City are also aware of Costa’s burgeoning reputation …. adding “Grêmio is the club where Ronaldinho made his breakthrough and Costa has obvious similarities in terms of his ability to run with the ball and beat opponents from his favoured role between midfield and attack, as well as being a free-kick specialist.”

The Independent article is essentially a rehash of the Guardian post but makes slightly more grandiose claims in that “Costa is a free-kick specialist resonant of Cristiano Ronaldo and his close control has produced goals which the departed Portuguese would have cherished.”

All well and good. The only problem is that Douglas Costa has failed to perform any of these acts of genius in a league or cup game for Grêmio.

The teenager is currently injured but even when fit he rarely starts a match for the first team. Costa’s fame abroad far exceeds his reputation here in Brazil where he is certainly not regarded as the ‘next Ronaldinho Gaúcho’, he is definitely not famed for his free-kicks and any comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo would leave even the most ardent Grêmio fan in stitches.

The only thing Douglas Costa has done to date is manage to put in a few decent performances for Brazil’s Under 20s.

This is common place in a country that wheels out talented players seemingly on a daily basis. Some do go on to be the real article. Though many next big things such as Corinthians’ Lulinha and now perhaps Neymar at Santos, have struggled to reproduce the form they displayed for Brazil’s junior sides in the more demanding Brazilian league.

Manchester United seem dead keen on getting their man. But just where have they got the idea that Costa is all the things he’s cracked up to be? Grêmio have played 41 games already this season. Costa has made just 15 appearances and has failed to score a single goal. Something does not quite add up. United and their scouts are either the best potential spotters in the business or they are having the wool pulled over their eyes big time.

HCFC Clark · 14-07-2009, 12:00 AM

Have they signed this costa kid then?

Jamieb08 · 14-07-2009, 12:02 AM

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HCFC Clark · 14-07-2009, 12:04 AM

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oh cool a place where people can talk about united. this is about owen been no. 7 and not everyone goes in there, including myself. you ok with that?

Jamieb08 · 14-07-2009, 12:05 AM

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oh cool a place where people can talk about united. this is about owen been no. 7 and not everyone goes in there, including myself. you ok with that?

just sayin and coz its about United anyway already been moved

Cahill4 · 14-07-2009, 12:06 AM

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Every time a thread like this you go mod-like and post up a link of where else it could be. Try posting something useful for once

Jamieb08 · 14-07-2009, 12:07 AM

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Every time a thread like this you go mod-like and post up a link of where else it could be. Try posting something useful for once

that ain't the only posts i do......

Cahill4 · 14-07-2009, 12:08 AM

Yeah, all your other posts are 'yep i agree' or 'true'.

Jamieb08 · 14-07-2009, 12:09 AM

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Yeah, all your other posts are 'yep i agree' or 'true'.

no there not if you actually look and stop making a stupid comment like that

polskaGOLA · 14-07-2009, 12:09 AM

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Yeah, all your other posts are 'yep i agree' or 'true'.

He said one negative comment so far. Your post is flawed, Most of his other posts are 'yep i agree' or 'true'.

MixtapeManiac · 14-07-2009, 12:11 AM

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Have they signed this costa kid then?

Apparently we're in the process of finalising it..

but it is odd to say we're not going to sign anyone.. then sign someone a few days after it..

Unless he said that to try & get Gremio to drop the price.

But it's paper talk, so I wouldn't take it with a great extent of realism.

Cahill4 · 14-07-2009, 12:17 AM

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no there not if you actually look and stop making a stupid comment like that

It's not really a stupid comment when it's true...

I see your posts though. Most of the time it's 'yep i agree' or 'true' etc.

Jamieb08 · 14-07-2009, 12:18 AM

not really your just repeating yourself here.....

Cahill4 · 14-07-2009, 12:21 AM

Maybe, but this is what I mean:

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First they go for Michael owen who opts for Man Utd
Second they go for Marc-Antoine Fortune who goes to Celtic

Third they go for Frazier Campbell who chooses Sunderland

Now they are going for Ross Mccormack.. Think theyl suceed this time ??

Michael Owen was a bit far fetched . but they were in pole position twice with Fortune and Cambpell.. .. they wont get Mccormack either !

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yep i do

That is from the 'Hull - No attraction???' thread. See what I mean now?

M1ZZ0U · 14-07-2009, 12:21 AM

true

Jamieb08 · 14-07-2009, 12:22 AM

thats my opinion saying that i believe something will happen nothing wrong with that actually

M1ZZ0U · 14-07-2009, 12:22 AM

i agree

Doc · 14-07-2009, 12:22 AM

oh yes, Cahill, the forum's most wise poster dishing it out.....

M1ZZ0U · 14-07-2009, 12:23 AM

yep.

Cahill4 · 14-07-2009, 12:23 AM

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oh yes, Cahill, the forum's most wise poster dishing it out.....

thanks

dena · 14-07-2009, 12:29 AM

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true

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i agree

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yep.

Strange Pirate · 14-07-2009, 12:33 AM

Burn!!! Getting snubbed by Tevez for Man City must hurt. Oh I forgot, you guys didn't want him anyway.

Jamieb08 · 14-07-2009, 12:36 AM

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Burn!!! Getting snubbed by Tevez for Man City must hurt. Oh I forgot, you guys didn't want him anyway.

some people on here didn't although i can honestly say that i did want him but doesn't matter we have Owen now

fitz15 · 14-07-2009, 12:40 AM

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Burn!!! Getting snubbed by Tevez for Man City must hurt. Oh I forgot, you guys didn't want him anyway.

At first i was gutted to see Tevez leave, but after all the lalalala he has said in the past few weeks, and with Ferguson today saying he offered Tevez a contract in February but tevez lied about it, I am honestly very happy to see him finally gone.

s.c_number7 · 14-07-2009, 12:45 AM

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some people on here didn't although i can honestly say that i did want him but doesn't matter we have Owen now

jambieb please reply to this question with more then one sentence please, why did you want tevez to stay?

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