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Simple question:

Give me your dream starting XI of active players who Porto have sold over the years. Doesn't have to be the best XI, just your favourites
 

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Simple question:

Give me your dream starting XI of active players who Porto have sold over the years. Doesn't have to be the best XI, just your favourites

-----------Beto

Pepe - R. Carvalho - B. Alves

--------R. Meireles
-----Lucho------Moutinho
-----------Deco

Hulk---Falcao--- Lisandro

GK is average because he was a substitute for Hélton. We don´t sell GK that much, Vítor Baía after being sold to Barcelona played for us until he retired and Hélton is on his 8th season.

I choose 3 Cbs because we don´t have that much classy full backs and a lot of talented Cbs. The same goes for the midfield, that way I could play 4 midfielders. In that tactic P. Assunção would be better than Meireles but like you said I chose the players I like the most and Meireles is a true portista so that made the decision.

Lisandro is better in the center but he played there for us sometimes and instead of giving James or Quaresma the spot I decided to play him since I like him so much.
 

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Thoughts on Rolando, what should we expect?

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Thoughts on Rolando, what should we expect?
 

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1. why ex-porto player take so much hates from FIF members? even they still have acceptable season and reasonable transfer fee,, and now rolando takes that hates even he just arrived in milano..
2. after rolando, can you predict who's next porto player could end up at inter?
3. why guarin had a better shoot on goal stats with adidas than nike ball?
 

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Thoughts on Rolando, what should we expect?

I´m in shock with this news. He wasn´t even our 3rd option if we wanted him to stay, not sure if Abdoulaye isn´t at least as good as he is by now but I give him that, and he manages to get to Inter?! Are you serious?! And it gets better apparently Inter will pay 1M just for the loan and his salary is high I have no doubt because he was a 1st team player for us when he signed the deal.

If you wanted to get a CB from Porto just try Maicon, he´s really good but Mangala last season was great and won the spot when Maicon got injured so we are "wasting" a talented CB because our 2 are very good. Inter would be better of offering 1M for the loan and 10M for a future transfer for Maicon than a deal like this. They´d get a better players and cheaper on the exact same team! Can´t they see this?

I wrote a couple of weeks ago here that we were struggling to sell him even for 5M and Inter makes a deal like that. I´m really surprised by this, don´t get me wrong I´m happy for Porto, but I have mixed feelings, how could Inter be so naive?

At some point he was a valid player for us, even though it was consentual for the supporters that he wasn´t the type of class CB we used to have (F. Couto, Jorge Costa, Aloísio, R. Carvalho, Pepe...). But after this seasons with barely any minutes of gameplay I really can´t see why would Inter go for him.
When he was on his peak his strenghts were his heading (can score several goals every season) and his speed. That´s pretty much it, he relies a lot on his speed that compensates the deficit of positioning and marking he has.

1. why ex-porto player take so much hates from FIF members? even they still have acceptable season and reasonable transfer fee,, and now rolando takes that hates even he just arrived in milano..
2. after rolando, can you predict who's next porto player could end up at inter?
3. why guarin had a better shoot on goal stats with adidas than nike ball?

I guess it´s still because of the Quaresma fiasco. Other players that arrived after him weren´t that great to be honest, it´s understandable.

After Rolando I´d be happy of Inter went for a solid player of Porto, but since we sell for such high prices I doubt that would happen. I´d like to see Mangala or Jackson play for Inter for instance.

Even Guarin can´t answer that, he just closes his eyes and shoots it as hard as he can from anywhere, sometimes he scores wonder goals, many times it´s a delight for the supporters to receive a ball on the stands.
 
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