Juventus reportedly bid for 18 year old Valentín Barco of Boca Juniors

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Juventus have reportedly bid for 18 year old Valentín Barco of Boca Juniors.

Valentín Barco is wanted by Juventus. According to Luis Fregossi, the Serie A club have submitted a bid for the talented left back. It would be an offer which would see him join the club in June.

Barco has represented the Argentina U20 national team as he was called up last year by coach Javier Mascherano.

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  1. Can someone point to me anything factual about Garnacho’s ego, attitude, toxicity, etc? So far, i’m reading a lot of accusations as if people know the guy personally. Sounds like a bunch of tabloid opinions and nothing more.
    From what i’ve ready, he had an issue at Manu at beginning of season but its resolved now. Anything else or are yall just speculating?

    Here is an opinion from Masche.

    “The first time Scaloni brought him in March, and then when we went to Toulon, he behaved spectacularly,” Mascherano told The Mirror.

    “Garnacho is a respectful boy. He formed a very nice bond with the boys who play in Argentina even though he didn’t really know them.

    “I really don’t know why they say what they say, but with us he had a behaviour and predisposition that was 10 out of 10. Obviously Garnacho is a great player. There is a reason he is playing for Manchester United for a reason at the age of 18.”

    • The truth is as far as “evidence” goes the only evidence is what Ten Hag and Bruno said. Apart from that people try to spin him liking Ronaldo into some negative trait or toxicity. We will really only ever know when he ends up in the NT long term, and I don’t anticipate anything negative.

      • Garnacho’s admiration of CR7 and the negative reaction he gets highlights the insecurity of those criticising him. So many bizarre rants about him and CR7 but anyway, for now, Garnacho seems normal.

    • Things are tracking in the right direction for him and I hope he gets a call-up at the next opportunity. But to say we needed him at the WC when we won without him is a pointless exercise. Besides, Garnacho was still work in progress back in November (and still is but much farther along). Di Maria did what Garnacho was hypothetically supposed to do for us on the left wing as we have seen in the final. I am happy with Mascherano’s feedback and no doubt Scaloni and co are paying attention.

      • Agreed. Given Almadas minutes and ADM was on 🔥, he wasn’t needed and he was still WIP so i can definitely understand why he wasn’t called up.

    • We haven’t heard him creating any issues in the dressing room at Man-Utd. The kid literally ditched Spain after representing them in youth team for Argentina and I don’t see him going back to them again. However the way so many are worried that Spain might call him up for their upcoming friendlies and he might say ‘Yes’ then this kid never deserved to wear the albiceleste jersey!!! He can go fcuk-off!!! I have been following Argentina futbal team for over 24 years and players like him come and go every year!!

    • @Choripan thanx so much for your post about Garnacho as i hope he will be called up, when the time is right as forexample next competive game for Arg etc…

      ” Here is an opinion from Masche.

      “The first time Scaloni brought him in March, and then when we went to Toulon, he behaved spectacularly,” Mascherano told The Mirror.

      “Garnacho is a respectful boy. He formed a very nice bond with the boys who play in Argentina even though he didn’t really know them.

      “I really don’t know why they say what they say, but with us he had a behaviour and predisposition that was 10 out of 10. Obviously Garnacho is a great player. There is a reason he is playing for Manchester United for a reason at the age of 18.”

      Great post and looking for to that ” factual point” about his ego, lol ! Just to kind if end this debate until he has been called as i said next competive game for Arg would be the one, perhaps as fingers crossed !

  2. Garnacho is totally a attention seeker. I like him and follow him coz of his speed.But today i concluded according to his current attitude he will only can create problem with Argentina national team. He will definitely speeding virus at National team. So frist need to think about his attitude.If he Change then he can only get call otherwise not..

      • Yes, what virus as is he carrying a deadly virus that will kill all Arg Nt players, lol ! And what is wrong with his attitude, well no need for answer as that is sky clear as there is absolutly nothing wrong with his attitude !

        And please can u explain a bit more clearly about his attention seeking ? Before u just say or write something like that from him, please…

  3. Alejandro Garnacho is reminding me of another Argentine winger- Claudio Caniggia. We have not had this type of player on the left wing for a while. Wishing him all the best.

  4. Alexis Mac Allister’s game by numbers vs. Liverpool:

    100% long balls completed
    91% pass accuracy
    76 touches
    59 passes completed
    12/15 final third passes completed
    7 ball recoveries
    4/5 ground duels won
    2/2 tackles won
    2/2 aerial duel won
    1 key pass

    Simply exceptional. 🤩
    From Statman dave

  5. English Premier league is the most competitive league in the world look the bottom half Relegation battle is going to be peak wow just wow happy for Southampton win because of our new boy carlos alcaraz

    • Pretty awesome club Alexis is at. From the way they received him to how they perform on the pitch and stay consistent over the years despite not being a big club. Their South American scouting is really interesting, I remember seeing something special in the qualifiers with Caicedo when he was 19 and already starting for Ecuador. No other English club would get that player, they just like drunkenly waving around their 100 m checks for other Englishmen or some player whose club won’t accept less because they performed like 4 times in the champions league. I wish the best for Buonanotte there but I also ask mundo people to be especially patient — I remember two years ago there were a ton of complaints about Mac Allister not getting enough minutes and only playing in League Cup games, I even remember giving up on the matter and thinking “well, he must not be that special”. They just bought one of the gems of South America Julio Enciso but are only playing him 15 minutes a game. It’s a process

      • @ Olive thanx for info about Buanotte and Julio Ensiso as i completly forgot about this allready as obviously so much happening currently as it hard to keep on track as the mission completed after 36 year’s !

        Yes, about this current De Zerbi’s Brighton team, well i think under Potter they had allready some succes and good results, but now currently with DE ZERBI this BRIGHTON team is playing the most beautyfull football in my oppinion in the whole EPL !

        Like u said ” Their South American scouting is really interesting, I remember seeing something special in the qualifiers with Caicedo when he was 19 and already starting for Ecuador. No other English club would get that player, they just like drunkenly waving around their 100 m checks for other Englishmen or some player whose club won’t accept less because they performed like 4 times in the champions league. I wish the best for Buonanotte there but I also ask mundo people to be especially patient — I remember two years ago there were a ton of complaints about Mac Allister not getting enough minutes and only playing in League Cup games, I even remember giving up on the matter and thinking “well, he must not be that special”. They just bought one of the gems of South America Julio Enciso but are only playing him 15 minutes a game. It’s a process”

        Yes, this is deffenetly a process, but we are allredy seeing the signs of it more than clearly that their awesome SA scouting is paying more than off, but i do understand that those who have just arrived or will arrive will obviously take their time as i think it will be also given to them, but as u said patient is the key !

    • The premier league is finally becoming interesting to watch, I’m used to there being like 4 Argentinians there but now it more than doubled. Last year the European league I watched most was Serie A and this year it’s the premier league easily

      • Yes, it is starting to finally getting more and more intresting as u said amountbof Arg players being doubled, though like last year i Still keep watching Serie A as this year must be Napoli’s year to win the Scudetto since days of MaGiCa !

    • Wow, that is incredible fast as i just knew they came back from first half 0-1 to win the game at Goodison Park as 1-2…as Frankie Lampard’s time might be done with ”Toffees” as they said that even the owners of Everton could not attain to watch this game from their stands as usual as this time there were some hostile warning alert considered against them from Everton’s fans…so, maybe next year there will be no more Mersey side derby at EPL…?

  7. I am sure Garnacho is still very angry about not getting called up for WC. He could have won a WC at age of 19… He also could be better than A.Correa on the team.

        • Garnacho has to pity for Argentina, not Argentina for him. Im 100% sure we would win the Copa with this current team+cohesion+coaching stuff, Garnacho will cause only problems imo.
          How many minutes did Garnacho play in this WC at all? Same minutes as Angel Correa, but will full of crying.

    • Sorry what? Clearly we didn’t need him to win the World Cup at all, now with Di Maria’s age and the future to look at we absolutely should use him, but if he is angry (which is an odd, made up fantasy we can’t prove) then he would be crazy. I remember people losing their minds a week before the World Cup due to his absence even though we had one of the best squads in the world to begin with and had no need for an 18 year old uncapped boy. Sounds like an idea that would come directly from the Europeans we say disrespect us. Just because he’s performing now doesn’t mean he should have been there two months ago.

  8. What a performance from Brighton. With MacAllister at the center. They are playing like artists. It genuinely reminds me of Argentina in the semi-final and (most of) the final.

    And do you guys follow the google player-ratings? It shows the huge popularity of Argentine players currently. Everygame that involves a top level Argentine player, they are usually at the top, or near there, even if they do not make an obvious contribution like goal or assist.

  11. Frist half briton just kidding with Liverpool,seems Pool have no midfield…lol
    Alexis showing his class.. With top rating 7.2..
    2nd half coming

  12. Let’s hope Scaloni watched the Manchester derby and learned something. Garnacho can ignite a spark in the team, something Almada can’t. He should have been the replacement of Gonzalez in Qatar.

    • Richard, we won the World Cup mate, I find these hypothetical could haves and should haves totally pointless. Garnacho’s time will come, probably very soon.

    • I wouldn’t change a single blade of grass in any game we played, let alone complain about an entire player call up. We won it, we didn’t need him before the WC started and we didn’t need him in retrospect. Now we can ease him in as a project like Scaloni has done with others before in the qualifiers and prepare for the Copa America.

  13. Which qualifiers is starting first? European or south american? If European means there is a chance that Spain can call garnacho. Yeah his personal opinion matters the most. But an 18 year old kid can be distracted.

    • spain have 2 matches in 25 and 28 march. argentina will also play on same week, spain playing euro qualifiers we play friendlies.

  14. I don’t think garnacho suit spain .At this moment he is high class version PAVON ,speedy winger but not very top class in dribbling . May be he is too young and should improve latter.

    Spain plays possession football, which typically require top class dribbling ability just like grealish .But at this stage Garnacho isn’t grealish type .Rather I think garnacho suits argentina ,we are crying out for wingers .

    E zeballos ,Garnacho ,Bounanotte and Brian Aguirre (U20), Perhaps Benjamin Garre and Lucas Orellano are our future wingers.

    Technically I think Zeballos ,Garre and Bounanotte are the best .But Garnacho is fastest.

  15. why pep is not learning from his mistakes, he rarely subs, ETH is doing great with the players he have, united will going for TOP 3 finish, Arsenal will won the league,
    carlos alcarz on the bench for Southampton

  16. the way garnacho is performing .. spain will come for him, lets see what happens, expecting garnacho will get called up for march friendlies.

  18. If anybody doubt Garnacho..see this match.. against Manchester City. He’s showing his worth. He assisted the winning goal.. that was superb from Garnacho. The way he positioned to avoid offside, the way he assisted..🔥
    He also shows, he is a team player, and willing to do defensive work (He’s learning defensive jobs quickly).
    This guy is in the hands of best manager.

      • Garnacho is 18 years old which is why some players don’t give him the recognition but soon he will outperform them and command respect. He is clearly the best Argentine prodigy right now!

        Also, EPL teams have finally started to heavily mark Haaland whose had a unexpectedly long honeymoon period. Pep not giving Julian a single minute in a derby match is mind baffling!! Why was Licha on the bench?

    • Instant impact from garnacho.. Good 20 minutes from him..city was totally poor
      Seems mac will playing today as a defensive midfielder. Aclcaraz make substitute bench

  19. It is incredibly sad, but players like Nahuel Molina who is a young superstar and DePaul who is an incredible player have been destroyed at atleti under Simeone. DePaul was barely serviceable at the World Cup and nowhere near the player he was a Copa America all because of his club and Simeone. They need to get out asap. I don’t understand how Argentina press is not destroying Simeone for what he has done to the careers of DePaul Molina, Correa and many others. Simeone is a fucking cancer to Argentina football and players.

    Also, not to make fun of anyone’s appearance, but why does Simeone look like he has taken all of his pubic hair and transplanted it on his head? Serious question, can they even do that medically?

  20. “Juventus is interested in signing my hero, my World Champion De Paul. I will take him at Barca in a second. His work rate in midfield is devastating. Simeone’s Taliban football will never let De Paul play with freedom.”
    Barca football talk
    Simeone’s Taliban football will never let De Paul play with freedom.
    This one get my attention it’s hilarious 😂

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