El Chino to Bordeaux?
By: Jennifer | August 5th, 2008
Okay, some basic history: my family supports Inter, and Alvaro “El Chino” Recoba is (okay, was) one of my heroes. So when footmercato came out with this article, I jumped. So the article says that OM, PSG, Monaco and Bordeaux are all looking at him, and while Bordeaux definitely does not top that list financially, the possibility makes me a little excited. After playing with Inter for what seemed like a gazillion years, he is finally a free agent after finishing his loan with Torino last season.
Is it likely that he comes to France? Maybe as likely as Nesta to PSG. I think he’s most suited to coming on as a substitute to turn the game around, especially considering his age, which I guess Blanc can work with, maybe playing tag team with Cavenaghi. I’ll continue to be on the lookout for news on this..
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I just hope he catches on somewhere — I think you and I have talked about the fact that he deserves the chance to go out with a good season. Would he play @ Bordeaux?
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I think it really depends on how much he wants to be paid and if he wants to win something in his last years. I mean, if he just wants to play, can’t he simply stay in Italy (or go back to Uruguay)? Why bother having to learn another language? The clubs he has been linked to are the top clubs in France, so I’m thinking he’s looking for a good season(s) and maybe even play in Champions League games.
But to play with Bordeaux is another story, Bordeaux doesn’t NEED another striker (and he’s also not Argentine, lol), but if he’s cheap….I don’t see why not. But OM and PSG can definitely pay him better if they want him.
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I sure hope he finds a good home. When Muntari came to Inter he took the #20 shirt. It was sad. Even Moratti joked that he would like to retire the number but that isn’t done in calcio. I do think, though, that he needs a very special coach.
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He wanted to stay in Italy — he was actually asking Napoli and someone else (Palermo?) to come for him in the press, but they weren’t interested.
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Only PSG amongst the mentioned clubs should go after him. Other’s don’t need him at all.
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Except that Moratti retired the 3 for Fachetti (and will almost certainly retire the 4 for Zanetti).
The Moratti-Recoba relationship is “worthy” of slash fiction and/or a psychology Ph.D. thesis.
Even so, it is very hard to dislike the guy and there a significant number of Meazza diehards who still idolise him. I honestly hope that he ends his career on a high note, but the signs from last season at Torino were not very positive. I could only seeing him being a squad player at any of the Ligue 1 teams mentioned (except perhaps PSG, but that has more to do with their relative strength than anything else). If I were Recoba, I’d go back to Danubio for next to nothing.
But then if I was Recoba, I’d have a hell of a lot more money than I do.
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ursus -I think the big difference between Fachetti and Recoba is that fact that Fachetti is no longer with us..I mean if something should happen to Recoba now, Moratti might just retire his number (Fachetti’s number didn’t get retired until he passed away, so it can still happen.) BUT PLEASE DON’T LET ANYTHING BAD HAPPEN TO RECOBA. I just think that his talent is simply irreplaceable. My grandfather used to say that it’s a joy to see him play (at this point I think I was too young to appreciate it :\) If I were Recoba…I’ll take my money and retire somewhere nice.
Aditya -I feel the same too. What’s the point of OM (unless Cissé leaves) or Bordeaux or Monaco signing Recoba? They simply don’t NEED him, and none of these clubs have the luxury of just signing someone because they have the money to.
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Completely agreed; one cannot compare Fachetti and Recoba.
I was only responding to the “it isn’t done in calcio”. Milan retired Baresi’s 6 (and will retire Maldini’s 3, with the proviso that his son can wear it if he ever makes the grade) and Livorno retired Igor Protti’s 10 (though he asked them to “unretire” it after a couple of years).
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That is just what Moratti said about Muntari wearing #20:
“Per conto mio quella era una maglia da ritirare, ma farlo non è nella tradizione della società.”
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Johonna -Sometimes I don’t know if MassMo is completely lovable or just plain creepy..but I do appreciate him and what he does.
ursus -I agree with you, it just doesn’t happen much. But it doesn’t mean he can’t play in France
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Moratti’s irrational affection for certain players is one of the things that makes him seem human in this profit and trophy focused sport — it’s surprising and sort of disarmingly appealing, I think.
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Yes, but I always got the feeling that he loved them the same way you love your poodle - similar to your children but not exactly.
Speaking of children, I think I read he is grooming his son to take over one day.
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He definitely is grooming his son to succeed him, and his son is perhaps even more passionate about Inter than his father. They are each very much human (I’ve had the good fortune of chatting with both of them), sometimes too much so when it comes to the object of their footballing affections.
And there is a strong paternalistic streak to his relationship with certain players, but one needs to see that in the context of Italian society as a whole, and in particular the role played by families such as the Morattis.
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I don’t know anything about Inter or Recoba, but Blanc needs more players to achieve suitable depth for both the league and the CL. So for that reason alone, this might be a good move.
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