Gourcuff: to Buy or Not to Buy

By: Jennifer | October 16th, 2008

I think like everyone else, the big question that bothers me when I try to sleep is: will Bordeaux buy Gourcuff?

Okay, so maybe it’s been especially me, but there is good reason! For example, he is completely reliable, as shown in my previous post. Of course, if you asked me who is reliable without seeing that graph, I would say Wendel or Cavenaghi (even if he can’t usually last more than 80 mins). Heck, if you asked me before this season I’d even have said Gouffran. But the simple truth is, Gourcuff is damn reliable. Playing in every game and being simply amazing and consistent in every game. If Zidane played for Bordeaux, I don’t see why Gourcuff can’t (if he is to be the new number 10, that is.)

So what’s the dish? Here it is:

Bordeaux has the priority to buy until April 15th. Gourcuff will likely cost around €15m in the very least. (Remember that Liverpool’s bid on Cavenaghi is a supposed £13m, which is around €16m as of right now.) I wish I had the financial report for Bordeaux (like they have for Lyon) to show, but I can assure you that we are not very rich.

On the other hand, Hatem ben Arfa costed OM about €10m, and he is considered like, THE #2 PROSPECT OF FRANCE. Personally, I think Gourcuff justifies a €15m price tag, but then again like Bordeaux, I don’t have that type of disposable income.

Of course there’s the other people who want him (back), which right now consists of Bayern, Milan, and perhaps a Milan/Liverpool Agger/Gourcuff trade. In the unlikely case that the last happens, I’d be pretty pissed at them taking both Cavenaghi and Gourcuff…tell me that won’t happen?

So what’s the verdict?
Well, Galliani has been quoted in the Gazzetta dello Sport (just as he was previously “quoted” in Tuttosport, which I’ve been advised holds nothing but Juve) as saying:

“I hope Bordeaux will not remove [as in back out of] the option [to buy], which is very high: 15 million. But Gourcuff must also understand that at Milan there is competition, and it is necessary ‘ have the right state of mind as Flamini, who works hard and expects to find its place.”

Triaud too says:

“The question does not arise [now]. It will arise in April. Why talk now when it will happen in April? It is six months [later], we will not talk more than that. I do why would start scratching his head to see if the ad or not. It was time.
We’ll see if we want to do, the president continues Bordeaux. If you want, we’ll see if we can. There is no more stupid than others.He is a boy international with an option to purchase. I do not see why [that] if we have the means to exercise this option, it does not [we will] remove. “

Basically, let us worry in April Be prepared to heard (read) an earful from me.