Martin Montoya (Barcelona -> Inter [loan])

From the  Metro, grain of salt required....

Liverpool ‘table £7.3million transfer bid for Barcelona defender Martin Montoya’

Liverpool have moved one step closer to completing a transfer deal for Barcelona defender Martin Montoya after reportedly making a £7.3million bid for his services.

Montoya – who has won four trophies in four years with Barcelona – is believed to have agreed personal terms ahead of a summer move to Anfield, which would leave his transfer fee as the only remaining obstacle.

And according to Spanish newspaper Sport, Liverpool have now tabled a £7.3million offer for the 24-year-old.

Brendan Rodgers is keen to shore up the right-back position with Glen Johnson set to leave the club in the summer, and would be able to offer Montoya regular first-team football.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/05/liverpool-table-7-3million-transfer-bid-for-barcelona-defender-martin-montoya-5182316/#mv-b

Glen out Montoya in it seems.

Has anyone been watching him this season? I've watched all Barca's highlight this year and he's never featured really.

Glen out Montoya in it seems.

Has anyone been watching him this season? I've watched all Barca's highlight this year and he's never featured really.

He's not featured much I don't believe which may lend some credence to the rumor that he wants regular first team football.

Only other issue is Barca's transfer (buy) ban which means I bet they don't let any players go that they don't need as first teamers or subs regularly.

Most of the Barcelona fans I know don't really rate Montoya and would be happy to see him sold. They just don't see him as the future of the club at RB. It's hard to take their word for it, though, because they also wanted Fabregas sold.

cant say that i've seen a lot of him, the times i have seen him he has not been a fantastic too.

If Alves is on a free and Barca are still willing to let him go then i have question marks over how good he is

Another bargain basement signing by the sound of it.

I think Montoya is good, and for under 10m, it would be a huge steal. He just needs games, and once he gets them, I can see him cementing that position for club and country.

He's a well balanced RB that is decent defensively and offensively, strong, good on the ball and has good pace.

I think Montoya is good, and for under 10m, it would be a huge steal. He just needs games, and once he gets them, I can see him cementing that position for club and country.

He's a well balanced RB that is decent defensively and offensively, strong, good on the ball and has good pace.

Only seen him play twice and he looked pretty good on both occasions. I definitely don't see him cementing a starting place in Spain's team, Carvajal is much better.

Obligatory Martin Montoya link in a transfer window.

Only seen him play twice and he looked pretty good on both occasions. I definitely don't see him cementing a starting place in Spain's team, Carvajal is much better.

Yeah, Carvajal is better for now, but I really think Montoya has the potential to be just as good, if not better. From the little game time he gets, he's looked composed and very good, imagine how good he'll be if he played on a consistent basis?

Anyway, I hope we get him for under 10m. Would prefer Clyne, but he'll probably cost 25-30m .

Obligatory Martin Montoya link in a transfer window.

Someone had to take over from David Villa

Obligatory Martin Montoya link in a transfer window.

I felt obligated in no way.

I don't think he fits the Barca remit. He's no Dani Alves, that's for sure.

He's a solid right-back; really sound defensively but also supports the attack when the opportunity arises although his end product isn't great in the final third. He actually reminds me a lot of Alvaro Arbeloa.

Someone had to take over from David Villa

Or
Arda Turan

Or
Arda Turan

Or David Silva

Next?

Yes please!!! 

don't forget Pedro!

Howling at some these comments describing the type of player Montoya is. The man averages 10 appearances a season since 2011 with Barca, and I'm guessing the majority of these where as a sub. Which says it all really.

 Sounds about right for us tho. Getting some mediocre player from a team light years ahead of us!
What a shambles lfc are becoming

so many RB links, why are we not looking at LB?

Moreno was absolutely wretched this season.  What is our plan, if Enrique goes?  just.... hope that Moreno isn't sh*te next season?

what if he is again???

Howling at some these comments describing the type of player Montoya is. The man averages 10 appearances a season since 2011 with Barca, and I'm guessing the majority of these where as a sub. Which says it all really.

He has played very little this season but the two seasons before that he played around 13-15 games in the league alone, most of them as a starter. 1122 minutes in 2013/14 and 1152 minutes in 2012/13 (roughly 13 full games that). He also started one game in the UCL this season and played two full games in the UCL last season. Not sure about 2012/13.

That might not be a hell of a lot but that's plenty enough to watch the player, I think. And while I'm not wholly convinced about him, partly because being a fullback for a team as attacking and free flowing such as Barcelona is surely a much easier thing than playing for us, he did look good on occasions.

I'm not convinced either for or against his signing, but if he came I'd get excited as I get with pretty much any crap we sign Only the likes of Poulsen have been able to depress the sh*t out of me from day one.

Only the likes of Poulsen have been able to depress the sh*t out of me from day one.

Not Konchesky mate?

He was the one that got to me. Never in my worst nightmare did I imagine him in a red shirt.

Not Konchesky mate?

He was the one that got to me. Never in my worst nightmare did I imagine him in a red shirt.

And to give up 3m and 2 young lads (1 of them a really good prospect), worst transfer in history for me

Haven't seen an awful lot from Montoya, only watched a couple of games where he has played and he looked OK but was against shitty opposition so he barely had to do any defending.

They signed Aleix Vidal to replace Dani Alves, surely that means Montoya is disposable.