Barcelona openly stated before the January transfer window that they were looking for a midfielder to provide a shot in the arm for their side, a la Edgar Davids in 2004.
Talking to Barcelona-based newspaper Sport on Monday, Barcelona president Joan Laporta said: “If we manage to have ‘fair play,’ the idea is to have a midfielder who in some way compensates for Gavi’s loss.
Barcelona want to bring in Edgar Davids this January transfer window, or at least the closest thing they can find to a reincarnation. President Joan Laporta declared on Monday that he wants to sign a midfielder on Monday in order to kickstart their season in the same way that the Dutchman once did.
Barcelona President Joan Laporta has revealed that the Blaugrana will attempt to do business in January, in spite of their apparent lack of room in their salary limit.
Former Juventus midfielder Edgar Davids anticipates that the Bianconeri will be contenders for the Scudetto. However, he acknowledges that it’s still too early to determine if they can secure the championship.
On this day in 2000, Juventus hosted Roma at the Stadio delle Alpi in Turin. Edgar Davids stole the limelight with a memorable volley. The dynamic Dutchman latched into a loose ball on the edge of the penalty box to break the deadlock with a low drive.
There was words exchanged with Lionel Messi and the Dutch manager Louis van Gaal at full-time last night. Edgar Davids had to step in as peace makers between the two near the Dutch bench.
Former Barcelona player Edgar Davids has joined former Barcelona manager Louis van Gaal at the Dutch national team. The bullish midfielder didn’t play for van Gaal in either of his two stints at Barcelona, but did feature for him at both Ajax and in the national side.
Edgar Davids has warned Dusan Vlahovic that Juventus is a much bigger club and no one cares about who you are there. They are just interested in your performance.
Edgar Davids exciting goal in the Champions League against Dynamo Kiev back in 2002 has been selected as today’s Juventus #GoalOfTheDay. This was actually the Dutch midfielder’s only goal in the competition for the Old Lady, but what an effort it was, dribbling past both the defender and goalkeeper rippling the net.
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