Riquelme

What's happened to him and Villarreal this season?

 

His actually doing pretty well, you just dont hear much of him becouse he doesn't play in the champions league.

 

Great, but why did he retire from Argentina?

 

If I remember correctly, his mother was ill and he wanted more time to spend with his family.

 

In addition, he said that the scrutiny/critisismn he got from the Argentine press and the people where causeing his mother to loose her health faster. The stress being a bit much for a women in her state.

 

villareal underwent more changes than any other side I can think of: cani, pires, cygan, somoza, fuentes, nihat, I can think of offhand and now mati fernandez..it's bound to affect team cohesion and I think they've suffered this season due to so many changes
the times I've seen him play riquelme has looked fine, but the team has struggled
hopefully they'll do better in the second half and make europe next year
they're only 5 points from the top 6! the key is that someone needs to start scoring
I hope riquelme stays on

you're guys are right about the national team though I think it was more than his mother's health
riquelme is not a player who thrives in the spotlight (or in the pitch black behind it)..he is a genius, but a low key one
he and pekerman didn't want to go on because they'd never escape the blame when they should have lifted the cup

 

<div class="quote_poster">dan Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">His actually doing pretty well, you just dont hear much of him becouse he doesn't play in the champions league.</div>Good point.

I suspect that he's probably the most expensive player in the world in today behind Henry and Ronaldinho. In today's inflated Chelsea market that is. He's been on loan to Villarreal from Barcelona for 4 or 5 years. He has to be incredibly expensive for a team to only take him on loan that long.

Villarreal really some attacking players. Pires is out for the season. I was hoping Reyes would go there instead of Real Madrid. He would have been starting every week instead of struggling for a place. If Villarreal get some attacking players in the transfer window they should be back in Europe next season.

 

I completely agree, i personally would love to see them try to get Tevez. I think that it would be a good move for everyone involved.