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Old 04-20-2005, 07:22 AM
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Sokota To Porto!?

Suprising (to me, anyway). I still really like his game, although he admittedly sucked the first half of this season when he couldn't hit an open net to save his life. Still - I like his skills and while I don't imagine he'll be getting a lot of playing time at Porto, it still makes me nervous.

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Croatas colocam Sokota no Dragão
O jornal desportivo "Sportske Novosti" garante que Sokota já assinou pelo FC Porto, onde o esperam cerca de 750 mil euros por cada uma das quatro épocas previstas no contrato
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De acordo com o jornal desportivo croata "Sportske Novosti", o avançado Tomislav Sokota, ainda jogador do Benfica, já terá assinado pelo FC Porto um contrato válido para as próximas quatro temporadas. Ainda segundo o mesmo jornal, o acordo entre os campeões nacionais e o ponta-de-lança croata deverá custar aos portistas cerca de 750 mil euros por ano, num total de três milhões de euros pelas quatro temporadas. Sokota foi o segundo melhor marcador do Benfica na última época com 11 golos, menos um do que Simão Sabrosa, mas acabou por ser relegado para a equipa B, onde tem treinado e até participado nos jogos, depois de se ter recusado a negociar o prolongamento do contrato que o ligava aos encarnados.

A confirmar-se, a contratação do avançado croata significa mais um reforço para o ataque, sector para o qual o FC Porto já garantiu a contratação de Lisandro López e onde ainda conta com McCarthy, Postiga, Luís Fabiano bem como Hugo Almeida, actualmente emprestado ao Boavista. Um excesso de oferta de mão-de-obra que poderá levar justificar a saída de um ou mais dos actuais avançados - de resto, já anunciada como provável por Pinto da Costa há alguns dias dado o baixo rendimento apresentado por alguns jogadores.

A passagem de Sokota pelo Benfica acabaria por ficar marcada pelas lesões que acompanharam o croata praticamente desde o primeiro dia. A mais grave delas, sofrida no tendão de Aquiles do pé esquerdo, afastou-o da competição durante quase um ano mas uma sucessão de pequenos problemas musculares impediram-no de manter um nível exibicional regular e de se afirmar como referência do ataque encarnado.

Praticamente desde o início desta temporada que existem rumores dando como certa a saída do jogador da Luz com destino ao Estádio do Dragão. A intensidade desses boatos aumentou quando ele foi remetido à equipa B e tudo se parece confirmar agora, com os jornais de Zagreb a garantirem que o jogador passará a vestir de azul-e-branco na próxima temporada.
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Old 04-20-2005, 07:35 AM
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Suprising (to me, anyway). I still really like his game, although he admittedly sucked the first half of this season when he couldn't hit an open net to save his life. Still - I like his skills and while I don't imagine he'll be getting a lot of playing time at Porto, it still makes me nervous.

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Jeez, where have you been? This was one of the worst kept secrets in Portuguese football since Maniche pulled the same shenanigans while at Benfica. This was the reason why Sokota was demoted to the B team in January.
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Old 04-20-2005, 08:08 AM
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So it had nothing to do with the fact that he became slow as molasses?
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Old 04-20-2005, 08:26 AM
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None...He refused to sign with Benfica cause he had made a deal already with Porto. He'll be their Jankauskas.

It's a disappointing move from Sokota considering how Benfica stuck with him throughout all his injuries and how little he delivered. Nevertheless he has no spot on Benfica with Nuno, Mantorras, Karadas, and hopefully Delibasic.
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Old 04-20-2005, 08:43 AM
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Sokota is not good. Benfica wont miss him. Porto bought Lucho , he makes me nervous
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