Yesterday evening Andrei Kapski spoke to L'After Foot [every night on Radio Monte Carlos from 9PM to 11PM] of his first days as a manager and in particular of his transfers target. He explained his choices and RMC.fr decided to make a article on "The 8 players that BATE Borisov are aiming to sign!":
Ronaldinho. The 32 year old Brazilian his one of the biggest legend of football history! His technique impressed all South-America before conquering the rest of the world when he moved to Europe and Paris Saint-Germain! He then played for Barcelona and Milan before coming back to Brazil. He is now at Atlético Mineiro with one year left on his contract. But Andrei would like to sign him now.
"He is the best player I ever seen. Having him at BATE would be a dream that can become possible if we work hard enough! And it will be hard for me to sleep until it is done!"
Tim Krul. Then next player that Andrei mentioned was Newcastle Dutch goalkeeper.
"24 is very young for a goalkeeper and he is already very good. If you want to improve coming at Borisov now is a good choice and as Tim has a very big potential he will improve dramatically with us."
David Silva. "You think it is impossible? Three weeks ago it seemed impossible too that BATE would have more money than Manchester City! So I think it is possible!" Andrei is a big fans of the Spanish midfielder and told us that he was ready to pay Manchester City 50M€ for him.
"He is a real magician! A magician and an artist."
Jonas Olsson. When Andrei talk to us about West Brom Swedish defender, he missed of superlative.
"I'm in love with this player since the day I made the crazy decision to sign him for Barcelona on Football Manager! He was LIGA Player of the Year and he would surely be the player of the year in Belarusian league even if Silva and Ronaldinho are his contenders for the award!"
Georgios Samaras. The Celtic striker is better than Van Persie according to Andrei.
" Georgios has all the qualities to become the league top goalscorer. Playing in Belarus could even help him win the European Golden Boot![...]
If I had him and Van Persie in my squad only Georgios would play. Van Persie will never have the level to play in Belarus."
Carles Puyol. "The best defender Spain as ever seen, and only one player will do better in their league for the next 10 years, it is Varane!" Bate Borisov manager is very interested in the two players but he believes Varane would prefer to continue at Madrid.
"Puyol would surely be interested in joining my team. I'm sure he wants a new challenge! And I think he could play in our league for at least the next five years."
Wellington Nem. The 21 year old Brazilian (2 caps) is seen as
"the next Shaun Wright-Phillips" by Andrei!
"Shaun was one of the 10 best players Premier League ever seen and Wellington Nem will become the best player Belarus as ever seen. He could play here for the next 20 years and win loads of trophies including Champions League!"
Franck Tabanou. Toulouse 24 years old left winger was last summer a transfer target for several Ligue 1 clubs including Saint-Etienne and Montpellier. Andrei believes that he can be the one who manage to sign him.
"I always admired this player. The first time I saw him play, I knew he would become a World superstar. He isn't? It's because he still hasn't join BATE, but when he will...He will...He will be the one who will score the winning goal in the Champions League final against Liverpool!"