Im not a barca fan (HALA MADRID!) but i like talking about football.
Alves is a great signing, hleb, not so sure. Surely not the one i would have picked to replace ronaldinho, aspecially not after having offloaded deco aswell, but then again, maybe messi will take care of all the creativity you need.
The signing of hleb was wierd to me, i would rather have bought Silva, hleb doesn't have the potential to be the very best in his position, and if your clubs name is Barca or Madrid, having second rate wingers is not really an option.
Alves on the other hand is probably the best right back in the world, followed by Ramos. Great signing, i was kinda hoping for Real to buy him, im sure he will be very very very good for barca. (screw Cristiano Ronaldo for 100 mill euro's, il rather have Alves for 35 to play right midfield and then buy Huntelaar for 25 and spend the rest on a really good midfielder.)
I dont understand why Pep wants to offload Eto, hes without a doubt one of the best strikers in the world. 77goals in 107 matches for barca speaks for itself. Why offload Eto over Henry im not sure, maybe Eto has a really bitchy personality, but Henry is relatively old, while Eto is 27. Spanish newspapers reports that Schuster wants to buy Eto back to real madrid, not sure if id want that, but hey, if we can have him for 25mill euro's il take him.
Also dont understand why so few clubs are interested in huntelaar, the guys scoring consistency speaks for himself, hes going to be the new nistelrooy. 70 leage goals in 82 league matches for ajax, 34 goals and 46 matches for Heenerven. While the dutch league may not be as regonized as english and spanish, the only other player to be that consistent or better in dutch leagues was Ronaldo (42 goals in 45 matches), and Ronaldo (when he was in top form) was probably the greatest striker ever to have played fotball. Shame about his injuries.