oh so you read brian reade and benitez propoganda and you believe it , i despair . and as for ronaldo it was houllier and thompson who thought ronaldo was not good enough , and gareth barry better than xabi alonso ?
I was under the impression he wanted both of them in the same team, no Barry is not better than Alonso nowhere close it to it

I was pointing out that Keane was going to be brought with Barry to work together, when we didn't get Barry it made Keanes signing pointless.
I don't believe all the book but do feel he had a very difficult last 18 months due to the in-house problems.
Apologies about Ronaldo I thought Rafa wanted him and was told he wasn't good enough and we bought other players