I think a lot of this is blown out of proportion. Parry doesn't just pick names like Dossena, Keane and Degen out of his hat. Rafa gives him a list of players. Rafa gave him Barry then Keane then etc in that order. The problem is not that Rafa doesn't have input on the players, the problem was that Parry chose Keane instead of Rafa's first choice Barry.
So don't assume suddenly there will completely different type of signings. Rafa put Keane on his list, Rafa put Dossena on his list. Rafa chose Kuyt, Lucas, Babel Arbeloa etc. They might not have been his FIRST choice, but they were HIS CHOICE. Anything else that anyone tells you or that you might read is complete nonsense.
Agreed, Raffa gives a list of players, but of course it was not Raffa who said splash up to 20.3 million on Keane...
As Raffa said before, with 20 million, its the manager who is in the best position to decide whether to bring in 1 player costing 20 million, or 4 players costing 5 million for the good of the team...
I just hope all these issues are sorted in the contract ASAP
