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i agree, as i said a few days ago i don't believe torres will leave but there is a chance that stevie might leave. especially if rafa stays (my opinion)
when it comes to rafa he had £20m to spend on a new midfielder and he spent it on one of the most injury prone players in europe. season before that he spent £20m on keane. there's plenty manager around who would use £40m in a much better way...
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Anything is possible with these clowns,i pray they are not hanging on to assest strip and then sell off the club.
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This boy is crack'in up"
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i couldnt agree more with everything rafa has said, and everything torres has said yesterday.
That is exactly as i feel, as he says, he cannot continue wheeing and dealing.
lol
Funny thing is what these two said yesterday and today is almost identicle to what i said in a post about the coach.haha
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Yes I think Aquilani was a gamble that went wrong for this season. It may come off in the longer term as I think he is a class player and the initial payment was £5m with installments that doesnt reach a £20m total- at least thats my understanding.
Keane was a mistake, a good player but he certainly didnt perform for us.
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I agree with you swede, that he could have spent that money better.i think he does acknowledge that he made mistakes.
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On the 8th August 2009, Roma released official details of Aquilani's transfer fee. The fee is broken down as follows:
Four cash installments:
* €5m upfront
* €3m by 4th January 2010
* €7m by June 30th 2010
* €5m by June 30th 2011.
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I agree with you swede, that he could have spent that money better.i think he does acknowledge that he made mistakes.
yea of course he does. but right now i wouldn't trust him with this summers transfer kitty. too many mistakes lately
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Rafa has done fairly well in the transfer market -
IN Out
Robbie Keane £19,000,000 £16,300,00
Peter Crouch £7,000,000 £11,000,000
Mohamed Sissoko £5,600,000 £8,200,000
Mark Gonzalez £1,500,000 £3,500,000
Craig Bellamy £6,000,000 £7,500,000
Luis Garcia £6,000,000 £4,000,000
Morientes £6,300,000 £3,000,000
Antonio Nunez £1,500,000 £2,000,000
So players that he has bought have gone out on a fairly decent sum, considering the amount of time played and age with the exception of Keane whose transfer no one wants to claim credit for
think your confusing accounting with football. At the end of the day Rafa has bought quality players, if they don't work out for whatever reason he has managed to sell most of them for a profit. He has led us to Champions League football and has been good right up until this season. Football and accounting are not alien anymore, you loosen the purse strings a bit and you could be challenging for glory aka ManC
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He's outspent everyone in terms of nett spend over his 5 year tenure bar Manchester City and Chelsea. If he whinges about not being able to sign Villa for £9 million soon after he arrived, then it should be pointed out that the reason for it was the £6.5 million he squandered on Morientes (his first choice). The man is the embodiment of the 'accept no blame culture'. No wonder United and Chelsea fans pray he is left in charge.
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