But how did that work out for them? They won the league one season then that was it. He was Taggerts retirement gift to himself! A season later and He was done and he cost a fortune in wages.
I think the fact he could end up at united is clouding people's judgement on this. If the money is not right for us then it is not right. We have had our pants pulled down in the past by players like Robinho and Adebayor but we had no choice at the time. Now we do.
Our strategy is streets ahead in terms of long term sustained success.