Benjani

[kaz7]

Can't see this covered elsewhere, apologies if it's been discussed already.

Sounds like Arry bleeding Redknapp has a new book out and in it he claims we paid £9.5m for Benjani (according to Daily Mail).

I had it in my head it was around £3m. Can anyone confirm I'm not going crazy?

He tells that many lies he believes it all himself

 

[M18CTID]

'arry Redknapp is a lying ****. We signed him for an initial £3.87 million, which would've risen to £7.6 million if Benjani had made at least 75 starts for us. As it happens he played less than half that many games for us so I very much doubt Pompey received anything more than the £3.87 million from us.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7221987.stm

 

[avoidconfusion]

He's not a wheeler dealer you know

 

[aguero93:20]

'arry Redknapp is a lying ****. We signed him for an initial £3.87 million, which would've risen to £7.6 million if Benjani had made at least 75 starts for us. As it happens he played less than half that many games for us so I very much doubt Pompey received anything more than the £3.87 million from us.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7221987.stm

Just checked, I was out on the last page but Rosie 'Arry paid £4.1m for him so still made a loss.

 

[che_don_john]

In case you needed any more reminding of what a shitbag Harry Redknapp is, just watch and listen to this:



Bear in mind that he's talking here about a guy who was building a decent career at Portsmouth, who was settled (probably with his family, too) and was happy. The way Redknapp talks about it, it's as if he's completely forgotten (or just doesn't care) that this was a man's career and livelihood he was fucking about with. And you can't help but watch this and think that Redknapp must have got a cut out of it to have been so keen and delighted to throw one of his players out like that. If memory serves (which it clearly doesn't for Arry), Benjani was one of the league's top scorers at the time we signed him, on about 12 goals, so was serving Portsmouth pretty well.

The look on Hoddle's face says it all.

 

[Vienna_70]

Worth every penny for his shoulder alone.

I wonder how much Rosie pocketed from the deal.

Edited for accuracy.

 

[cptaidan88]

Cheers all. Knew I was right!

 

[MCFC1993]

£3m, £9m, doesn't matter, worth it alone for that goal in the Munich Anniversary derby.

 

[Vienna_70]

£3m, £9m, doesn't matter, worth it alone for that goal in the Munich Anniversary derby.

Correct.

The standard of the players we had then might not be at the level they are now, but for their performance that day, they should all be heroes in every City fan's eyes.

As another poster said earlier, I can still recall the thrill I felt when DV scored the first on that wonderful afternoon.

 

[its a Barm]

Correct.

The standard of the players we had then might not be at the level they are now, but for their performance that day, they should all be heroes in every City fan's eyes.

As another poster said earlier, I can still recall the thrill I felt when DV scored the first on that wonderful afternoon.

We are impeccable.