Erling Haaland

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aguero93:20 said:
He probably made the right call tbh, don't think we were ever as invested in him as we were in Foden and he didn't have as clear a pathway to the team as Foden did with Silva being the age he was. He's done well at Dortmund but I'm still far from convinced he'd be able to nail down a starting spot here, his performances against tougher opposition haven't been too impressive when I've seen him anyway.
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You are probably right taking everything into consideration. It is grating tho if Dortmund sell him for 80-90 million.
 
ctwrd said:
It’s nothing to do with his quality compared with those players. It’s about wasting money on lesser players.
Everytime we bought the 2nd level players it’s been a waste.
You’re better off not buying anyone.
The list is endless:
Rodwell
Sinclair
Jovetic
Navas
Nolito
Fernando
Garcia
...
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Rodwell - £12 million, sold for £10 million
Sinclair - £8 million, sold for £4 million
Jovetic - £23 million, sold for £12 million
Navas - There's no way you can class Navas as a lesser player or a waste of a transfer
Nolito - £14 million, sold for £8 million
Fernando - £12 million, sold for £5 million
Garcia - £16 million, sold for £13 million

Net transfer spend - £33 million spread over 6 players and across 5 seasons, or in other words, 6.6 million wasted per season between 12/13 - 16/17. Truly an extraordinary amount. The latest transfer in that list happened in 16/17, 5 seasons ago. You reckon we have learned from our mistakes?
 
aguero93:20 said:
He probably made the right call tbh, don't think we were ever as invested in him as we were in Foden and he didn't have as clear a pathway to the team as Foden did with Silva being the age he was. He's done well at Dortmund but I'm still far from convinced he'd be able to nail down a starting spot here, his performances against tougher opposition haven't been too impressive when I've seen him anyway.
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I believe there was also a concern about attitude and focus. I have seen a lot of evidence of this happening agains in Germany, he is no doubt an extremely talented player - but so was Sturridge [emoji2369]
 
sky_blue said:
Rodwell - £12 million, sold for £10 million
Sinclair - £8 million, sold for £4 million
Jovetic - £23 million, sold for £12 million
Navas - There's no way you can class Navas as a lesser player or a waste of a transfer
Nolito - £14 million, sold for £8 million
Fernando - £12 million, sold for £5 million
Garcia - £16 million, sold for £13 million

Net transfer spend - £33 million spread over 6 players and across 5 seasons, or in other words, 6.6 million wasted per season between 12/13 - 16/17. Truly an extraordinary amount. The latest transfer in that list happened in 16/17, 5 seasons ago. You reckon we have learned from our mistakes?
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Every club gets it wrong from time to time. You would have to say on the whole we have got a lot more right than wrong.
 
sky_blue said:
Rodwell - £12 million, sold for £10 million
Sinclair - £8 million, sold for £4 million
Jovetic - £23 million, sold for £12 million
Navas - There's no way you can class Navas as a lesser player or a waste of a transfer
Nolito - £14 million, sold for £8 million
Fernando - £12 million, sold for £5 million
Garcia - £16 million, sold for £13 million

Net transfer spend - £33 million spread over 6 players and across 5 seasons, or in other words, 6.6 million wasted per season between 12/13 - 16/17. Truly an extraordinary amount. The latest transfer in that list happened in 16/17, 5 seasons ago. You reckon we have learned from our mistakes?
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Javi Garcia was pretty key in the run-in in 13/14 from memory. Played a lot of minutes in a double pivot with Ferna while Aguero/Negredo struggled with injury, which allowed Yaya to do his thing. 5 wins in a row to seal it?

Not the worst signing all thing considered.
 
sky_blue said:
Rodwell - £12 million, sold for £10 million
Sinclair - £8 million, sold for £4 million
Jovetic - £23 million, sold for £12 million
Navas - There's no way you can class Navas as a lesser player or a waste of a transfer
Nolito - £14 million, sold for £8 million
Fernando - £12 million, sold for £5 million
Garcia - £16 million, sold for £13 million

Net transfer spend - £33 million spread over 6 players and across 5 seasons, or in other words, 6.6 million wasted per season between 12/13 - 16/17. Truly an extraordinary amount. The latest transfer in that list happened in 16/17, 5 seasons ago. You reckon we have learned from our mistakes?
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We bought Mangala for half that total amount :)
 
sky_blue said:
Rodwell - £12 million, sold for £10 million
Sinclair - £8 million, sold for £4 million
Jovetic - £23 million, sold for £12 million
Navas - There's no way you can class Navas as a lesser player or a waste of a transfer
Nolito - £14 million, sold for £8 million
Fernando - £12 million, sold for £5 million
Garcia - £16 million, sold for £13 million

Net transfer spend - £33 million spread over 6 players and across 5 seasons, or in other words, 6.6 million wasted per season between 12/13 - 16/17. Truly an extraordinary amount. The latest transfer in that list happened in 16/17, 5 seasons ago. You reckon we have learned from our mistakes?
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What trophies did we win though?
 
sky_blue said:
Rodwell - £12 million, sold for £10 million
Sinclair - £8 million, sold for £4 million
Jovetic - £23 million, sold for £12 million
Navas - There's no way you can class Navas as a lesser player or a waste of a transfer
Nolito - £14 million, sold for £8 million
Fernando - £12 million, sold for £5 million
Garcia - £16 million, sold for £13 million

Net transfer spend - £33 million spread over 6 players and across 5 seasons, or in other words, 6.6 million wasted per season between 12/13 - 16/17. Truly an extraordinary amount. The latest transfer in that list happened in 16/17, 5 seasons ago. You reckon we have learned from our mistakes?
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man extraordinary amount is Sanchez deal the scum paid in wages to the amount of 550k a week for four years!
 
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