Its not like its just a big coincidence this came out now. These news most likely came out as a result of our due diligence, so it would have come out before we signed him regardless if they had accepted that 70m bid or not :) With other words, there is no chance we would have signed him whatever fee they wanted.West Ham will regret not pushing through the deal when we slapped £70m on the table, saying he’s worth £90m instead. Guess what lads, he’s worth fuck all now! Not even a penny.
Shades of that floppy haired muppet at Brentford smugly saying that Ivan Toney is worth £100m, then 5 days later Toney was banned for 8 months for betting offenses.West Ham will regret not pushing through the deal when we slapped £70m on the table, saying he’s worth £90m instead.
Txiki is certainly not useless, our results speaks for themselves and he is one of the best, if not the best, around. However, making sure a potential signing is not being currently investigated for a crime before making a multimillion investment is not what makes him an elite Sporting Director, that in particular is the the bare minimum I would expect from anyone in his position.“Txiki is useless”
I don’t think he was really saying that Txiki deserves credit for this; more that the criticism thrown at him when news first broke about the deal being off was ridiculous and hyperbolic.Txiki is certainly not useless, our results speaks for themselves and he is one of the best, if not the best, around. However, making sure a potential signing is not being currently investigated for a crime before making a multimillion investment is not what makes him an elite Sporting Director, that in particular is the the bare minimum I would expect from anyone in his position.
Sure sounds like life is about to come at him fast...It looks pretty dodgy when 4 people you know open new betting accounts and place the MAXIMUM amount allowed on you getting booked