brian the blue said:whyalwaysLee said:brian the blue said:We didn't need him but I didn't want him to go to them seems to be the views of most blue's, which I agree with.
One thing people need to realise is we can't just buy players to stop others getting them. No doubt Van Persie's a quality player and he'll turn out to be a good signing for them in the short-term. But looking at this deal ignoring how important he may be to either team or whatever, they've paid £24million pounds and £220k a week for a player who is 29 and was in the last year of his contract. They've been ripped off and people wouldn't be happy on here if we had agreed that fee with them - well I know I wouldn't be anyway.
We paid 27 million for Dzeko who is only 2.5 years younger than RVP. If Van Persie scores 30 goals a season for the 4 years of his contract then it would be considered a bargain. I don't think he is gonna morph into steptoe as soon as he turns 30. Bergkamp played until he was 37. This is game on.
Didn't say it was a shit signing as such. Just that I feel that they've been ripped off. We paid £27million for Dzeko when he was what? 26? and he had a few years on his contract left - not 1.
24 I think he was.