Txiki's 5 best signings?

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Walker gets overlooked much

Arguably the best right back in the world for half a decade

Absolutely! However, he's frightening the life out of me lately

 

[pride in battle]

Seen a few of these threads on Twitter, so thought it'd be worth asking the question on here. Players only btw, so you can't include Pep in your list.

1) De Bruyne
2) Haaland
3) Rodri
4) Ederson
5) Bernardo

Not a bad list that ;)

 

[Blue Til Death]

Pep
Pep
Pep
Pep
Pep in this order ..!

 

[Akira]

Kev
Rodri
Haaland
Bernardo
Walker

Considering their level of influence on our successes, and for some, including the potential competitions for their signings.

 

[Goatmeal]

Who was responsible for aguero, kompany, zabba?

 

[Akira]

Fernandinho
D Silva
Ederson
Rodri
Akanji

Subs:Bernardo, YaYa and Stones

David Silva and Yaya were signed pre-Txiki, no? Marwood?

 

[eastmanc]

Seen a few of these threads on Twitter, so thought it'd be worth asking the question on here. Players only btw, so you can't include Pep in your list.

1) De Bruyne
2) Haaland
3) Rodri
4) Ederson
5) Bernardo

They're not bad players that lot.

 

[Akira]

Who was responsible for aguero, kompany, zabba?

All before Txiki.

Vinnie and Zaba before the takeover.
Aguero, before Txiki.

 

[eastmanc]

I think there's a difference between "best players signed under Txiki" and "Txiki's best signings".

Walker has been fundamental to our success under Pep but we did pretty much just walk into Spurs' office and keep putting money down until they said yes. IIRC we actually could have gotten Walker for 10m cheaper until the Mendy deal happened and Levy wanted the same.

I'd say the same about Rodri. We got so lucky with that transfer, everyone in Spain knew it was too cheap, but Rodri signed for Atleti with that release clause when he was just having his break out season for Villarreal and refused new contracts from Atletico hence us getting him so cheap.

A great deal, but one we got because of Rodri's desire to control his career rather than Txiki being a master negotiator or something.

That's why I'd probably have Fernaninho in there. We went after a guy who had very little buzz around him, hadn't played for Brazil for a decade and was seen a couple of times a year in the CL groups. Paid big money for him but he repaid it 10x.

I moaned like fuck when we bought Fern. I couldn't believe we would spend that amount of money on a 28 year old. Shows how much I know.

 

[Keeper!]

David Silva and Yaya were signed pre-Txiki, no? Marwood?

LOL get Marwood back!!