@BluePhil8 said:
blue ranger said:
Makes me laugh when I read people saying he isn't good enough. He is a fantastic player with his back to goal and will be an ideal foil for Aguero. It's fair to say Aguero and Dzeko have never struck up a good partnership.
It's almost as if txiki can't win with some people - maybe these were the ones 18 months ago saying we should go balls deep for Soldado and what a success he turned out to be.
So for me £30m (and I doubt it will be that much) will be a fair fee for a proven goal scorer at premier league level.
It's fair to say Begiristain's record in tge market is fair to poor.
Wasted money on Willy who looks worse than Pantilimon. Sagna doesn't look impressive at all. Mangala looks about as intelligent as Boyata. Negredo was amazing so we sell him after a year. Navas hot and cold. Fernandinho good but £34m at 28. Fernando all right.
Look at some of the rubbish he signed at Barcelona as well. Wasted £30m on Chygronschy or whatever that shit centre back was called. Signed loads of nobody's from brazil for like £20million a guy called herreroson or some shit and he never played a single game for them.
If you could stop changing Euros to pounds and completely ignoring the exchange rate, you know like the papers do, that'd be great.
"Wasted money on Willy, who looks worse than Pantilimon":
Pantilimon is playing every week and in a team which allows a lot of chances/shots to the opposition, last season when Willy was at Malaga he was nominated for Goalkeeper of the year alongside Courtois and Keylor Navas (Now the first choice Chelsea and Real Madrid keepers). Also he was probably Pellegrini's transfer.
"Sagna doesn't look impressive at all": No, you're right he doesn't. But then again he was fantastic for Arsenal and was snapped up on a free, and is still a far better right back option than an injured Richards.
"Mangala looks about as intelligent as Boyata": Absolute bullshit. Mangala hating at it's finest. He will become a fantasic centre half, and is already Champions League standard.
"Navas hot and cold": So far he has 7 goals and 17 assists, in and out the team/coming off the bench. He may be inconsistent in form, but he is consistently productive with assists and chance creation. He also works as hard as Milner and get's a fraction of the praise.
"Fernandinho good but £34m at 28": First off, £30m. Secondly, he was a major part in winning the league, in fact we wouldn't have won it without him. 28 means no resale value, but we wouldn't sell him anyway like we wouldn't sell Silva or Sergio.
"Negredo was amazing so we sell him after a year": He was amazing for a year, then we sold him for £10m profit despite him being older, seriously injured, out of form and homesick. That is fucking top business.
"Fernando alright": Bags of experience, £12m, don't think we where expecting Zidane.
"Wasted £30m on Chygronschy or whatever that shit centre back was called": Chygrynskiy cost 24 million EUROS, so about £17m. Too much? yes. Shit, yes. A mistake? Yes. But not £30m, not a massive signing. Similar price to Kolarov, Santa Cruz or Jo.
"Signed loads of nobody's from brazil": 2. 2 nobodies, Keirrison and Henrique. Punts that didn't come off shock fucking horror.
"like £20million a guy called herreroson or some shit and he never played a single game for them": Keirrison, yes. He was 14 million euros. EUROS. That's like £8m, he took a punt on some youngster who they loaned out and it didn't work, happens everywhere (particularly at Chelsea) all the time.
You seem to be failing to mention Ronaldinho, Deco, Eto'o, Zambrotta, Dani Alves, Pique, Yaya Toure, Henry, Thuram etc.
His biggest mistake was Ibra, and the reason that didn't work is down to politics with Messi/Guardiola.
