Chindie Posted June 2, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2010 Arsenal apparently are gunning for £60m odd, which is absurd... I can see them giving up if it goes much above £40m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Another thing about that list: The top 13 transfers of all time 1. Cristiano Ronaldo: Manchester United to Real Madrid – £80m (2009) success 2. Kaka: AC Milan to Real Madrid – £56m (2009) FLOP 3. Zinedine Zidane: Juventus to Real Madrid – £45.62m (2001) success 4. Luis Figo: Barcelona to Real Madrid – £37m (2000) success 5. Hernan Crespo: Parma to Lazio – £35.5m (2000) success 6. Gianluigi Buffon: Parma to Juventus – £32.6m (2001) success 7. Robinho: Real Madrid to Manchester City – £32.5m (2008) FLOP 8. Christian Vieri: Lazio to Inter – £32m (1999) success 9. Dimitar Berbatov: Tottenham to Manchester United – £30.75m (2008) FLOP 10. Andriy Shevchenko: AC Milan to Chelsea – £30m (2006) FLOP 11. Rio Ferdinand: Leeds to Man Utd - £29.1m (2002) success 12. Gaizka Mendieta: Valencia to Lazio - £29m (2001)FLOP 13. Veron: Lazio to Man Utd - £28.1m (2001) FLOP There have been plenty of flops, havent there? I assume this list was written after the Ronaldo transfer but before the Benzema one as he cost more than some players on the list, he has flopped too I guess. Some of the flops have actually been disasters, Shevchenko cost Chelsea getting on for £45m in transfer fees and wages, and if you believe the stories he cost them the services of Jose Mourinho too. I doubt Man City will get any money back on Robinho (they might not care, but hey ho) and the hit Lazio took on Mendieta was astonishing, he went from being one of the most expensive players of all time to playing away at Nuneaton Boro in the FA cup in the space of a couple of years. He played 20 games for Lazio. Veron was a shocker too, people seem to think that Manchester United only losing £14m on him was pretty good. Says more about his form in England than anything I can add I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 2, 2010 Moderator Share Posted June 2, 2010 Again totally agree Rev, there are a lot of flops on that list and yes that list was from before the Benzema deal which I'd forgotten about to be honest. I guess it goes to prove you don't always get what you pay for no matter what end of the market you shop at and no matter how much you spend. It also shows even the best managers make mistakes and costly ones at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Harry rubberface says that Joe Cole is definately leaving Chelsea. Nailed on to join Man City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 offer they cannot refuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 2, 2010 Moderator Share Posted June 2, 2010 Harry rubberface says that Joe Cole is definately leaving Chelsea. Nailed on to join Man City? Its supposed to be Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Harry rubberface says that Joe Cole is definately leaving Chelsea. Nailed on to join Man City? Its supposed to be Arsenal. I thought they had a rigid pay structure? I know they can make it up with the huge signing on fee but that would surprise me for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Doubt it's Arsenal, Arsene needs defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 2, 2010 Moderator Share Posted June 2, 2010 Harry rubberface says that Joe Cole is definately leaving Chelsea. Nailed on to join Man City? Its supposed to be Arsenal. I thought they had a rigid pay structure? I know they can make it up with the huge signing on fee but that would surprise me for some reason. To be honest mate the only think I can recall about them and any kind of rigid pay structure is in relation to the length of contracts for players in relation to their age, 1 year deals for over 30's. If I recall correctly they chucked huge wages at Sol to land him on a Bosman and given Wenger's reluctance to spend on transfer fees I can see this one happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I doubt it's Arsenal, they have so many players of that ilk already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Are you a closet Arsenal fan Trent? You seem to know a lot about their inner workings!! Outed eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Are you a closet Arsenal fan Trent? You seem to know a lot about their inner workings!! Outed eh? It's common knowledge really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted June 2, 2010 Moderator Share Posted June 2, 2010 Are you a closet Arsenal fan Trent? You seem to know a lot about their inner workings!! Outed eh? Ha ha rumbled! nah just spend way too long reading about footie and have a good memory for stuff that will never be of any use to me in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Are you a closet Arsenal fan Trent? You seem to know a lot about their inner workings!! Outed eh? It's common knowledge really I guess that explains the strange avatar. It Sol Campbell practising his dance moves. In disguise of course!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Harry rubberface says that Joe Cole is definately leaving Chelsea. Nailed on to join Man City? Its supposed to be Arsenal. I thought they had a rigid pay structure? I know they can make it up with the huge signing on fee but that would surprise me for some reason. It's only rigid in how big it is. They've consistently had the third highest wage bill in the league which will probably only change next time the figures are released because of Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I doubt it's Arsenal, they have so many players of that ilk already True, but Wenger loves Joe Cole type players, and they are always injured. He'll fit in nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Guardian now reporting that the offer for Fabregas was €40m/£33m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Interesting signing for West Brom Been very poor for the last couple of years but an impressively high profile signing for a club of their standing. The sort that could easily attract other players to the club as well. A truly terrible player when Atletico Madrid consider you a poor defender then their is really no coming back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 3, 2010 Moderator Share Posted June 3, 2010 A truly terrible player when Atletico Madrid consider you a poor defender then their is really no coming back They considered Johnny Heitinga, Everton's player of the year, to be a very poor defender as well before they got rid of him. Atlético giving lessons on defending ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 A truly terrible player when Atletico Madrid consider you a poor defender then their is really no coming back They considered Johnny Heitinga, Everton's player of the year, to be a very poor defender as well before they got rid of him. Atlético giving lessons on defending ? They play Perea every week and he is just awful and amazing how they never bought a decent centre half in so long. As for Pablo Tim Stannard on Football 365 slaughtered him, Simao and Gago http://www.football365.com/spanish_thing/0,17033,9405,00.html "The experienced Atlético Madrid defender is now set to leave the Vicente Calderón club on a free transfer. And the day that the centre-back departs the training ground for the final time, there will be celebrations in the Spanish capital to rival those of their Europa League victory. Pablo has been responsible for more moronic cock-ups than any other defender in recent years in la Liga. Even the fact that he will be free won't be of any consolation to the buffoon of a manager that will be relegating his side even before the season has started by signing him" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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