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To be honest I only really want a LB this window and as long as they are good enough I dont care where they come from.Is the Premier League that much of a culture shock to foreign players? Is it that bigger deal to not speak the same language in a game of football??
Having said that - Phil Neville might be available on a free. Arry identified him years ago and we should pounce soon, I reckon.
Failing which - Graham Le Saux could always cover for Rose on a pay as you play
I want Benteke and to this day I can't understand why we didn't just pay the asking price when we then went out and got soldado for about the same.
We're spurs though. So we'll probably get him in January and he'll do a cruciate on February 1st
Salah, from Basel?We should have bid £20 mill for Saleh in the Summer
Chris Hougton, as player manger would sort out the LB and the team management problems?Having said that - Phil Neville might be available on a free. Arry identified him years ago and we should pounce soon, I reckon.
Failing which - Graham Le Saux could always cover for Rose on a pay as you play
I wonder if we were genuinely interested.
I wanted us to be, and IMO it made so much sense - especially as in hindsight the money was clearly not a problem - yet we never confirmed interest or made a bid iirc.
Lots of talk, "sources" and agent waffle, then he signs a new contract and thats that. I suspect it may have always been a ploy to drum up interest/a new deal and we were never in the running at all. Tried and tested...
Especially as Soldado is basically the opposite of Benteke, would appear strange to go for one and then the other
Possibly a lack of interest? Perhaps he was sensible and saw another year at villa as key to his development (and developing value)
Than who?Ye I think considering his performances against us in Europa League, he would have been a more obvious choice