Selling him was the right decision after his statement which made his place untenable and forced the issue.
But this squad + RvP would challenge IMO and while players of his calibre don't grow on trees we needed to do better than Podolski and Giroud if we were going to sell.
Originally Posted by LDG
Spot fecking on both of you.
Selling him to man utd was the wrong decision.
I'd agree with that. But I think it was the only deal open to us......in so far as making a profit goes.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
it was certainly an admission that we're not interested in competing with them any more and see ourselves as one of 'the rest', albeit near the top of the rest.
We didn't need to give into his demands. We still had him for a year. And, make no mistake, add RVP to this squad and we've got a good shot at the title. Let him fuck off next season, because if we win the title, we got more kids from Asia supporting us and we get money and we may attract good players (though not the very top, better than Giroud or Gervinho). That's the only way we can progress. You can't replace Van Persie because he's the best and he's settled in England.
£24m was the price of the title and as one of the richest clubs in the world we don't want to pay it. Or, at least, we're not brave enough to have a go.
why pay it when you can make it? makes sense for this lot. perfect sense. fits the business model after all.
nevermind, only two years left.
Why make it when you can fake it?
Why fake it when you can rake it?
Why shake it when you can bake it?
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