Other top players might thing twice about coming if they think they can get more money elsewhere.
Other top players might thing twice about coming if they think they can get more money elsewhere.
Definitely. Reaffirms that 'feeder/steeping stone' rep we have. We had our chance to shake that off.Originally Posted by Goonermerree
Do we have that rep? Sanchez and Ozil came from Barca and Real.
We did before them.City scooped up most of our payers, then we lost Cesc and RVP. The cynic in me thinks we got Ozil because RM needed the money to buy Bale. Similarly, Barca may have needed money to buy Suarez.
Isn't that how all transfers work though? You sell players to buy players, partly.
It's been a few years since we've lost a major player, if we don't start winning big trophies soon that will change though.
The point is, if their respective clubs hadn't wanted to sell them we wouldn't have got them. Not sure either of them really wanted to come. Ozil certainly didn't seem to.
Ozil said that Wenger called him and that swayed him. I don't know what you're basing the idea that he didn't seem to want to come on.
Whether he wants to stay is another matter, he has at times seemed frustrated by the lack of quality around him.
Sanchez and Ozil won't stay if we don't start competing for major honours but I don't buy they came under duress.
We were shaking if off with those signings along with Cech. If we lose players again because we won't budge on wages, it reaffirms that tag. Also, it's not as if we wrestled Sanchez or Ozil from Real or Barca because we were more appealing.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote