And from memory didn't he basically go on strike until they agreed to let him go? So a great success then.
Weeks of frustration? Hours of frustration more like, they were all signed the same ****ing day. Joe Hart ffs.
Don't believe all you read in newspapers, even if he only cost us his air fare and wages it was money thrown down the drain and one to put in the file 'dodgy dealings'. Totally unnecessary signing, even the man himsled said eh didn't Yeah Joe Hart, England's goal keeper who was looking for a Premier League club at the time we forked out £5m for Marshall. He spent the season on loan, wages only, in Italy. Point being I don't think he'd be on £5m a year do you ? And do you think the Mason and Marshall deals were done and dusted on the spur of the moment on the same day, FFS ?
Yes I'm sure they paid 13 million and then let him go for half that after he'd had a good first season. He went for a whacking great contract. So I imagine Sunderland would have got a good deal for him. But carry on.
At the start of last season he was on just over 7m a year. So yes. Torino also paid a decent loan fee for him.
Alright, not Joe Hart then, my original point was that £5m for a goal keeper from the Championship was excessive.
Bruce's striker signings for us... Proschwitz Gedo Graham Long Jelavic Sagbo N'Doye Hernandez Akpom Diomande Overall, they're fairly poor, we did get one decent pairing in there, but sadly it only lasted half a season.
We're supposedly after £3m for a championship keeper who is a fair bit older with 1 year left on his deal.
So he was wanted by an oil rich club and they thought Ye let's just let him go for half what we paid. Gtf
Thanks for the advice. My point being that there's a big difference between a 1.5m flop and a 300k (ish) flop - especially at money-mad club like ours. Bruce didn't seem to trust Jak fully and it was always possible that McG would get injured, so I understand the move in bringing in DK. It's just that he wasn't needed in the end. Not all signings work out.
It is in hindsight, at the time Marshall was one of the most highly rated keepers in the league. It was totally unnecessary given what we had but it must've looked like a good signing from the management point of view; there was no faith in Jak or McGregor and Kuciak was nowhere to be seen. Mannion was still dipping his toes into reserve football. I can understand why we did it, it's only in hindsight that it looks like a daft move.
Overall they're loans or cheap options. Surprise surprise, given money he signs good forwards. Long and jelavic and Hernandez. It's not ****ing rocket science is it.
