They're all living off the dream of a 'Pool from a bygone era. The 'Pool of today really ought to have been relegated after having gone into administration. Instead, another Yanky came in with a bargain-basement offer, looking to make a fast buck. Okay, so they are not as bad as Blackburn's Indian chicken farmer wideboys, but they are not far off.
I cannot believe we got £12m for 3 metre peter. Levy must be some sort of miracle worker
One part being able to point at his goalscoring record, one part his experience in Europe, and two parts the English Premium.
Well his record with us was 12 in 73 (wikipedia) which is 1 in 6. Not a brilliant record and i wouldn't be using it in the negotiations.
Europe/english - fair enough
He's in his 30s too, which means little or no sell on which would count against him too.
I think £12m was a great deal.
It's not a reckless launch, like most two-footed tackles are, but in a way it's actually worse, as it's clearly a deliberate follow-through.
Less likely to result in a serious injury, but more cynical and dirty.
Liverpool's best signing cost the least of those that actually required a fee.
Interesting.
I've seen a fee of £7m quoted for Coates, but I have no idea how reliable that is.
It would push their gross spend to over £60m if true, though.
For the swearing I think he'll get a fine and a 2 game suspended ban like Ade did for his "inciting fans" or whatever they want to call it.
The whole racism thing seems to be grinding to a halt. Either both get off the hook or 4 game bans for both him and Terry with appeals knocking them down to 2.
Speaking of appeals, anyone have any idea why Rooney had his ban reduced to 2? Looks like obvious violent conduct to me, which has always been 3 games. Those brown envelopes have been back out to save the day, perhaps.