N gog was one of those players ,and we have had a few that good have been great for us, dyer,monk, routs people that wernt thought of that highly until they made their name with us.
So I understand the logic in the signing, a fresh chance for n gog to impress with a clean slate and he has un doubted talent too, it was a wild card signing that didn't come off and along with the emnes signing I suported it as it was low risk in terms of contract.
Some you win some you lose,like Alvaro and shector it didn't pay off but on the other hand we signed the likes of amat Chico,routs,michu and poz for peanuts and they have done great.
No doubt in ,y mind that it was the board that signed him, I think laudrup was quoted as saying he didn't know much about him so that tells you a lot !
N gog was cover with a chance to make an impression to win a contract all things considered it was a gamble worth taking, you dont get to Liverpool by being a total dummy on the football field so there is clearly talent there somewhere.
Onwards and upwards,he didn't take his chance like emnes did but in fairness he didn't even get a chance,maybe he tried in training but didn't get in front of dyer etc we must also remember that he was signed just as everyone was getting fit or was fit !
So you can't say too much about it all really.
35k a week is what I was told, but I don't know if Bolton were subsidizing some of it,I suspect they were chipping in with a few quid myself .