I was never sold on him really, he seemed to do well for a while, but looking back, it may have been Bake making the difference, not him. They got around 90m for Bale and I don't think any of that has been very well 're-invested' with none of the new signings making an impact, that and his little digs at the fans over the last month or so, I'm not too shocked he's gone really, I'm more suprised at Clarke being sacked from WBA.
He was just like Wenger, buying plaayers of a certain nationality/first language (French in Wenger's case and Portuguese in his case). Wonder where he will go. People at my school said WBA and they said that they wouldn't mind seeing him at Stoke!