In hindsight I am glad that we didn't sign Ruiz or Maiga, as for me they probably wouldn't have been anywhere near the standards of Best and Ba. I would have happily taken Gameiro or Gervinho as they would have been an improvement on what we have and are also different types of players to Best and Ba, so they would have given us more options. I was uncertain regarding Erdinc, but because he seems to be so highly rated by Mr. Carr I would have happily taken him and I think he'd have done well.
However there is a point to this article.
There was a couple of players a lot of us on here were really wanting and we were tentatively linked with them at points in the last year (no, I'm not referring to Vossen, Mansare or Progrebnyak!)
The two players I am referring to here are Ricky Van Wolfswinkel and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
Van Wolfswinkel not only has a wonderful name but he also signed for Sporting Lisbon for just above £5 million and since then has scored 6 goals in 7 games. That, for me, is an absolute bargain!
Sigthorsson signed for Ajax for around £4.2 million. He has since scored 5 goals in 6 games. And again he would have been a bargain!
The two players are 22 and 21 years of age respectively and we could have signed them both early on in the transfer window for a combined fee of what we were bididng for the likes of Erdinc. Does anyone else feel we really should have gone for at least one of these players? Not that I am complaining too much, because Ba and Best have been sensational. But imagine if we got rid of Shola and Lovenkrands. We could have had Ba, Best, Sightorsson and Van Wolfswinkel. Now that would have been something special...just an after thought!
However there is a point to this article.
There was a couple of players a lot of us on here were really wanting and we were tentatively linked with them at points in the last year (no, I'm not referring to Vossen, Mansare or Progrebnyak!)
The two players I am referring to here are Ricky Van Wolfswinkel and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
Van Wolfswinkel not only has a wonderful name but he also signed for Sporting Lisbon for just above £5 million and since then has scored 6 goals in 7 games. That, for me, is an absolute bargain!
Sigthorsson signed for Ajax for around £4.2 million. He has since scored 5 goals in 6 games. And again he would have been a bargain!
The two players are 22 and 21 years of age respectively and we could have signed them both early on in the transfer window for a combined fee of what we were bididng for the likes of Erdinc. Does anyone else feel we really should have gone for at least one of these players? Not that I am complaining too much, because Ba and Best have been sensational. But imagine if we got rid of Shola and Lovenkrands. We could have had Ba, Best, Sightorsson and Van Wolfswinkel. Now that would have been something special...just an after thought!
