Didn't we sign Mascherano from West Ham (ignoring third party technicalities)...? Xabi Alonso was at Real Sociedad who were probably equivalent to West Ham at the time. Agger, Hyypia and Skrtel all came from poor leagues and were considered to be risks that could easily have back fired. Steve Finnan played conference football and nobody knew who Arbeloa was when we signed him.
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Is right mate.
There's always good players to be had at lower levels of the game, and they're generally more hungry for it than some bloated ego, multi millionaire journeyman prick like Bellendtelli.


