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[Reg]

So many names lost in the mists of time - Barragan anyone?
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June 15, 2009

The Benitez years: his transfers in full

Total gross spend: £191.309m
Total recouped: £109.51m
Total net spend: £81.799m
Players signed: 70
Players sold or let go: 72

2004

IN (4)

Xabi Alonso (Real Sociedad, £10.5m); Luis Garcia (Barcelona, £6m); Josemi (Malaga, £2m); Antonio Nunez (Real Madrid, free).

OUT (3)

Michael Owen (Real Madrid, £8m); Danny Murphy (Charlton Athletic, £2.5m); Markus Babbel (VfB Stuttgart, free).

Spent £18.5m; recouped £10.5m; net spend £8m

2005

IN (14)

Peter Crouch (Southampton, £7m); Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid, £6.3m); Jose Manuel Reina (Villarreal, £6m); Mohamed Sissoko (Valencia, £5.6m); Mark Gonzalez (Albacete, £3.5m); Scott Carson (Leeds United, £750,000); Antonio Barragan (Seville, £240,000); Besian Idrizaj (Linzer ASK, £190,000); Jack Hobbs (Lincoln City, £150,000); Mauricio Pellegrino (Valencia, free); Boudewijn Zenden (Middlesbrough, free); Godwin Antwi (Real Zaragoza, free); Ramon Calliste (Manchester United, free), Miki Roque (Llieda, free).

OUT (14)

Milan Baros (Aston Villa, £6.5m); El-Hadji Diouf (Bolton, £4.5m); Alou Diarra (Lens, £2m); Antonio Nunez (Celta Vigo, £2m); Igor Biscan (Panathinaikos, free); Stephane Henchoz (Celtic, free); Mauricio Pellegrino (Alaves, free); Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux, free); Gregory Vignal (Portsmouth, free); Paul Harrison (Wolves, free); Jon Otsemobor (Rotherham United, free); Ritchie Partridge (Sheffield Wednesday, free); Mark Smyth (Accrington, free); Patrice Luzi (released).
Spent £29.73m; recouped £15m; net spend £14.73m

2006

IN (11)

Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord, £9m); Jermaine Pennant (Birmingham City, £6.7m); Craig Bellamy (Blackburn Rovers, £6m); Daniel Agger (Brondby, £5.8m); Gabriel Paletta (Banfield, £2m); Fabio Aurelio (Valencia, free); Nabil El Zhar (St Etienne, free); Robbie Fowler (Manchester City, free); Jan Kromkamp (Villarreal, free); Paul Anderson (Hull City, free); David Martin (MK Dons, free).

OUT (19)

Chris Kirkland (Wigan Athletic, £3.5m); Fernando Morientes (Valencia, £3.1m); Jan Kromkamp (PSV Eindhoven, £2m); Djimi Traore (Charlton Athletic, £2m); Antonio Barragan (Deportivo La Coruna, £680,000); Neil Mellor (Preston North End, £500,000); Dietmar Hamann (Manchester City via Bolton Wanderers, £400,000); Bruno Cheyrou (Rennes, free); Josemi (Villarreal, free); Ramon Calliste (Scunthorpe United, free); Robbie Foy (Scunthorpe United, free); Carl Medjani (Leyton Orient, free); Conal Platt (Bournemouth, free); David Raven (Carlisle United, free); John Welsh (Hull City, free); Zak Whitbread (Millwall, free); Calum Woods (Dunfermline, free); Ryan Wilkie (released); Paul Willis (released).

Spent £29.5m; recouped £12.18m; net spend £17.32m

2007

IN (26)

Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £20.2m); Javier Mascherano (West Ham United, £18.6m); Ryan Babel (Ajax, £11.5m); Lucas Leiva (Gremio, £6m); Yossi Benayoun (West Ham United, £5m); Alvaro Arbeloa (Deportivo La Coruna, £2.6m); S Leto (Lanus, £1.85m); Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao, £270,000); Krisztian Nemeth (MTK, £100,000); Dani Pacheco (Barcelona, £100,000); Alexander Kacaniklic (Helsingborgs, £75,000); Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, free); Emiliano Insua (Boca Juniors, free); Charles Itandje (Lens, free); Damien Plessis (Lyons, free); Mikail Alexandrov (CSKA Sofia, free); Jordy Brouwer (Ajax, free); Gerardo Bruna (Real Madrid, free); Ryan Crowther (Stockport County, free); Francisco Manuel Duran (Malaga, free); Ronald Huth (Tacuary FC, free); Gary Mackay Steven (Ross County, free); Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia, free); Marvin Pourie (Borussia Dortmund, free); Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria, free); Danielle Padelli (Sampdoria, loan).

OUT (18)

Craig Bellamy (West Ham United, £7.5m); Djibril Cisse (Marseille, £6m); Mark Gonzalez (Real Betis, £4.2m); Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid, £4m); Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva, £2.7m); Stephen Warnock (Blackburn Rovers, £1.5m); Darren Potter (Wolverhampton Wanderers, £250,000); Daniel O’Donnell (Crewe Alexandra, £100,000); Salif Diao (Stoke City, free); Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid, free); Robbie Fowler (Cardiff City, free); Gabriel Paletta (Boca Juniors, free); Boudewijn Zenden (Marseille, free); David Mannix (Ham-Kam, free); Jay Smith (Stockport County, free); Francisco Manuel Duran (released); Dave Roberts (released); Daniele Padelli (Sampdoria, end of loan).

Spent £66.295m; recouped £26.25; net spend £40.045m

2008

IN (14)

Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur, £20.3m); Albert Riera (Espanyol, £8m); Andrea Dossena (Udinese, £7m); Martin Skrtel (Zenit St Petersburg, £6.5m); Diego Cavalieri (Palmeiras, £3.5m); David Ngog (Paris St Germain, £1.5m); Alex Cooper (Ross County, £100,000); Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund, free); Lauri Dalla Valle (Jippo, free); Vitor Flora (Botafogo, free); Peter Gulacsi (MTK Hungaria, free); Emmanuel Mendy (Murcia Deportivo, free); Nikola Saric (Herfolge, free); Vincent Lucas Weijl (AZ Alkmaar, free).

OUT (15)

Peter Crouch (Portsmouth, £11m); Mohammed Sissoko (Juventus, £8.2m); John Arne Riise (AS Roma, £3.98m); Scott Carson (West Bromwich Albion, £3.75m); Danny Guthrie (Newcastle United, £2.5m); Steve Finnan (Espanyol, free); Harry Kewell (Galatasaray, free); Anthony Le Tallec (Le Mans, free); Besian Idrazaj (Wacker Tirol, free); Lee Peltier (Yeovil Town, free); San Jose Dominguez (released); Craig Lindfield (released); Ray Putterill (released); Miki Roque (released); James Smith (released).

Spent £46.9m; recouped £29.43m; net spend £17.47m

2009

IN (1)

Victor Palsson (Aarhus GF, £384,000)

OUT (3)

Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur, £16m); Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen, free), J Hobbs (Leicester City, £150,000).

Spent £0.384m; recouped £16m; net spend (-£15.766m)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol....&page=1

[Dundalk]

Did Owzat change his name again?

[Reg]

Did Owzat change his name again?

Stato's sulking.... 

.... and I wrote all those from memory... 

[bigmick]

Jeez Reg and you dig me out for doing long posts . Having read through it, my conclusion is that we buy and sell too many players. And if you did do that from memory, then you have a staggering memory. I can barely remember what half the players are called these days. I was talking to someone about Louis Garcia the other day and mid conversation forgot his name. I had to think of the sangria song to jog up the old head a bit.

[maguskwt]

it seems to me like benitez is an accountant... net spend of 82 million over 5 years is not too bad at all...

[Dundalk]

2007

IN (26)

Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £20.2m); Javier Mascherano (West Ham United, £18.6m); Ryan Babel (Ajax, £11.5m); Lucas Leiva (Gremio, £6m); Yossi Benayoun (West Ham United, £5m); Alvaro Arbeloa (Deportivo La Coruna, £2.6m); S Leto (Lanus, £1.85m); Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao, £270,000); Krisztian Nemeth (MTK, £100,000); Dani Pacheco (Barcelona, £100,000); Alexander Kacaniklic (Helsingborgs, £75,000); Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, free); Emiliano Insua (Boca Juniors, free); Charles Itandje (Lens, free); Damien Plessis (Lyons, free); Mikail Alexandrov (CSKA Sofia, free); Jordy Brouwer (Ajax, free); Gerardo Bruna (Real Madrid, free); Ryan Crowther (Stockport County, free); Francisco Manuel Duran (Malaga, free); Ronald Huth (Tacuary FC, free); Gary Mackay Steven (Ross County, free); Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia, free); Marvin Pourie (Borussia Dortmund, free); Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria, free); Danielle Padelli (Sampdoria, loan).

I suppose that wasnt a bad years buying from Rafa

[aCe']

Sorry mate but you seem to have got the numbers wrong...

# 04-09            Purchased                 Sold                             Nett                    Per Season 
 
1 Chelsea          £248,450,000           £117,300,000           £131,150,000            £26,230,000
2 ManCity           £171,020,000           £49,900,000           £121,120,000           £24,224,000
3 Liverpl           £212,490,000           £102,030,000           £110,460,000           £22,092,000
4 Totn'm           £235,500,000           £137,250,000           £98,250,000           £19,650,000
5 ManUtd           £169,450,000                £76,050,000           £93,400,000           £18,680,000
12 Arsenal           £102,050,000                £81,720,000           £20,330,000           £4,066,000






Season 08/09
Purchased       Fee           Sold           Fee           Net Total 
         
Philipp Degen Free                                    Anthony Le Tallec Undisclosed  
Andrea Dossena £7,000,000                                Harry Kewell Free  
Diego Cavalieri £3,500,000                                  Peter Crouch £10,000,000  
Robbie Keane £20,300,000[1]                          Danny Gutherie £2,500,000  
Vitor Flora Signed                                     John Arne Riise £4,000,000  
Alberto Riera £8,000,000                           Scott Carson £3,250,000  
David Ngog £1,500,000                                   Steve Finnan £1,000,000  
                                                     Robbie Keane £15,000,000  

Total £40,300,000                                              £35,750,000                                 £4,550,000
     
Season 07/08    
Javier Mascherano £17,100,000 ---            Lee Peltier Signed  
Martin Skrtel £6,000,000   ---          Mohamed Sissoko £8,200,000  
Damien Plessis Signed ---            Gabriel Paletta Signed  
Emiliano Insua £1,300,000   ---          Robbie Fowler Free  
Ryan Babel £11,500,000 ---            Jerzy Dudek Free  
Yossi Benayoun £5,000,000   ---          Mark Gonzalez £4,200,000  
Sebastian Leto £1,850,000 ---            Craig Bellamy £7,500,000  
Fernando Torres £26,500,000[2] ---          Djibril Cisse £6,000,000  
Charles-Hubert Itandje Signed ---          Boudewijn Zenden Free  
Andrei Voronin Free   ---                  Luis Garcia £4,000,000  
Total £69,250,000                   £29,900,000                                    £39,350,000
           
Season 06/07          
Lucas Pezzini Leiva £6,000,000   ---            Danny O'Donnell £100,000  
Francisco Manuel Duran Signed ---              Florent Sinama Pongolle £2,700,000  
Javier Mascherano £1,500,000   ---                  Salif Diao Free  
Alvaro Arbeloa £2,600,000   ---                  Stephen Warnock £1,500,000  
Nabil El Zhar £200,000   Darren Potter £250,000  
Dirk Kuyt £9,000,000   David Mannix Signed  
Jermaine Pennant £6,700,000   Chris Kirkland £3,000,000  
Fabiano Aurelio Free   Jan Kromkamp £1,500,000  
Gabriel Paletta £2,000,000   Neil Mellor £250,000  
    Djimi Traore £2,000,000  
    Antonio Barragan £680,000  
      Robbie Foy Free  
      Carl Medjani Signed  
      Dietmar Hamann £400,000  
      Ramon Calliste Free  
      David Raven Free  
Total £28,000,000     £12,380,000 £15,620,000
           
Season 05/06          
Craig Bellamy £6,000,000   Calum Woods Signed  
Robbie Fowler Free   Bruno Cheyrou Signed  
Daniel Agger £5,800,000   Zak Whitbread Free  
David Martin Signed   Conal Platt Free  
Nabil El Zhar signed   Fernando Morientes £3,000,000  
Jan Kromkamp Swap   John Welsh Swap  
Paul Anderson Signed   Josemi Swap  
Jack Hobbs Signed   Mark Smyth Free  
Godwin Antwi Signed   Paul Harrison Free  
Peter Crouch £7,000,000   Milan Baros £6,500,000  
Mohamed Sissoko £5,600,000   Ritchie Partridge Signed  
Antonio Barragan £240,000   Antonio Nunez Signed  
Boudewijn Zenden Free   Gregory Vignal Free  
Mark Gonzalez £4,500,000   Jon Otsemobor Free  
Jose Reina £6,000,000   Mauricio Pellegrino Free  
Total £35,140,000     £9,500,000 £25,640,000
           
Season 04/05          
Scott Carson £1,000,000   El Hadji Diouf £4,000,000  
Fernando Morientes £6,300,000   Vladimir Smicer Free  
Mauricio Pellegrino Free   Stephane Henchoz Free  
Antonio Nunez Swap   Chris Butler Free  
Xabi Alonso £10,500,000   Michael Owen £8,000,000  
Luis Garcia £6,000,000   Danny Murphy £2,500,000  
Josemi £2,000,000   Markus Babbel Free  
Djibril Cisse £14,000,000        
Total £39,800,000     £14,500,000 £25,300,000



Sorry about the bottom part cant be fcked fixing it it takes forever.. but heres the link if you wanna check...


http://www.transferleague.co.uk/

[aCe']

poof goes the money argument... we wasted the money buying shhitty players (in general, few exceptions)... now we need to make things right... again, i expect us to have atleast 20-30mill to spend without having to sell anyone, but if we'r gonna spend 18.5mill to bring in Johnson then we might aswell donate the money to charity... No rick parry to blame this year mind you so it should be interesting

[Owzat]

poof goes the money argument... we wasted the money buying shhitty players (in general, few exceptions)... now we need to make things right... again, i expect us to have atleast 20-30mill to spend without having to sell anyone, but if we'r gonna spend 18.5mill to bring in Johnson then we might aswell donate the money to charity... No rick parry to blame this year mind you so it should be interesting

I think buyig "shhitty players" cost us time rather than money as such. It's all very nice someone posting the transfers as a list, as if it hasn't been done before, tells us anything we don't already know, and all it tends to do is get the net vs gross spending debate going, but the reality is this - we amassed 82 points in 2005/06, not until 2008/09 did we manage to IMPROVE on that. Three seasons to improve by four points, if we hadn't bought and sold so many "shhitty players", wasted £11.5m on Babel, £20.3m on Keane etc, maybe if we'd let Degen, Itandje, Voronin and cheap/free players like that go elsewhere or simply not buy them, we'd have spent the money on a better set of players and have won the league by now.

You have to wonder if Rafa doesn't favour quantity over quality. We spent £40m give or take last summer on six players, Keane was sold next available window and even Riera was fading as first choice so only one of the six made a real and lasting impact. Only time will tell, but I'm betting we will be at best pleased rather than excited and expectant when our summer signings arrive.

[Lando_Griffin]

Let's have a look at Fergie's spending record from the day he took over at the scum, shall we?

Four foot snake - it's tiresome.

[Owzat]

Let's have a look at Fergie's spending record from the day he took over at the scum, shall we?

Four foot snake - it's tiresome.

Couldn't agree more, been done to death

[Ciggy]

So since Rafa has arrive total spent 80 million, RM have just spent that on one player.

So  it puts things in perspective and puts to bed all that sh!te that Rafa has spent 1 billion pounds since he arrived..

[tubby]

So since Rafa has arrive total spent 80 million, RM have just spent that on one player.

So  it puts things in perspective and puts to bed all that sh!te that Rafa has spent 1 billion pounds since he arrived..

And I hope this is the last we hear of this notion as well im sick of people getting on Rafas back saying he has spent this and that.

[DrPepe]

So since Rafa has arrive total spent 80 million, RM have just spent that on one player.

So  it puts things in perspective and puts to bed all that sh!te that Rafa has spent 1 billion pounds since he arrived..

And I hope this is the last we hear of this notion as well im sick of people getting on Rafas back saying he has spent this and that.

80m NET


how does ORNs NET look now that he just sold CRonaldo for that price? 

[heimdall]

So since Rafa has arrive total spent 80 million, RM have just spent that on one player.

So  it puts things in perspective and puts to bed all that sh!te that Rafa has spent 1 billion pounds since he arrived..

And I hope this is the last we hear of this notion as well im sick of people getting on Rafas back saying he has spent this and that.

Rafa has bought a lot of players but give him his dues, he's also made a few brilliant signings, I just hope that this transfer season we go for quality instead of quantity, then we can make that final push and reclaim the top spot in total league championships. 

As said I will wait till the end of this transfer period before passign judgement and as we haven't signed anyone of note yet I have nothing to get my teeth into anyway.

2005 was a fecking shocking year for transfers though.