Ben Patrick wrote:ethanr wrote:It almost seems fergie is just acting interested on any player any big team is trying to sign... Chelsea and city are interested in Sanchez. Oh wait, so are we!!! says fergie.. Now chelsea bid for Modric.... Oh we're interested too! cries fergie...
With the new financial fair play rules coming into affect fergie b!tch has found another way to manipulate the game.. he acts interested in all the big signings by the competing clubs so that they have to pay more, and in turn buy less players in the long run or don't qualify for Europe.
I'm not even saying that he's gonna be wasting his money on the players, but he will be acting interested in them so that everybody else has to pay more.
I wouldnt put it past him showing false interest in a player to drive up the price or make negotiations harder for us.
Adam being a prime example.
But the Jones and Young transfers are ones that most clubs would want so i dont think for one minute he wanted them because they were our targets.
Disagree. Let's even give them the benefit of the doubt for signing Ashley Young even tho they already have 2 wingers, one much better than Young and the other rated by fergie as much better than Young.
But Phil Jones makes no sense. Lately our club has gone under a transformation. We are doing things different and going after young players for the long-run.
Has manure gone under any sort of transformation? No. Why would they change their stance on Jones out of nowhere? It doesn't make any sense at all. They have never paid that much money for a player that young that "had potential." Jones isn't a really good player yet, he's nowhere near a really good player yet, he has potential.
Looking at other recent signings of manure's players that had potential:
Hernandez- around 6 million pounds
Bebe- 7.4 million pounds
Smalling- Initial about 9 million pounds-He was a better player than Jones
Fabio and Rafael de Silva- Combined 5.2 million pounds.
Phil Jones- 20 million pounds.
Hmm... which one of those transfers stands out the most? They don't spend big on potential talents.. Smalling was a more proven CB as he was playing every game well for Fulham. The fact that they completely change their transfer strategy right after Liverpool register interest in a player that they don't need...
They have O'shea, Evans and Small who are young talents. Vidic has another 5 years, easy. Smalling will take over at ferdinand. That means Phil Jones will have to wait about 6 seasons to earn his starting spot... And 20 million pounds makes sense?
I don't think so.
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