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redbeergoggles wrote:Cheap ,James McCarthy Excellent young midfielder highly rated and much sought after  Wigan have got a real bargain.

LFC2007 wrote:

redbeergoggles wrote:Cheap ,James McCarthy Excellent young midfielder highly rated and much sought after  Wigan have got a real bargain.

He looks a real good player to me. Shame we didn't take him after he came on trial.

red37 wrote:Adam Johnson - very good signing.

bigmick wrote:Just wondering what everyone was thinking of the various pieces of transfer business conducted in the Premiership so far this Summer.

Just for fun, which transfer do you think will prove to be the shrewdest piece of business in three categories, expensive, mid range, and cheap. Also, we could have a blooper section, the one which has been a disaster.

Here's my go.

Expensive: Carlos Tevez. I was gutted we couldn't get him to be honest, and in fairness to the manager I think if we could have, he would have. He would be able to fill in for EITHER Gerrard or Torres, would give you the option of going 4-4-2 in the odd game, and could play wide midfield either side. Don't listen to Fergusons bullsh!t about him not being worth 25 mill, why did he try and sign him then? Absolute nailed on certainty to be a good player for City, the only variable is whether Hughes can keep the the train on track. My guess is they'll come fourth, but that won't be quite enough for Tevez and he'll be off next Summer, hopefully to us.

Mid range: Darren Bent. Don't laugh, but I've always rated this lad. Decent in the air, plays off the shoulder well, good finisher and a good pro. For about 13-15 mill he'll repay that by scoring enough goals to keep Sunderland comfortably in the Premiership. My old man tells me he was the top Premiership goalscorer outside the top four last season, and although he's probably talking b0ll0cks it confirms my opinion that Bent is a good player. One step backwards to go three steps forward for his career, I take Bent to shine in the North East.

Nice to get something right for a change. Bent is the signing of the summer according to Tom Dart in the Times, Tevez is number two  .

2. Carlos Tevez (Media Sports Investments to Manchester City, £47m)
The transfer fee is even more inflated than Jose Mourinho's sense of self-worth, but Tevez was still an excellent buy for City. It annoyed Manchester United fans, Tevez has scored a ton of goals and been consistently excellent, and his spat with Gary Neville introduced us to a new insult: "sock-sucker".

1. Darren Bent (Tottenham Hotspur to Sunderland, £10m)
Harry Redknapp didn't rate him much. Harry Redknapp was wrong. An outstanding finisher, Bent has plundered 24 goals to save Sunderland's season and is surely the best Englishman who won't be going to the World Cup finals.