Marwood
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I always think if you're going massive on a transfer fee you need to make sure the rest of team is sound first.Fair summary. Lot of the stick he gets unfortunately also comes from being the most expensive transfer for a center back, over which he had no control.
If you sign a centre back and make him the most expensive ever, then drop him into a sub standard team, you're asking for trouble.
The player is skating uphill right from the start regardless of his own shortcomings.
A similar thing happened with Rio actually. Huge money at the time and he came into a team that, althought better than than our current bunch, was still struggling a bit, in transition.
It was not straightforward for him, plenty of criticism came his way about the money being too much. His performances didn't look top class.
Fortunately the teams transition worked a treat. Evera and Vidic came in and from then on Ferdinand looked worth every penny.
A player costing a fortune should be a last piece of the puzzle really. You don't use them as a starting block.