Pogue Mahone
Swiftie Fan Club President
...available for selection but not deemed good enough to start in our biggest game of the season. Instead we went with four defenders who were a) here when Fergie was in charge, and b) were considered a significant downgrade on our previous defenders at that time.
Think about that for a moment. That’s an average of £37.5m invested in each position of a back four (and with the likes of Keane, Evans, Tuanzebe and Fosuh-Mensah coming through we did have decent squad options, had the investment been more focussed).
Only five defenders in the history of football have cost more than £37.5m, yet all of our investment didn’t result in a single starter in the FA Cup Final!
Even if you think the dividing the investment by four is unfair, the individual fees are still outrageous.
Rojo = £18m
Shaw = £34m
Blind = £16m
Darmian = £16m
Bailly = £34m
Lindelof = £32m
Three players on that list would break the record for the most expensive defender ever signed by any Spanish or German club.
I think it’s fair to say these figures sum up the horrific transfer “strategy” we’ve pursued since Fergie retired. Can anyone convince me we can’t expect more of the same for the forseeable future?
Think about that for a moment. That’s an average of £37.5m invested in each position of a back four (and with the likes of Keane, Evans, Tuanzebe and Fosuh-Mensah coming through we did have decent squad options, had the investment been more focussed).
Only five defenders in the history of football have cost more than £37.5m, yet all of our investment didn’t result in a single starter in the FA Cup Final!
Even if you think the dividing the investment by four is unfair, the individual fees are still outrageous.
Rojo = £18m
Shaw = £34m
Blind = £16m
Darmian = £16m
Bailly = £34m
Lindelof = £32m
Three players on that list would break the record for the most expensive defender ever signed by any Spanish or German club.
I think it’s fair to say these figures sum up the horrific transfer “strategy” we’ve pursued since Fergie retired. Can anyone convince me we can’t expect more of the same for the forseeable future?