I disagree. Getting 3 EPL proven players for 7m is a great bargain indeed.
Neville - SAF was ready to let him go and I think the club was willing to allow Neville to find the best possible club for himself, if anything, we did him a favor. Not that I think that wording is accurate.
We also allowed John O'Shea to leave for peanuts when we could have utilized him still, and I think part of that is acknowledgement of years of service and loyalty.
Gibson, speaking for myself, I would have free transferred had that ensured he wouldn't be used as any excuse to not sign midfield players or play Pogba. I'd say, quite honestly, Everton did us a favor there, if anyone was helping anyone out.
Howard: after the terrible history of trying to replace Schmeichel we thought we'd finally done so given Howard's impressive first few games at the club. Then he became prone to mistakes. In truth, Everton got a keeper we had lost faith in and lucked out in that he regained his confidence and perhaps found his true level.
We've not done them any favors, and whoever mentioned the price we paid for Rooney, I mean, come on, if that's not a fair deal for us I don't know what is. Maybe it's a tad strange that they're peeved off with not getting anything for DM but I think they were totally within their rights to have us pay through the nose for Fellaini seeing as we clearly had a clownish operation this summer in the transfer market. Good deal for them. Hopefully, it will prove to be a good deal for us too, though of course, it's laughable that DM could have signed him for less weeks ago