Rushian

it's singular in the musical.

It was corporate in all but name and you knew it when you bought it

Weren't you just a little bit naive in 94? Surely you must have noticed the price was much higher than anywhere else in the ground?

I bet Andy Johnson isn't earning £20m over his four year contract

You're a corporate guest not a fan like the rest of us so you have more pips to squeak.

Injury prone, expensive has-been.

You'll have to get it from the wallet.

who the f*** refers to him as "the wallet"?

That was my view and it was very much against the prevailing thoughts at the time. Remember getting battered on here for suggesting that his signing was a waste of 5m and we didn't need another central midfielder.

He's 84, what do you expect?

Madrid are in the throes of elections and most of the candidates talk of getting rid of the galactico culture and rebuilding the team. Milan could/should be relegated with Juve. Barca despite winning the CL are pretty skint this summer and no one is expecting them to spend big money. Chelsea are ****s. A total non-story, particularly coming from the football italia site which one reported a RAWK April Fools joke in its entirety.

they're implicated as well - if Juve go down many can't see how Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina can avoid the same fate.

He was 24 - far from an espoir - and had just performed excellently in the Champions League and received recognition from his country. Almost the ideal candidate for a 5 year contract.

Just making the point - and France wasn't considered a "lesser league" in this context.

5 year contracts were the norm back then at almost all clubs.

rather than taking this sort of attitude wouldn't it be easier to just post the links?

Perhaps there should be an enquiry as to how a Koptalk story has generated so many replies.

Shock horror - Liverpool spend money earnt in bid for success! The world of football finance will be reeling. Our net debt has been falling though - and would be even lower but at the time of the last set of accounts we were in dispute with Reebok over 7m in non-payments. And on those finances, the claims by Morgan included the "book debt" of around 20m amounting to the promise to ST holders to play 19 league matches. It was farcical to include that

Wouldn't touch Aimar with a barge pole. Like Riquelme you'd have to build your team around him. His reputation far exceeds what he's achieved, particularly recently, and he's injury prone. I'm all for having a playmaker, but get a playmaker who is taller than an oompa loompa and with the build of a middleweight boxer rather than a featherweight. If we did get a playmaker we'd still need a sharp goalscoring finisher to play off him as neither Crouch or Fowler fit this description.

would be nice to get some stability up front - when Cisse leaves I hope whichever two we buy are given at least two full seasons.

Baros

Yep they scarificed him after he'd help them win three European Cups and two titles ... and since they shifted him out to Monaco, Madrid have gone their longest spell in over 50 years without a trophy.

It's pronounced like quoit but with the sound coming from the lower part of the mouth rather the middle of the mouth.

Apart from Henry 1 v Stevie 2 years, Henry had also been in talks with his club for months and a contract was substantially agreed and already on the table. didn't Struan Marshall get married the weekend after Istanbul and then f***ed off on honeymoon?

Absolute b******s. Moores will get rid at the drop of a hat if the right investment for the future of the club comes forward. This whole minor investment rumour came about because the original offers were so poor they could only purchase a minor investment. If someone comes up with hard cash commensurate to the value of the club and provides a plan which safeguards the future of the club Moores will walk away.