God i was really looking forward to the day that prick leaves England. Everytime i see his ugly face i cringe and think of the biggest transfer mistake we ever made.
Just can't see Xabi going to Turkey, he is in the prime of his career and only 26. IMO the only club outside England/Spain/Italy that he would consider is Bayern. I've been wrong before though, was shocked when Kewell picked Gala instead of Roma.
So why is Dossena who has 1 cap for Italy and came to us from Udinese, hardly setting Seria A on light worth £7.5m when Arbeloa has been consistent for us and is now a Spanish international having won the European Championships worth £5m?
That's a joke right? As much as i love Luis, £3m? Arbeloa is one of the few players we would have no problems cashing in on. If we signed Dossena for £7.5m then Arbeloa has got to be worth that, if not more.
It did cross my mind for a split second a couple of weeks ago. Sell Stevie. Keep Xabi. Sign Barry and Keane and have money left over for a world class winger. Never gonna happen though.
Well ES said we agreed personal terms. If that's true and Levy wasn't lying when he said they had not accepted any bids then that would constitute tapping up.
We signed him for £750,00. Loaned him to West Ham for £1m and Villa for £2m and now sold him to West Brom for £4m. That's a £6.25m profit. Subtract his wages for the year he was actually with us and it's about a £6m profit. Terrible business.