Extraordinary Swindle

Damn you Internet Terrorists! Also sprach der Meister mit 36 Jahre Erfahrung...

Carlos Slim (estimated worth $70 Billion) is a major stake holder in the New York Times Company.

Gerrard suggested Keane to Parry and Benitez, he thought he would be a good fit. How many dots do you need?

Gerrard's buddy was on here 3 months before the transfer saying it was a done deal - he was also the one who leaked the info about the change of agent. Spurs accused Liverpool of 'unsettling' the player - how did that happen?

Keane switched his agent about 6 months before the transfer. He was Gerrard's choice, Benitez wanted Barry first.

Signed from Bayern Munich for £5.25M in 1998 ...

Dalglish tried to sign Keane from Forest or what would have been a british record, but Fergie made a phone call.

What have you done? That's league titles 19, 20 & 21 secured for them there you mockering muppet!

"Crouch was too tall and Kuyt too strong." There was also something about Rafa not being stupid, and Mourinho not being able to work magic. Terry and Carvalho were out and I think it was Cech's first game back after his incident, they lined up with Essien in central defence and Mikel as the anchor man in midfield. Crouch put Kuyt through after 3 minutes and Pennant scored with an impressive volley soon afterwards. Other memorable were Robben trying to tackle a player and hurting his ankle, he had to go off and walked to the dugout - Mourinho was furious with him. Afterwards Sky were trying to blame the head guard for restricting Cech's view but Mourinho set the record straight. I don't think he was complaining about us, he was well pissed off at his players because without Terry, Carvalho and Makelele they weren't up for it psychologically and it was also clear Cech was a shadow of his former self. Abramovich had refused to sign a defender the week before as well so he had plenty to be unhappy about.

You don't have to read beyond that - in hindsight it wasn't a mistake? Clearly not doing a background check was a mistake.

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but this was interesting. Purslow fronted an unsuccessful bid to buy Man Utd in 1998 - if only he had succeeded, he couldhave been a Liverpool legend. . Fantasy football (The Independent, September 1998)

And the FA Cup - the day Kenny came in the cup runs went to cr@p.