Worst piece of summer business (sale or purchase)

Nice one Aidy!

an initial £3m rising to £4m

Leighton Baines is £6m, Beattie is £4m - how can Bouazza be £3m or £4m?

22 years old, lightning quick, unbelievably strong, sweet left foot, good 1st touch and we sell for £3m ?!

Was Young really 3 times better ?


And now we get this Cr@p...







Watford's Boothroyd fires parting shot at Bouazza

Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd today fired a parting shot at Hameur Bouazza by claiming Fulham's new signing was not worth a place in his team.

Bouazza joined the Premier League club this week in a deal which could rise to £4million after making it clear earlier in the summer that he wanted to leave Vicarage Road.


Bouazza, 22, signed a four-year deal at Fulham - but Boothroyd believes the Algeria international forward has made a mistake in leaving the Hornets.

'Hameur wouldn't necessarily have been a starter,' said Boothroyd. 'If everyone had been fit, [Tommy] Smith and [Jobi] McAnuff would have started.

'We had a player who I didn't think was anywhere near ready to move. He should have stayed a little bit longer, to grow and develop.

'But the lure of the Premier League, and the money to be made by all concerned, is a heavy burden sometimes.'



Absolute bullshit !

felt very much the same when we sold Morrison the other day for £1.5m ffs! Complete joke...im not saying he's worth anything big..but more than £1.5m and he shouldnt have been sold anyway.

the whole Tevez affair, and the whole Dyer thing, now that stuff sucked.

Notice the thing common.

Selling Henry for £16m gets my vote.

Selling Raul Bravo for 4m€

Buying Pepe for £20M

I agree, Bravo is a legend. Always outshining Zidane when they shared a side. The fee for him and Pepe should have been the other way around.

Raul Bravo wanted to move to a bigger club, we couldn't stand in his way.

Besides now that Zidane's gone he can make another play look world class

Pepe has looked solid in pre season, very good defender but not £20M. And the idiot is wearing the no.3

We payed 30 for Rio, get used to being fleeced!

Yeah, but Pepe is unknown outside Portugal and no one else was in for him, Calderon probably sent a blank cheque

Well Calderon is a crazy dude. On the plus side its looking like you will get 1 election promise with Robben.

robert wrote:Well Calderon is a crazy dude. On the plus side its looking like you will get 1 election promise with Robben.

But Robben will be on the physio's table all season, i'd rather have RQ

Guys with 1 name always cost more, e.g. ronaldo, ronadinho, kaka etc.

Helps if they're brazilian too

TM wrote:

robert wrote:Well Calderon is a crazy dude. On the plus side its looking like you will get 1 election promise with Robben.

But Robben will be on the physio's table all season, i'd rather have RQ

If Pepe cost 20 million, imagine how much they'll ask for RQ
Calderon will have to send 2 blnk cheques.

robert wrote:

TM wrote:

robert wrote:Well Calderon is a crazy dude. On the plus side its looking like you will get 1 election promise with Robben.

But Robben will be on the physio's table all season, i'd rather have RQ

If Pepe cost 20 million, imagine how much they'll ask for RQ
Calderon will have to send 2 blnk cheques.

he's got 2 names he won't cost that much

He could always include Pedja Mijatovic in the deal to make up the difference

[quote="Pierre Littbarski'Hameur wouldn't necessarily have been a starter,' said Boothroyd. 'If everyone had been fit, [Tommy] Smith and [Jobi] McAnuff would have started.
Absolute bullshit ![/quote]

Amen to that, pathetic sour grapes from Boothroyd.

beattie for £4m seems particularly poor value after the time he had at everton. mind you, he may do better in the championship.

Rasiak-9 wrote:[quote="Pierre Littbarski'Hameur wouldn't necessarily have been a starter,' said Boothroyd. 'If everyone had been fit, [Tommy] Smith and [Jobi] McAnuff would have started.
Absolute bullshit !

Amen to that, pathetic sour grapes from Boothroyd.[/quote]

It's weird, he was a starter last season...

TeamJenas wrote:

Best selling deal - Manchester United selling Smith for 6m.
Worse buying deal - Newcastle United buying Smith for 6m.

borocooper wrote:felt very much the same when we sold Morrison the other day for £1.5m ffs! Complete joke...im not saying he's worth anything big..but more than £1.5m and he shouldnt have been sold anyway.

We take him with open arms, quality signing. Do you think Mowbray's Boro links had anything to do with it?

El Fenomeno wrote:

borocooper wrote:felt very much the same when we sold Morrison the other day for £1.5m ffs! Complete joke...im not saying he's worth anything big..but more than £1.5m and he shouldnt have been sold anyway.

We take him with open arms, quality signing. Do you think Mowbray's Boro links had anything to do with it?

Probably....might have been a bit of an attraction for Mozza aswell. First team football(i assume) and playing for a Boro legend. Really hope he does well for you, there are few fans who were ok with letting him go. Most are dismayed.

Sorted: Sending Djourou on loan to Birmingham.

DD wrote:Best selling deal - Manchester United selling Smith for 6m.
Worse buying deal - Newcastle United buying Smith for 6m.