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Arrivals and departures under Pochettino

Lilbaz

Just call me Baz
Apr 1, 2005
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I'm getting dizzy, this argument is going around in circles, haven't we already talked about this? I'll try again I guess.

  • They loaned him out and agreed a fee with Southampton if the move would be made permanent but there was obviously no obligation to sell.
  • He had a great season.
  • During the season their sporting director said that they are monitoring his progress, that he is doing well and that they are counting on him for the next season.
  • He returns when the season is over and says that he wants to go back to England. They allow him to go.
You might say they sold him because they think he is shit and that is fine but you are obivously wrong. Atletico Madrid is a club that sells its players all the time if they get the right money or if the player wants to leave. When was the last time they forced a player to stay? I can't even think of one. This window they sold Turan and Miranda, two of their best players. Last season they sold Costa and Luis and the season before that they sold Falcao.

Don't put words in my mouth. I never said he was shit or that AM thought he was. Just that there actions were not those of a team that cared that much if he stayed or left.

As i said a couple of posts ago, it doesn't matter.
 

jonnyp

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Jun 11, 2006
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Often criticised by Spurs fans Franco Baldini had thus far had an excellent summer having been charged with offloading the high earning, underperforming and egotistical players.
egotistical players causing issues off the pitch and undermining the manager
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Many of the same players he himself brought in for ridiculous amounts of money....

Yet to see any signing so far this summer that excites me even the slightest.

Why Baldini hasn't been sacked I don't know but the man has been an unmitigated disaster for our club.
 

Lilbaz

Just call me Baz
Apr 1, 2005
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Many of the same players he himself brought in for ridiculous amounts of money....

Yet to see any signing so far this summer that excites me even the slightest.

Why Baldini hasn't been sacked I don't know but the man has been an unmitigated disaster for our club.

Doesn't mitchel and poch pick the targets. Baldini just does the deals.
 
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