- Aug 5, 2008
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No, it's a question of PROPER SCOUTING. There are gems out there, and for peanuts too. You just have to find them. When we got Berba, we paid him 22k a week, and this was an amount he agreed to. When VDV came, he wasn't on 200k, was he. Modric, same thing.
My point is, you can fidn world class players for cheap. Just mould them, not take the easy route of getting the ready product.
Man utd created a generation of winners. So effectively, they had their best team (possibly ever) practically for FREE.
Only one of those transfers was completed within the last 8 years, so that's a bit of a reach.
Meanwhile back on Planet Reality, we've challenged for the Premier League for the past two seasons, which means it's time to step it up a notch if we want to actually go on and win things.
Otherwise you reach a situation like we did with Berbatov, Modric, Carrick, Bale etc where they eventually leave for more money and silverware once they've made a name for themselves.