then they are idiots considering he outscored rooney and any other of their midfielders last season despite being massively unfit
If true then I should be pleased but it's hard getting excited about a player that's taken forever to just get on loan and won't be playing until the middle of September anyway.
Yippee!
Rooney is a class (or two) above VDV.
Who's asking Levy to go into serious debt? Is it unrealistic for us to at least spend a modicum of transfer money on at least one striker of note?Mirko Vucinic was available for 15 million pounds, and nearly every media report regarding our involvement dealt with us not wanting to meet that quote. Papiss Demba Cisse is available for potentially less than that, and his wage demands will be within our bracket, yet I can't envision us even remotely going hard for him.
If we can't spend even 15 million pounds on a striker, then we shouldn't fancy ourselves a big club and begin to hurl ridiculous personal insults at our superstar players when they seek greener pastures.
I'm perfectly fine with Levy being fiscally conservative and not wanting to take a calculated risk to make the top 4 this season. But, I also am not one who has blamed Modric for wanting out, nor will I blame Bale if things progress poorly this season, either.
But despite his spectacular goalscoring record last season, no-one else seems to be falling over themselves to sign him either. As for Vucinic, I'm pretty sure it was well-known that he had his heart set on Juve (I could be wrong!).
Just look at the strikers who have come into the EPL over the past few seasons. We've had one-season wonders like McCarthy and Rocket Roque, some total bozos, and very, very few who have really delivered the goods. How much have City spent on strikers in terms of transfer fees and wages since Sheikh Yerbooti took over? How many of the one they've signed have a) been any good? b) not fallen out with Mancini?
I would not, for a moment, call our existing trio top-drawer or anything like ideal. However, an astonishing number of people seem to be taking last season's duff showing as standard.