I think Spurs paid 8mil for Woodgate and he couldn't find one of his legs to get to the medical

woodgate was quality for us (clearly didnt play us much as we would have liked), but scored in the CC Cup final.

also came on and was awesome in the CL game v ac milan in the san siro

injuries didn't help Woodgate to be fair, he was great when he did actually play (for the most part )

i actually feel sorry for Kaka, he was signed by Perez as a status symbol more than a player, to put 2 fingers up to Calderon who was never able to sign him

also, Forlan to Inter?

Yeah, still have nightmares about Aquilani.

At the time we could have picked up VdV for about half that price, or Sneijder for about 80% of the fee paid for Aquilani.

But no, we spent it on an injured player, with a history of recent injuries as well:

October 2007 - January 2008
22 October 2008 - 11 January 2009
February 2009 - 21 October 2009

And we paid approx 17m gbp for him in August 2009.

Never understood the Aqualiani one how did he pass the medical if he was injured?

It was kind of the beginning of the end when Alonso left for that Liverpool team.

"Never understood the Aqualiani one how did he pass the medical if he was injured?"

Physios said he would recover from the injury in a few weeks. He didn't.

I think we both get our physios from the same place

"Never understood the Aqualiani one how did he pass the medical if he was injured?"

Physios said he would recover from the injury in a few weeks. He didn't.
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What a shame because he looked the part when he played.

I think we both get our physios from the same place

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I can't figure out why he was loaned

Each preseason he'd turn up, set up a bunch of goals, look the best player over all the firendlies.......then he gets sent on loan the day before the season starts.

Something bizarre and not talking about seems to have gone on. It went on for a couple of years.

comment by TheKaisersTrainers (U5676)
posted 1 minute ago
I can't figure out why he was loaned

Each preseason he'd turn up, set up a bunch of goals, look the best player over all the firendlies.......then he gets sent on loan the day before the season starts.


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Funny you should say that. Macheda always looks good in preseason as well, yet as soon as the season kicks off, he looks utterluy slow and useless.

Not read all through this thread so don't know if he's already been mentioned, but crocky santa cruz as got to be the worst signing of all time.

can't figure out why he was loaned

Each preseason he'd turn up, set up a bunch of goals, look the best player over all the firendlies.......then he gets sent on loan the day before the season starts.

Something bizarre and not talking about seems to have gone on. It went on for a couple of years.

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Don't get me started on those loanspells!
We definitely could have used a player of his abilities during those spells, and if I remember correctly, we still paid part of / most of his wages as well!

comment by TheKaisersTrainers (U5676)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Aquliani was an excellent player, terrible business in the end. Homesick, crocked for months longer than the medical said he would be then not in the future managers plans and loaned off.

Shame. Loads of skill.
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Yeh, he always looked decent from what I saw of him. Wasn't he actually playing quite well when he was moved on?

He always played well for us (something like 4 MotMs in 8 starts in his first season - can't remember exactly) and he played really well when I saw him play for Italy

maybe he tried to snog Gerrard or cried all the time off the pitch.

x-files

too-woo-too-woo-oo-ooo

Was he already injured when he signed, or did it happen early in his LFC career?

Was he already injured when he signed, or did it happen early in his LFC career?

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Im sure he was injured before signing and then joined up towards xmas time.

He looked good too then I dont know what happen with him, always away on loan.

He was injured when we signed him.

But he was supposed to be fit by Septmeber. Don't think he was properly fit until xmas.

but rafa had a couple of digs about 'phantom injuries' after that. He claimed to be unfit but the physios couldn't find anything physically wrong.

Kewell-itis

Got to say that I thought he was injured when you bought him. Not a good idea to try and survive for a third of the PL season without anyone in place to replace the void left by Alonso, who was very influential in the way LFC played. Perhaps I am wrong though and the injury happened after he had joined LFC?

Carroll is arguably the worst signing of all time.

QED

Elvis

He was already injured, and also had a bit of a history of it.

Bit like Hargreaves with us.

According to an article on the Liverpool board, there is a speculated £40m bid for Suarez. They don't think they should sell for 60-70m. Opinions?

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Because, they are giving them, and of course, will be bias. I don't think the kind of people throwing around £70m valuations of Suarez tend to engage well in debate.

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"If we sold Torres to Chelsea for 50 million why can't we value Suarez at 60 million."

Because Torres was not valued at 50 million - he was bought as a panic buy by a very wealthy owner.

I think it's fair to say that could feasibly happen and Suarez could feasibly be sold for these sorts of figures...

... but that doesn't mean it is a realistic valuation.