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Article Submitted to THBN by Claire Walsh
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What can I say that hasn't already been said by others in relation to our board? Not much really. What I will add though, is the fact that when your manager, who you are paying handsomely, pleads with you to sell a player, wouldn't it be wise to listen to him?

Juande Ramos clearly explained the situation to Messrs Comolli & Levy a week before the squad flew out on a pre-season trip to Spain. He explained to them that Dimitar Berbatov was not going to have his mind changed in any way whatsoever, and keeping a player like that in and around the other players would be detrimental.

Did any of them listen? No. What did they do instead? They waited, and they waited and they waited until our dressing room's spirit was non-existent.

Why did they wait? Because Daniel Levy wanted to make a £19.85 million profit. Whether or not that near £20 million will come in handy, is another question.

Let's put it this way. Imagine that we had sold Berbatov the first time Manchester United had tabled a bid (July 3rd, 2008). Let's say that their bid was sufficient at £20 million and Mr. Berbatov went on his merry way.

Ramos & co would have been able to use the funds on a whole host of players. Those players may have pushed the club into 4th at the end of the season, and would have put Spurs in a Champions League spot.

All that's hypothetical of course.

Where are we today? We have an extra £30 million, but can't spend it. The profit we have made by keeping a player and disrupting the commencement of our season could have long-term effects.

For the sake of an extra buck, we are left glaring at the wrong end of the Premier League. Glenn Hoddle himself admitted that when he was Spurs manager, we very nearly signed Eto'o. Instead, Levy wanted RCD Mallorca to lower their agreed price by a further £3 million.

These magic moments need to end, and end now. For the sake of the club Mr. Levy, please do away with Comolli, and then work on your transfer procedures.

Our strike force includes Darren Bent, Roman Pavlyuchenko, and Frazier Campbell. The latter two have no experience in the Premier League.

Let's just hope it all works out okay.


15 comments

  1. I've just read that Frazier Campbell's signing isn't including an option to buy.

    Maybe the club are looking at bringing in another striker during the Jan window?
  2. I still back Comolli and Levy.
  3. I feel the same way Claire, although Levy has been very shrewd and has the best interests of the club in his heart.
  4. That comolli chap has to go. His signings last season cost us big time.

    If any of you have read the Martin Jol biography, you will see what kind of guy that arsenal loving sporting director really is.
  5. You and I both know that if we had sold Berba to Rednose for £20m (or whatever) one month ago, fans would have said that we have no ambition, why didn't we try to keep him, we should have held out for more money etc. etc.

    I have no problem selling Berba, he wanted to leave and was more trouble than he was worth by the end.

    The massive failure is the lack of a proven replacement for him. I am sure that the Comolli and co did their best but now we'll have to wait until January to get someone in - no doubt at an inflated price.
  6. Comolli misses his "ass to mouth" sessions with Wenger too much.
  7. Im fully behind Levy, he did a great deal and wasnt bullied by fergusson into taking less than £30m, well done Levy !!
  8. abject failure to bring in a replacement.
    also complete lack of bottle, should be getting fa to throw the book at sir rednose
  9. If its true Campbell hasn't come with an option to buy, then we have been well and truly shafted. MANUre will reap the rewards of Campbells prem and european experience and if he doesnt cut the grade at OT, we've kindly inflated his value. Win Win for the wa*kers.

    God I'm pissed off!!
  10. comoli,levy,berbatov and ferguson are all cunts.next subject please
    barbara.
  11. Agree with Claire but not about the £20m. I can understand leaving it late as long as they had a replacement in the bag, which they didn't. In the end, Levy spent the evening bluffing and got found out. Manure were willing to pay that amount all along - and more probably. They broke the rules - and probably the law - got their player and are laughing all over their faces. And 'anonymous' thinks Levy 'wasn't bullied by Fergie and did a great deal'! Levy tried the same bluff with Zenit and lost out on a great player for the sake of a couple of million. Get ready for Ramos's resignation - and I wouldn't blame him!!
  12. well they completely missed the valuation for Bent for a start on there. And we spent about £35m on 3 top quality attacking midfielders. We've had a great transfer window. Would have been perfect with a top class striker and a defensive midfielder. But i'm still confident we'll do well. I think Modric will now be the creative genius in midfield. Giovani and Bentley will score plenty of goals between them and provide goals too. And that will leave Pavyluchenko and Bent to do what they do best, and that is score goals. Frazier Campbell will be a good player coming off the bench too. COYS
  13. When will we all get the truth regarding permission given to Man Yu to speak to Berbatov or not. This is an important factor as surely if no permission was given until late in the day (as reported on Sky News) then the FA have an obligation to ask Levy about it, and if necessary deduct points from old Red Nose, as per Luton etc.
  14. lets get it straight, levy got lucky because of the Man city bid forcing fergie to pay market value.

    the money from the sale is irrelevant to this transfer window, as money was available for players anyway.

    levy should have got rid of berbs before we went to spain. because he did not he struggled to bring in a 'first choice striker', as in the eyes of our targets ,we still had one.
  15. I am disappointed there is no option on the Campbell deal to make him permanent. Were Utd going to turn down Hull's offer of 7mil? If he plays well and becomes a Lane hero, then I will be rightly p*ssed of when he leaves next May. If he is 'average joe' then we havent lost anything.

    Arshavin will arrive in Jan, but he will be cup tied for the UEFA cup, which leaves the afore mentioned Campbell and Bent to shoot us to european Glory. If I was Ramos, I would at least get Pekhart back as cover in Jan and look into purchasing this Zaki dude from Wigan if he is banging them in.