Rino8 Posted August 28, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2020 Oscar and Ramires to China. Both quality players who always got treated slightly unfairly for Chelsea (particularly Ramires as he'd put in top performances in every position he was forced into only to be benched the following week) Oscar was one of the few bright sparks for Brazil in 2014 too. Both completely disappeared from relevancy now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 11 hours ago, LxYoungAVFC said: Moustapha Salifou from FC Wil (Swiss second division) to Aston Villa. WTF? More baffling is how he stayed at Villa for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Rino8 said: Oscar and Ramires to China. Both quality players who always got treated slightly unfairly for Chelsea (particularly Ramires as he'd put in top performances in every position he was forced into only to be benched the following week) Oscar was one of the few bright sparks for Brazil in 2014 too. Both completely disappeared from relevancy now Oscar has has spoken about it a few times, he made no secret of the fact he was from a very poor background and wanted to make as much money as possible in his career to send back to family in Brazil. He just followed the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Xherdan Shaqiri to Stoke Bojan Krkic to Stoke Dmytro Chygrynskiy to Barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 John Stones to Man City. I have no idea what they ever saw in him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 2 hours ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Xherdan Shaqiri to Stoke Bojan Krkic to Stoke Dmytro Chygrynskiy to Barcelona Shaqiri always seemed to me like a stepping stone move, just took longer to get to Liverpool than he probably thought Bojan I saw score in the MLS the other night I think both of them were overrated when youngsters playing for big clubs and Stoke was actually their level... Chygrynskiy was a proper weird one though, shakhtar were a good team, he was a decent player at best but his face never ever fit there, not even close, in terms of playing style, who he was replacing, rosell using him as an example of laportas bad spending, everything about it was a non starter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Greenfly said: John Stones to Man City. I have no idea what they ever saw in him. a] he was young, seen as 'on the up' and helped the homegrown player quota, and b] he was seen as a confident, ball-playing centre back who wouldn't panic with the ball at his feet while playing a high line. I'm not saying it was a good signing or that it's worked out, but it wasn't completely random. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: a] he was young, seen as 'on the up' and helped the homegrown player quota, and b] he was seen as a confident, ball-playing centre back who wouldn't panic with the ball at his feet while playing a high line. I'm not saying it was a good signing or that it's worked out, but it wasn't completely random. The price tag is the issue at £50m. At £10-20m people may have been less critical. For £50m even in today’s market you should be signing a sure thing, finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, Genie said: The price tag is the issue at £50m. At £10-20m people may have been less critical. For £50m even in today’s market you should be signing a sure thing, finished product. Clubs know Man City have infinite funds; they almost always get rinsed on transfers. Maguire is exactly the same story on the other side of the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: a] he was young, seen as 'on the up' and helped the homegrown player quota, and b] he was seen as a confident, ball-playing centre back who wouldn't panic with the ball at his feet while playing a high line. I'm not saying it was a good signing or that it's worked out, but it wasn't completely random. he was making mistakes at Everton that it was pulled up a few times by pundits though conveniently they blamed Martinez and not Stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: he was making mistakes at Everton that it was pulled up a few times by pundits though conveniently they blamed Martinez and not Stones I agree that they hype ran ahead of his actual stage of development, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 22/08/2020 at 09:03, Wainy316 said: Yep, didn’t they have Rob Green semi recently too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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