i thought ramos loved him?? tryed to sign him for servilla if i remember rightly??
has not played since that shocking 45 minutes he put in at derby
Ramos had a DOF at Sevilla who signed all the players, so that's a bit of a misnomer, probably perpetuated by the always accurate, impartial and informative English footy press.
A DoF who was rated as one of the best in the business so perhaps not unfair to suggest that he's not a complete gimp.
Yep, true - I was just pointing out that the fact Sevilla were reputedly interested doesn't mean Juande necessarily wanted/ knew anything about him.
Also, as a counter point, I remember some git named Arnesen, who was pretty well rated too. He bought a fair bit of shit though.
Its fair enough that Ramos doesn't think he is first team quality yet if guys like Jenas, Zokora, Huddlestone, O'Hara and Tainio are ahead of him but I don't understand that if he fit, why isn't he keeping match fit by playing in the reserves?:shrug:
Is too soon for KPB. Let's give him a bit of a go first, I say. He falls in the same category as Kaboul, for me. Brought in as one for the future, yet circumstances conspired otherwise and we had no choice but to play in midfield. I think O'Hara's recall has moved him down the pecking order. But he'll definitely be around and play more of a part after a pre-season behind him. :up:
Yeah, fair enough. On the Arnesen point, I think that was symptomatic of his scattergun approach to buying players. He bought about a large number of players, usually for very low prices or in swap deals, some of whom survived for a bit & the rest of whom were either sold at a profit or released. So Arnesen's approach was bound to throw up a few duds simply due to the way he worked.
Or course you're right, though - even the shrewdest transfer marketeers (Is that a word? It is now...) buy the odd turkey or two. I'm sure Sir Alex would rather forget Djemba-Djemba, Taibi, Kleberson, Dong Fangzhuo etc.
Oh God I was there don't remind me! What a transformation in the second half after he'd gone off.
And to think he was bought to replace Ghaly.
From what i have seen i have nt been to impressed with him