est wrote:
It wasn't his quality that was debated, but whether he'd fit into our current formation.
Didn't he cost Porto something like 40m as well? At least they put the Agüero money into good use. Wish we'd try that sometimes...
they didn't use the aguero money. when you are so deep in debt like atletico any money coming in just gets lost in the shuffle. they used the spanish govt's money (god i hope spain feels some real pain). if they weren't getting these favorable loans they would realistically have had to use the aguero money to service their debts.
Gazza M wrote:
i remember when people were arguing if falcao was good enough for arsenal back in his porto days
although i never made those arguments, he did look quite ordinary against us though. same for the hulk, who got laughed at when he came on (twice was it?) at the grove. and it's real hard to judge a player based on their performance in portugal.
