Humble Rex wrote:
Think the Dortmund president confirmed we launched a big bid for Götze, but I could be wrong. Think it was also confirmed we bid big for Reina, and we apparently had an offer bigger than our transfer record accepted by Blackburn for Phil Jones.
I think Bob Wilson confirmed Reina..
Man Utd and us tabled a 16 million pound bid for Jones. Ferguson called him up, Wenger called him up. We all know where he ended up.
Jones would in no way improve our defence at the moment, I rate smalling ahead of him, another defender Ferguson signed from under our nose . Jones is one for the future but we needed a Mertesacker type signing in the summer, experienced defender.
That's three defenders that we've bid for but didn't get, Jones, Smalling and we put in a 7 million pound bid for Cahill in the summer but Bolton bitched and Wenger pulled out of the deal.