Thread: Sebastián Eguren will be joining us in the summer
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Re: Sebastián Eguren will be joining us in the summer
Originally Posted by John Gallagher View Post
It is okay saying he can play in 2 positions but there is just a small problem with that. Is he actually any GOOD in those positions? If he turns out to be a bag of shite and the omens aren't good at all then we will have wasted 2m which could have gone towards obtaining a better player with the rest of the money we have available. I would rather us buy one or two players who go straight in to the team rather than 5 or 6 who are gonna float round the squad all season playing 15 games each or whatver.

It isnt about this specific player it is about the way Rafa has done business in the past. The mancs are obviously going to spend big, Chelsea DEFINITELY will and even Arsenal are sure to spend a few quid. We need to be competing at the top end of the market instead of these middle of the road players who the rest of the top 4 wouldnt even piss on.
Where are we supposed to find the money to compete at the top end? The lad will rarely play, like Pennant rarely plays, like a lot of our back up, they will be bit part players. If we want to improve the first team, we need to sell players because we won't be given the cash, we'll be looking to sell players that have a decent value but aren't guaranteed a starting place, players like Riise, Pennant, Alonso and Crouch. As he's probably going to be back up, we won't especially need to spend large amounts on a back up player - we will need back up because we will be selling our present back up players to raise funds.

This player could, in effect, reduce the need to buy extra squad players because it will mean Kuyt can go back to the middle, he can be back up for the right side - which Pennant presently is and he can also play in the middle. It frees up Crouch, Pennant and Alonso. If we were on a level financial playing field, I could see merit in your complaints but we aren't, we can't afford a £60 million bench and given that we are probably going to see a number of sales, we probably will need 1 or 2 squad players but I expect we'll also see other players brought in.
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