Monday, April 25, 2005
Warning: Contains Football
Following on from a comment stream below, I thought I'd make a post of it.
Chelsea, because of their riches, are restricted in who they can buy. If they show interest in any player then the price doubles. All the players they have brought in would have been obtainable under the old regime, and half the Premiership could have afforded them.
Examples
The two highest scorers in the Champions League last season were...
Didier Drogba: transfer cost to Chelsea - £24 million.
Fernando Morientes: Transfer cost to Liverpool - £6.3 million.
Some defenders who made their names in overachieving teams...
Ricardo Carvalho: Cost - £19.85 million.
Theodoros Zagorakis moved to Bologna on a free transfer.
Money has bought them one thing that was previously unavailable to them - a top manager. This is Mourinho's team, and the success is down to him.
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Following on from a comment stream below, I thought I'd make a post of it.
Chelsea, because of their riches, are restricted in who they can buy. If they show interest in any player then the price doubles. All the players they have brought in would have been obtainable under the old regime, and half the Premiership could have afforded them.
Examples
The two highest scorers in the Champions League last season were...
Didier Drogba: transfer cost to Chelsea - £24 million.
Fernando Morientes: Transfer cost to Liverpool - £6.3 million.
Some defenders who made their names in overachieving teams...
Ricardo Carvalho: Cost - £19.85 million.
Theodoros Zagorakis moved to Bologna on a free transfer.
Money has bought them one thing that was previously unavailable to them - a top manager. This is Mourinho's team, and the success is down to him.
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