Paddingtonwolf
Flaming Galah
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2009
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I have to admit Palhinha has surprised me. I was expecting a bit of a plodding yellow card machine but he has been very good indeed.
That is how he was described by a few people on here over & over again, so eventually shit sticks.I have to admit Palhinha has surprised me. I was expecting a bit of a plodding yellow card machine but he has been very good indeed.
They all areDoyle's sell-on clause is just on the profit too, apparently.
Boubacar is nothing like Palhinha. TT is right, Palhinha would've signed if we had sold Neves to Barcelona.
I think if you add in the "saving" we're making on bueno & Doyle it gets really close to the £60mObviously it’s not the £60m we wanted, but it’s a reasonable profit given Nunes’ inconsistent performances for us. Like others have said, he’ll be a completely different player for them then he was here, but that’s largely out of our control.
Add to that the reduced fee for Bueno & Doyle, plus a 10% sell on clause for Nunes, and I think we’ve pretty much done as well as we could out of it.
I’m pleased that, on the face of it, it seems we’ve learned lessons from the Jota debacle.
So we have three new players coming in immediately. I wonder if we can get another couple over the line? We certainly seem in the market for more.