Hundreds of millions? Its only 2 hundred. But first we have to
see how these debts came about...
Well, why i said we can't fault them is because they have
given Rafa more money then people realise... He have got more
than any other Pool manager ever received... Liverpool were
bought by American owners, so is Aston Villa. So we take Villa as a
more likely comparable.
Villa's American owner Randy Lerner have given Martin
O'Neill a lot lesser to purchased players during this period
compare to Rafa... Liverpool were amongst the top clubs
before Rafa took over, Villa on the other hand wasn't. They
went from bad to worse before O'Neill took over, they were
fighting relegation and ended the season on 16 position in the
table of 20... These were all in 2006 only.
Rafa on the other hand, had good support when the 2 Americans
came... They immediately bought Mascherano for a then club record
of $18m... And they follow that up with another new record
of $20m for Torres. And if you add those I mentioned
earlier, the Babel, Pennant, Benayoun, Lucas, Leto and of
course Torres and Masch, all bought in year 2007,
Its already close to $70m here... What about those undisclosed fees
for the others? And all these in year 2007 only... Rafa
follow that up with another $45m in 2008...
And lets not forget how badly he has also squander in
Keane as well and Johnson looks like another one... So how can
anyone even think of blaming the 2 American owners is beyond me...
Cos the $240m loan they owe, You can see its like almost half of it
went into the purchased of players alone... and $45m was the
original debt before they came...
Now we look at O'Neill... with little fundings, he bought
players that are useful. His selection of players and match tactics
is the reason Villa is current above Pool... If you talk about who
spent more, Villa will be way below Liverpool in the money
league... Their most expensive player is maybe $12m i think in
James Milner...
Another good example we see is... Rafa spent $11m for Babel
while O'Neill spent $8 on Ashley Young... They joint
about around the same time. Today Young is probably worth 2 to
3 times his original value but Babel probably 2/3 of his now...
And its true that there was a report that Rafa has spent more or
almost level with United these last 5 years... And if we take
into the account of players sold during this time, United also
recoup more to Rafa's Pool...
