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Its the Mail but looks like it could be happening. If its a massive wage drop like it says then its not a bad signing i think but would like to hear the actual wage first. Thoughts?
This line doesnt scream hungry however :(
‘He told me the couple of years he had at Chelsea were some of the most enjoyable of his career because there wasn’t at that time the pressure of trying to win trophies.’
absolute bollocks signing. As Connell said, have we not learned our lesson?!! This is not just about the quality of the player or whether he stays fit, but it's the message it sends to the other players, as Northern has said in his season summaries. Better than Clint Hill at centre half? no.
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The article does say that the deal is less than 1/3 of his Man Utd wages. 1/3 of £200,000 is approx £65K - so we are saying less than that.
This does sound like some lessons have been learned to me. Last time we paid matched their previous wage. I'm not against the odd older player joining as long as the wages are under control and it's balanced by some younger signings. I thought Harry did well last off season bringing in a good mix. We needed another striker but even he acknowledged that.
Common sense has no place on here, Paul. If he's over 30 or has ever played at the top level then he has to be an overpaid prima donna coming here for one last payday. There are no alternative scenarios such as the man clearly being keen and brave enough to come and salvage the family name again despite obviously having the better money options of the MSL or Qatar or wherever,
Thats not quite fair. He is 35, injury prone and judging by last season is on his last legs. We are a team that will struggle next year (no matter what Morgantwin says) and already have enough older CB's with no pace.
This isn't a blanket ban on people over 30 or people coming from bigger clubs but this smacks of Bosingwa and Park. He will take up a place in the 25 man squad and even if it is 20k a week that is a lot of money for someone who potentially may only be a bit part player.
If you don't reign in Harry he will be tryign tobring fckin Gary Neville out of retirement or asking Danny Murphy to come and 'do a job'.
I think the signings should be the choice of the manager, but when your manager would sign everybody he's ever heard of since 1988, you have to start telling him no.
He'll play through the pain for Harry like Nelsen did. I hope.
(there is the possibility that he'll be a show pony and if things get tough spend the season in the treatment room but I'm going for the optimistic choice for one - trying to justify the season ticket bill)
He's not coming here for the money either, he's coming here because he wants to prolong his career for at least one more season and given its a full circle, the Ferdinand association with the club alongside HR I can see why he has chosen us over Villa. Interestingly a club that has bet the house on young upcoming players but seems to have concluded that you need a balance of experience as well
yes I am, Clint is a very good centre-half, puts his heart and sole into it. this bloke may or may not, is likely to be injured. Above all, what does it say about loyalty to good people. I'd rather get some others in who we've never heard of and go down, not signing billy big bollocks' all over again.
Rio MAY be fine. He MAY still have the legs for the Prem. He MAY improve our organisation at the back. He MAY do a Ryan Nelson.
But he may also be a Bosingwa, Anton Ferdinand, an SWP, etc, etc. His legs may have gone. He MAY be shot. If Rio still had it, why wasn't someone else in the Prem, better than us, in for him? He's 35 for Christ's sake.
Why has he come here? Blob, to say it's to prolong his career, but it's not for the money, is naive. If it wasn't for the money, play for free. Play for £5k per week. Less than 1/3 of his Utd salary is still way over £30k per week. We could have signed any two players in the Championship for that money. Who we could possibly have then resold for a profit.
No, he's come here because we were the best option available for Rio Ferdinand (not QPR). We're probably willing to pay him more than anyone else will and probably said we're willing to play him more than anyone else.
Everything being said about Rio, could (and pretty much was) said about Cesar, Park, SWP, AJ, Zamora, Anton, etc....and look how they worked out for us in the Prem.
How is this "learning our lessons"??? It's a one year fix deal. As Antii, has said, we'll need to replace him in one year. When we might be back in the Championship in a weaker financial position and a far less attractive proposition to up and coming players.
We have been given a second chance this season. We completely screwed up our last visit to the top tier and miraculously we have a second chance. We've began this by continuing the exact blueprint that failed us last time. *Sigh*
disclaimer: this doesn't mean I don't want him to succeed, or won't support him. Of course, I will. I hope he's ace. I just think it's completely the wrong type of signing for us at this time.
any signing is a gamble. No guarntee a 21 year old promising centre half will be any good either although I appreciate that's what most of us would like to see. Personally I wouldn't sign him if I was manager but I think on a one year deal it's not the worst signing we could make.
imo, if it's just Ferdinand it's a mistake. If it's Ferdinand for a year on vaguely sensible wages and that encourages Caulker to come too then, on balance, fair enough.
But as a stand alone (with a regular lie down on the treatment table) signing its not what we should be doing.
You have to trust them not to be giving him a 3 year deal with no relegation or long term injury clauses - THAT would be repeating the same old mistakes. A one year deal is a gamble that could be the difference between a relegation struggle and mid-table place. It's a very fine line and it's not our money so if Harry thinks he'll add to the team spirit then that's fine by me. Steve Black will turn him into a youth hungry for an England cap by September.
Put it this way man United where a lot stronger defensively with him in the the side than without him in the side . A top class signing if he isn't injured.
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