Missed this at the time, but my reckoning is based on the following from the BBC report:
£29.3m - £3.25m = £26.05m - the sum paid for Ferdinand before the final settlement of £1.5m was agreed.
£26.05m + £1.5m = £27.55m.
Maths.
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Missed this at the time, but my reckoning is based on the following from the BBC report:
£29.3m - £3.25m = £26.05m - the sum paid for Ferdinand before the final settlement of £1.5m was agreed.
£26.05m + £1.5m = £27.55m.
Maths.
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Just looking at the Aguero and Tevez (from West Ham sic) figures, tells you that site is bollocks.
Could have been, we're practially only loan tevez , and since SAF refused to pay him 30M or so , that could have been his buy out clause.
Tevez was 47.5m pounds.
That was the speculated fee from one news outlet iirc. I don't see why city would pay so much when there really wasn't much competition for his signature and especially when no one was going to bid anything close to that figure.
Because City did it out of desperation? Big name player, coming to play at Eastlands, yet also (in their eyes) "getting" 1 over United.
They were willing to spend that big to signify them getting into the "big league". Initially they had to overpay to get "good" players (Barry, Milner, Lescott, Adebayor etc) to try and make the top 4. The next step, when they could afford UCL football was obviously to get top tier players. Remember that they were dealing with Joorabchian and he would have understood their situation too the tee.
They were willing to spend that big to signify them getting into the "big league". Initially they had to overpay to get "good" players (Barry, Milner, Lescott, Adebayor etc) to try and make the top 4. The next step, when they could afford UCL football was obviously to get top tier players. Remember that they were dealing with Joorabchian and he would have understood their situation too the tee.
It wasn't speculated. It was reported by Guardian(David Conn) and Times
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/dav...011/aug/23/carlos-tevez-legal-battle-revealed
Well, I know bumping old threads is frowned upon now, but I doubt any of the contributors to this one will fancy writing all the figures out again four or five years on.
Anyway, I have updated the transfers blog here: http://manchesterunitedtransfers.blogspot.com/ to bring it up to date. This season has seen us spend our largest net amount on transfers (although LVG's splurge a couple of years back is still the highest gross amount - at least until January rolls around) and break the £1bn barrier for gross transfers in the Premier League era.
Anyway, I have updated the transfers blog here: http://manchesterunitedtransfers.blogspot.com/ to bring it up to date. This season has seen us spend our largest net amount on transfers (although LVG's splurge a couple of years back is still the highest gross amount - at least until January rolls around) and break the £1bn barrier for gross transfers in the Premier League era.
So, United have now spent £380m net - and £483m gross - on changes to your last title-winning squad (this includes Zaha). There can be no more excuses this time around if you finish outside the top 4 for the 3rd time in four seasons.
When you post without context it looks like this post.
I don't recall anyone making excuses for either Moyes or van Gaal in terms of what they achieved with the money they spent and the squads at their disposal. They were abject.