billycopper
Player Valuation: £40m
The figures are from transfermarkt, which explains any inaccuracies.
I think Moyes is at his best in the transfer market when he's methodical and perhaps even cautious. Yobo, Arteta, Pienaar and Fernandes were very successful loanees. And I imagine that he watched Cahill, Jagielka, Baines and Lescott over a long period of time.
Yakubu, Johnson and Beattie were some of the top strikers outside the elite clubs so maybe he bought them for their goal-scoring record alone without thinking how they would fit into the team?
We know that he bought Bily on the recommendation of Hiddink but we already had Pienaar in that position and we couldn't afford to spend that much on a squad man, so what was the logic? Ditto Heitinga. Was he supposed to be a utility player covering right back and central midfield? Very quickly he made it clear that he wouldn't play at full back and that he wasn't especially adept in the middle of the park. Alongside Van der Meyde (however much he cost) and Kroldrup they appear to be out and out punts.
It's difficult to square it with the impression that we're given of Moyes as being diligent to the point of obsession.
I think Moyes is at his best in the transfer market when he's methodical and perhaps even cautious. Yobo, Arteta, Pienaar and Fernandes were very successful loanees. And I imagine that he watched Cahill, Jagielka, Baines and Lescott over a long period of time.
Yakubu, Johnson and Beattie were some of the top strikers outside the elite clubs so maybe he bought them for their goal-scoring record alone without thinking how they would fit into the team?
We know that he bought Bily on the recommendation of Hiddink but we already had Pienaar in that position and we couldn't afford to spend that much on a squad man, so what was the logic? Ditto Heitinga. Was he supposed to be a utility player covering right back and central midfield? Very quickly he made it clear that he wouldn't play at full back and that he wasn't especially adept in the middle of the park. Alongside Van der Meyde (however much he cost) and Kroldrup they appear to be out and out punts.
It's difficult to square it with the impression that we're given of Moyes as being diligent to the point of obsession.
