so if pardew had done what rafa had done

[waalsendmick]

if Pardew had done what Rafa done, if have had more respect for him.

I.E. showed his frustration over lack of backing, without being a soft arsed yes man!

[ashingtoon62]

Wish a had me rod wi me....

[Nufc24Mag]

wrong
not between 12-13 million

try 14 -17 million

Remind me what idiot he give this money to to spend? And £15m most

[Jammy89]

Wish a had me rod wi me....

I know, I know but sometimes. . .

wrong
not between 12-13 million

try 14 -17 million

I think that's in Euros isn't it? In pounds it came to:

Georginio Wijnaldum £14,500,000
Aleksandar Mitrovic £14,500,000
Jonjo Shelvey £12,000,000
Andros Townsend £12,000,000

[Nephy]

We don't disclose our transfer fees under Ashley's regime, so it's all speculation. None of the prices we see bandied about are official. None of us know how much we actually spend on players, or if there is any hard cap on player cost imposed by Ashley.

[Jammy89]

Very good point Nephy.

[toonlegend]

this is what actually happened... forget ashleys assurances that rafa was in charge.

rafa had to go to charnley with his list

charnley had to find the lawyer who ashley appointed to run things over every ****ers heads.... he was often busy with his real job

charnley had to wait for response of said lawyer. if he got the go ahead he could then approach the club and player in question. if no more toeing and froeing negotiating etc until they got the ok ... probably about the 5th choice but thats besides the point.

the lawyer actively dismissed rafas initial list and said no .... full stop.

****ing idiotic way to run a club. /... and if it was pardew all you would get was a smarmy smile and the lies that everything was going to plan that we didn't need x y or z players. blah blah blah

[toonlegend]

ashley imposed a cap on wages... it couldn't go above a certain level... so while the players were there that we didn't want we couldn't buy any others. but as always we saw what happened... when we did get rid of players... we still got no ****ers in. surprise surprise.

[Zippity]

this is what actually happened... forget ashleys assurances that rafa was in charge.

rafa had to go to charnley with his list

charnley had to find the lawyer who ashley appointed to run things over every ****ers heads.... he was often busy with his real job

charnley had to wait for response of said lawyer. if he got the go ahead he could then approach the club and player in question. if no more toeing and froeing negotiating etc until they got the ok ... probably about the 5th choice but thats besides the point.

the lawyer actively dismissed rafas initial list and said no .... full stop.

****ing idiotic way to run a club. /... and if it was pardew all you would get was a smarmy smile and the lies that everything was going to plan that we didn't need x y or z players. blah blah blah

Where'd you get this from, J?

[toonlegend]

wor michael lol... he's usually right about stuff though


apparently everything in the club has to go through the lawyer if it involves money