Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
"Can't help thinking that there may have been some link between them overpaying for Wood and getting Pope on the cheap."

It's hard to believe there was any synergy between the two deals, but it's equally unfathomable to think otherwise.
Who knows mon ami, is it just coincidence that they overpaid by £10-15 million for Wood and then underpaid by £10-15 million for Pope ? It balanced out very nicely in the end, could both clubs have got their valuations so wrong by accident ?