Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
They seem to be run very much like us BT, they lost a very good manager because he didn't get the money he wanted. Garlick wants to be careful what he wishes for.
sinkov--they lost a manager because he couldn't get the money he wanted, however, Rafa is renowned for wanting more and more and didn't like operating on the one out/one in process. He signed 28 players in 3 years and 4 months including a record sigining at the time, Almiron, for 21 million. He shipped out five of his signings within 2 years of buying them at a loss of around 10 million.
He won promotion from the Championship and then they finished 10th and 13th in the PL and then he left, they got Steve Bruce and they have finished 13th again.