As the transfer window opens up Premier League managers are searching high and low for bargains. So I thought it would be apt to look back at the TOP TEN Premier League transfer steals of all-time.
Those players that didn’t quite make the list but deserve honourable mentions are Brad Friedel, Mark Schwarzer, Nicolas Anelka, Mikel Arteta, Antonio Valencia, Wilson Palacios, Patrick Vieira, Freddie Ljungberg, Kolo Toure, Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic. Such is the way with lists like these, I’m bound to have missed someone out, so if you can think of anyone deserving of a place on this list, post them below.
I’m sure that this list will drum up some controversy and heated debate, so without further ado, here are my top ten Premier League steals of all-time…
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Hyypia would have been worth paying over £20million – even at that time. A brilliant result of scouting.
LIVERPOOL IS A DISAPPOINTING LOT. GAEL CLICHY HAS COSTED MANCHESTER CITY £7MN WHEN WE HAD SPENT AWFUL AMOUNT ON PLAYERS ALREADY SIGNED LIKE JOE COLE,POULSEN, JOHANSICO LEAVING THE EXPERIENCED ARSENAL PLAYER TO COME TO ANFIELD WILLINGLY AND YET WE ARE LOOKING TO REVAMP OUR CLUB. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ADAMS WHEN WHO WOULD COST £9MN PLUS 3 PLAYERS ON LOAN WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE MIDFIELDERS. WE SUGGEST RAUL MIRRELES TO BE SOLD WHEN HE DID VERY WELL DURING HIS FIRST YEAR AT ANFIELD. WE ARE REALLY VERY SLOW IN REACTING. THE FACT OF BUILDING THE TEAM IS NOT WRONG BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE IN PHASES LIKED THE INTRODUCTION OF FANAGAN,ROBINSON ETC. GAEL CLICHY HAD STILL 6 YEARS TO PLAY FOR LIVERPOOLFC IF WE HAD TAKEN HIM.
WE ARE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT DEFENDERS YET WE CONCEDED ALOT OF GOALS LAST SEASON IN FIRST ROUND.CARRGHER IS AGING AND WE NEED SOMEONE UNDERSTUDYING HIM.
WE ARE TALKING OF 16 YRS OLD WHO MIGHT NOT BE FEATURED IN THE MAIN TEAM UNTIL HE IS 19 AND YET WE WANT LIVERPOOLFC TO MAINTAIN AND GO BEYOND NUMBER 4 POSITION IN THE LEAGUE. DO WE HAVE THE RESERVE AND IF NOT THEN WE SHPOULD INVEST IN THE RESEVE SO THAT IN FUTURE WE SHOULD NOT BE BUYING OVER PRICED PLAYERS.
LET US THINK OF TODAY AND TOMMOROW. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY BY NOW SO THAT WHEN WE GO FOR PRE SEASON TOURS, WE ARE 99 % FIT AND READY FOR THE LEAGUE.THE DEAD WOOD SHOULD HAVE GONE BY THEN.