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according to fergie today united had a valuation for benzema and weren't willing to go above it, simple as that. from what he said united contacted lyon but never actually put a bid in because the price was too high. sounds fair enough to me.
i'm impressed with fergie's obvious faith in the squad he has. good to see. almost makes up for seeing owen in the chevron |
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Yet Owen, it has become clear, was not Ferguson's first target when it became apparent to him that Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez would be leaving Old Trafford.
"Michael knows that," Ferguson explained. "We looked at the situation and mulled it over for quite a few months. We knew that his contract was coming to an end but I still had an intention to bring in another player [Benzema]. What confused us was waiting for a decision from Carlos Tevez. That confused us as we were not getting any answers, which put us in quite a quandary in terms of what we should do. We waited long enough. We tried to get Benzema but as soon as that fell through we went for Michael. I've explained this to Michael – that, at 21, Benzema was a possibility. But as soon as that looked to be floundering I contacted Michael. "We went in for Benzema but, as far as we were concerned, the price tag was beyond his value. If other clubs want to go to that level, that's entirely their business. We had a value that we thought was fair and we didn't want to go above that position. Maybe Lyon thought we under-valued him and that's fine, it's their decision. They got €42m for him and they will be happy with that because they have done well. All this tells you about us is that we are sensible. |
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[quote=carlitos99;1601709]Yet Owen, it has become clear, was not Ferguson's first target when it became apparent to him that Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez would be leaving Old Trafford. "Michael knows that," Ferguson explained. "We looked at the situation and mulled it over for quite a few months. We knew that his contract was coming to an end but I still had an intention to bring in another player [Benzema]. What confused us was waiting for a decision from Carlos Tevez. That confused us as we were not getting any answers, which put us in quite a quandary in terms of what we should do. We waited long enough. We tried to get Benzema but as soon as that fell through we went for Michael. I've explained this to Michael ? that, at 21, Benzema was a possibility. But as soon as that looked to be floundering I contacted Michael. "We went in for Benzema but, as far as we were concerned, the price tag was beyond his value. If other clubs want to go to that level, that's entirely their business. We
Fair play to Ferie. Nothing wrong in what he said. Dont blame him for not paying the odds for @#%&! Karim. (Although i would have ) |
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