its also the daily mail so I would take it with a grain of salt
and there was a different paper last week saying AVB pushed for Lamela but also knew he would take half a season to settle
I think it's clear he wanted Moutinho, Hulk, Willian, Villa
Villa choose to stay in Spain, money wasn't an issue
I can see him being pissed about Moutinho last summer, because basically everyone says it came down to Levy and Pinto trying to get one over on each other (they agreed on a deal, Porto raised the price with an hour left in the window)
but as is said above, no one can compete with Monaco not only on buying power but on wages (because of the tax) and Zenit spent 50m for Hulk a year ago, they weren't going to take any less
I think Eriksen was bought after Willian fell through as we needed a playmaker
Chiriches has been a revelation, they basically swapped Caulker for him which is a win
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