I agree but at the same time if you exclude all the terrible signings benitez has signed we would have more than enough money to bring in villa.... dossena, kean, babel, the list goes on....
Dossena - best left back/wing back in Serie A the season before we signed him and was one of the best crossers we had at the club. Shame he didn't work out.
Keane - wasn't Rafa's signing, was a semi-panic buy by Coco Parry. The fall out of this got Parry out of the club and off the field, financially, we've been benefiting from Parry's replacement, Christian Purslow. As far as I'm concerned, the benefits outweigh the cons on this one.
Babel - bought for his potential. Ryan has no one else but himself for not realising his potential. I'm one that thinks he needs to leave to realise his potential, much like Henry's move to Arsenal unleashed his, a move for Ryan may be the right thing for him.
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