There is the possibility that some players will use us as a stepping stone, but with our current group of players that is something I cannot see. We were at our strongest under Benitez when we had Alonso, Masch and Torres at their peak. That is when we had the opportunity to become a destination club, and we had opportunities to sign such players as Sergio Aguero, Simao, and Dani Alves but yet we decided to opt for complete crap such as Robbie Keane, Jermaine Pennant and Peter Crouch. Because of that, we went back to winning nothing and eventually Xabi left us. Of course H&G were to blame for our 2010 nosedive and since then we've done an incredible job under BR to put ourselves back in the frame. It was inconceivable under them, but we are back and unlike teams like Atletico Madrid, we can keep our best players as a club of this magnitude has the financial power to do so.
BR will only be signing players with the right attitude. He's emphasised this time and again, so hopefully now that Suarez has left, we are done as a selling club. You come here to fight for the cause now, not to use us as a stepping stone. I think that's pretty clear.
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