Problem with YouTube mate is you are only going to see one side of the story, the good side. And isn't really a basis for signing a player especially one that costs a few bob.
Having seen him plenty of times especially for Betis, there are 2 sides to Joaquin. There's the one agaisnt Arsenal where he gave Ashley Cole a terrible time. Really did o job on him and given what ever you think of Cole as a person he always does a quality job on Ronaldo. Or there's the one against ourselves when the mighty Djimi Traore had him in his pocket all game.
Joaquin Talented ? No doubt.
Consistent ? Too much doubt....
...Especially given how much he'd cost. As I don't think Valencia will be letting him go cheap.
Totally agree with you there... Also why are people so cut up and convinced we have midfield problems?? And why oh why are people convinced that Quasimodo will solve them. If any of you have actually sat and suffered Portuguese football for any length of time you see each game consists of about 150 to 200 fouls a game( and no im not taking the piss) I think Quasi is a well overrated in my opion and although he may come to the EPL at some point I think it would take him a long time to adjust to the style of play here and I really dont think he is good enough and have the right mental attitude to play for us.
It might be an idea to remind some of you about Sett Blatters plan to limit the number of overseas players in the champs leage, this is why Rafa is already looking to strengthen our midfield further with some English backbone.Do also bear in mind that we would never be able to get any of these players because they are prized so highly by their clubs and priced well over the odds and also this makes them very high risk investments if we were to splash the cash, we have had a number of overseas players come here who were very high profile, one of those was Spanish Eric who flopped so badly it made my blood boil because of the all the hype that surrounded him. Personnally I think Rafa is doing the right thing by sounding out Englishmen, it proves he is looking beyond the very near future.
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