Nope. Right after that, he was begging GH to sign him instead of signing Djibril Cisse. He was stuck in Mallorca and looking for a top club. GH spotted Ronnie first way before Fergie and Barcelona have their eyes on him but thought that he was overpriced as was the case with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Duff was clearly the better player than Kewell until Chelsea destroyed his career. We didnt move for him when he was nearing his last year of contract. Blackburn quickly renew his contract and quoted us $15 million.

We got the speedy Diouf (20m), Diao (5.5m) and Cheyrou (5m). Total is $30.5 million. Brilliant piece of business! If you calculate the inflation rate of that investment 10 years ago, it would be equivalent to more than $50 million today.

And last year we paid $35m (Caroll), $20m (Henderson), $20m (Downing), $7m (Adam)
Combined damage of $82million

Instead of $40m (Aguero), $15m (Ashley Young - he actually cost lesser than Downing, can you believe it?), $32m (Hazard).

We gotta admit. We are dumb in business. Our scouts are hopeless as well. 

Yup that is true but at least u are paying more for something in return rather than paying half that amount for nothing in return. Aguero's wage of lets say 160k is worth it considering he won City the title while Carroll's 80k got us an 8th place finish. If finishing 8th is what I wanted I could've gotten another player for far cheaper than 35m and 80k per week.

True. If we dont sign Adam, Downing, sold Babel and Torres, you think we cant pay Kun's wages? Better to sign 1 world beater than a group of world class crap.