The veteran Scot claimed that he would never spend so much money on footballers such as Andy Carroll, also adding that the player did not deserve the move from Newcastle United two years ago.
Sir Alex Ferguson has always been a shrewd buyer when it comes to the transfer market and the former Aberdeen boss has a long history of picking out stars with world-class potential.
Only rarely does the coach sign players with huge fees, but that has been the case for Premier League giants Liverpool, who made some astonishing acquisitions after selling off http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 for £50 million in 2011.
Kenny Dalglish joined the helm after Rafa Benitez’s departure and when the January window opened, he let loose and went on to agree deals for Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll.
Carroll was a Newcastle United darling at the time, and after some sensational performances in the Championship, secure a place in the Premiership for the side and had been firing on all cylinders then.
However, his quality never merited the absorbent transfer fee paid out for his services and since his move to Anfield; he has failed to relive his glory days.
The Reds later sought to remedy the situation and sent him loan to West Ham, where netted his first goal on the weekend.
While he is unlikely to make a return to Merseyside, Liverpool haven’t admitted that they made a huge mistake by signing him in the first place, although Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 claims that he would never have acquired the striker if it had been up to him.
“He has only played something like a dozen games for Newcastle and then he had to deal with a £35million transfer to a club like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809. That’s quite a big jump. I’d certainly not sign that kind of player for that kind of money.”
“We’ve gambled on young players in the past, maybe a couple of million or whatever, but when you get that level you really have to do a bit more homework and see how he is in his second season maybe. He’s still not had a lot of games but he is a big lad,
aggressive and a great header of the ball,’ claimed the long-serving United boss.
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