I'm sorry, the money for the teenagers was due to the fact they have their whole careers ahead of them, and the fact that Chelsea didn't want any kind of court case for poaching because they had already been done for that before and risked possible points deductions.
Healy has spent his whole career to date playing at below top level domestic football. If he was THAT good he would have been playing in the prem by now. And remember that Kewell only went for £5mil, he was a proven top level and international goal scorer, went to Liverpool, the Bosman ruling still hadn't kicked in fully and was very young and therefore (in theory) had his best days ahead of him. How much did we, then a championship side, pay for this international goalscorer when we bought him? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:leedslist- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 June 2007 19:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] Wage deferrals - Healy + who? > > > In a message dated 6/6/2007 1:57:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > 5 million...no chance....! > He does NOT have a proven track record of scoring at the top level. A > decent > spell internationally for a nation that doesn't draw from the largest > pool > of talent does NOT make him one of the top strikers in Europe. > My case will be supported by those that come shopping for him. I > firmly > believe that Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Manu, Arsenal, > Liverpool, > Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, Lyon, Juventus, Inter Milan, > etc WILL > not be licking their chops at being able to purchase the services of > Mr. > Healy. I mean if any of these clubs thought they could buy one of the > top > International strikers in Europe for 5 million they'd be in for him in > queues. > If anyone believes Mr. Healy is one of the top strikers in Europe then > clearly they don't know what they are talking about. So go on...tell > me > where he's going! > And remember we aren't exactly a strong seller...bankrupt...3rd > division...yep...I'm sure it's all Mr. Bates faultm when he goes for > around > 1.5 million. > Mark > El Presidente Wisconsin Whites > Leeds United > Chicago Fire > > > > > I don't think it matters who you play FOR when it comes to scoring > goals, it > matters how many you score and against whom. Healy has been scoring at > will > at the highest level in Europe - the European Championship - against > top > teams. The fact that he's playing for Northern Ireland only increases > his value, > as everyone will figure that it takes a special striker to score hat > tricks > for a small, unfancied side like that. Or do you reckon Eidur > Gudjohnssen is > crap because he also comes from a small, northern European country? > > As for us not being a strong seller - surely we are. Healy is on > contract. > We have no need to sell. Bates has been telling us for ages that we're > no > longer a selling club, and that now he's been given the control of the > club we've > turned the corner. Surely he couldn't have been lying about that, could > he? I > mean, if Healy only matches your valuation of 1.5 million, that means > he's > worth only three-quarters of what each of those two kids who went to > Chelsea > brought in. How do you figure that? Do you really think those kids are > each > that much better than Healy? Again, I say that I will judge Bates > (who, > according to his supporters, never, ever lets Leeds get ripped off) by > how much he > manages to get for Healy. > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list > administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions > of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org
