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The biggest transfer moves of the summer

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<p> <b>Carlos Tevez, £25.5m. </b> </p> <p> The second big spender of this year's transfer window has been Manchester City's    club owner Sheikh Mansour, who signed a total of seven new players. A key    element of in this new team will undoubtedly be 25-year old Carlos Tevez.    The Argentinean striker, known for his outstanding technical abilities, is    estimated to have cost around £25.5m. He is also the first player to move    between the two Manchester clubs since Terry Cooke in 1999.  </p>

Carlos Tevez, £25.5m.

The second big spender of this year's transfer window has been Manchester City's club owner Sheikh Mansour, who signed a total of seven new players. A key element of in this new team will undoubtedly be 25-year old Carlos Tevez. The Argentinean striker, known for his outstanding technical abilities, is estimated to have cost around £25.5m. He is also the first player to move between the two Manchester clubs since Terry Cooke in 1999.

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[info]xyzptlkm wrote:
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 at 01:00 am (UTC)
Many of the sums presented in this list reignites my curiosity regarding the worth of football player contracts (yes, football players - not 'american football players' or other things most people don't care about)..... part of curiosity regards the silly sterling tags put on english players playing in the PL or even the CC Championship, considering most serious managers wouldn't even ask an english player (except perhaos for Theo W, Rooney, Wilshere or Gerrard [who else? seriously? I'm curious...?])

Looking at Los Blancos ('The Blanks'):
- In my mem, each of Real M@dr1d's old 'g@l@ct1co$' t33mz were lame/over the edge and/or just passed their marketing valuer - i.e. there was not enough to justify their value.... In the current g@1@ct1c0$ team there is slight difference; the $'s have proved themselves in a similar way to the previous crop, but the current crop might actually have some talenty left instead of coming to a club buiying all the the players who proved theri worthy ages ago instead of proving they will be worth something for ages ....
- Perez has no clue - he loves to run a club but doesnt understand how.... I wish his supporters understood football so you could have a normal conversation with them....However, since I love los cules I don't mind the fans of los blancos and other people without a heart or real passion making comments without thinking, creating life without love or oven looking at the world without real passion - who would care about the opinion of a person who puts money over passion (e.g. "M@n $1ty" instead of Gunners, although mostGooners were happy to be rid of them)

Reading price tag on players, a curiosity for comparison:
- England has not won a competitive match against Sweden since 1968, yet in the English Prem League players born in England are sold/biught at multiple value (I'm not going to try comparing Swedish coaches with english/brittish since)
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