David Gill, Manchester
United's chief executive, has indicated the club may back down in their
dispute with Carlos
Tevez's advisers and pay the figure required to keep him at Old Trafford
despite publicly admitting they think the player is overpriced.
United will have to pay £25.5m to turn Tevez's two-year loan
arrangement into a permanent deal, a figure that Gill described as "a bit
toppy", despite being the man who signed the provisional contract two years
ago.
there is no way on earth tevez is worth even nearly that amount - he's simply not got the quality to demand anything more than £15m. his scoring record is patchy, his technique isn't up to scratch, and united have got a better version of him in their starting xi (wayne rooney). this is the worst kind of shopping, the idea that because other people have overrated value then you're compelled to pay it because you fear losing it. this is no way to appraise value: better to pay a proper sum, and ignore the poor valuations of inferior transfer market operators (rafa benitez and manchester city).
if united pay that it would be a preposterous decision.
2 comments:
It may be a bit pricey but I think it would be worthwhile to keep him. United fans would hate it if he jumped ship to Liverpool after all!
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i think united fans would definitely hate it, but fans always have that illogical love for the grafters. with tevez it's multiplied by the fact he's also the underdog, playing up to his victim status, despite not appearing to have done anything wrong - whilst chipping in with the odd crucial goal.
ultimately, that appearance against arsenal in the champions league first leg was a perfect illustration of him as a player: using his physicality to get himself in position, being utterly selfless with his running, and failing to score. which is why he isn't worth quite that much, especially when they've already paid something between 7 and 10m quid already...
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