maguskwt wrote:Transfers Out
Player Signed Cost Left for
Xabi Alonso 5 August 2009 30,000,000 Real Madrid
Robbie Keane February 1 2009 15,000,000 Tottenham Hotspur
Peter Crouch July 2008 11,000,000 Newcastle United
Mohammed Sissoko January 29 2008 8,200,000 Juventus
Michael Owen August 2004 8,000,000 Real Madrid
Craig Bellamy July 2007 7,500,000 West Ham United
Milan Baros August 2005 6,500,000 Aston Villa
Djibril Cisse July 2007 6,000,000 Marseille
Luis Garcia July 2007 4,000,000 Atletico Madrid
John Arne Riise June 2008 4,000,000 AS Roma
Scott Carson July 18 2008 4,000,000 West Bromwich Albion
Alvaro Arbeloa 29 July 2009 3,500,000 Real Madrid
Mark Gonzalez July 2007 3,500,000 Real Betis
El Hadji Diouf June 2005 3,500,000 Bolton Wanderers
Chris Kirkland January 2007 3,500,000 Wigan Athletic
Fernando Morientes May 2006 3,100,000 Valencia
Florent Sinama-Pongolle May 2007 2,700,000 Recreativo Huelva
Danny Murphy August 2004 2,500,000 Charlton Athletic
Danny Guthrie July 2008 2,250,000 Newcastle United
Alou Diarra June 2005 2,000,000 Lens
Djimi Traore August 2006 2,000,000 Charlton Athletic
Antonio Nunez August 2005 2,000,000 Celta Vigo
Jan Kromkamp August 2006 2,000,000 PSV Eindhoven
Stephen Warnock January 2007 1,200,000 Blackburn Rovers
Antonio Barragan August 2006 680,000 Deportivo La Coruna
Neil Mellor August 2006 500,000 Preston North End
Paul Anderson June 30 2009 250,000 Nottingham Forest
Darren Potter January 2007 250,000 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Danny O'Donnell June 2007 100,000 Crewe Alexandra
Ramon Calliste May 2006 0 Released
Gary Mackay Steven June 2009 0
Miki Roque June 2009 0 Released
Robbie Foy May 2006 0 Released
Mark Smyth June 2005 0 Accrington Stanley
Jay Smith December 2007 0 Stockport County
Marvin Pourie January 2009 0 Schalke
Craig Lindfield August 2009 0 Released
Adam Hammill August 2009 0 Barnsley
Ryan Crowther August 2009 0 Released
Besian Idrizaj 31 January 2008 0 Wacker Tirol
Sebastian Leto 1 JUly 2009 0 Panathinaikos
Gregory Vignal July 2005 0 Portsmouth
Paul Willis May 2006 0 Released
Calum Woods May 2006 0 Dunfermline
Ryan Wilkie May 2006 0 Released
Ronald Huth June 2009 0
Robbie Fowler June 2007 0 Released
Dave Roberts June 2007 0 Released
David Mannix January 2007 0 Released
Godwin Antwi June 2009 0 Released
Jack Hobbs May 2009 0 Leicester City
Carl Medjani July 2006 0 L'Orient
Mauricio Pellegrino June 2005 0 CD Alaves
Igor Biscan June 2005 0 Panathinaikos
Jose Miguel Gonzalez Rey (Josemi) January 2006 0 Villareal
Jerzy Dudek June 2007 0 Released
Patrice Luzi July 2005 0 Released
Jon Otsemobor June 2005 0 Rotherham United
John Welsh January 2006 0 Hull City
Anthony Le Tallec 1 July 2008 0
Steve Finnan September 1 2008 0 Espanyol
Harry Kewell June 2008 0 Galatasaray
Salif Diao January 2007 0 Stoke City
David Raven July 2006 0 Carlisle United
Markus Babbel July 2004 0 VFB Stuttgart
Paul Harrison June 2005 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Richie Partridge June 2005 0 Sheffield Wednesday
Zak Whitbread June 2006 0 Millwall
Lee Peltier 31 January 2008 0 Yeovil Town
Gabriel Paletta August 2007 0 Boca Juniors
Jermaine Pennant July 1 2009 0 Released
Dietmar Hamann July 2006 0 Bolton Wanderers
Sami Hyypia 30 June 2009 0 Bayer Leverkusen
Vladimir Smicer June 2005 0 Bordeaux
Boudewijn Zenden June 2007 0 Marseille
Stephane Henchoz January 2005 0 Celtic
Bruno Cheyrou July 2006 0 Rennes
Apologies the list is abit hard to read but I didn't want to spend hours re-arranging it. When deciding on the players that Rafa should have kept I did not include Xabi and Hyppia who were big losses as it was the players who wanted to leave and there is nothing much you can do if a player is unhappy and wanted to move. I would've also put Dietmar Hamann in as he could still peform for us when we first sold him but then again we had many midfielders back then and it seemed a logical choice.
IMO these are the players Rafa should have kept and who could've strengthened our team squad:
Craig Bellamy - as shown by his peformances for City he's a decent back-up striker even though he's not really top 4 club material
Luis Garcia - very annoying to watch sometimes but he scores goals and bring unpredictability. A big game peformer
John Arne Riise - maybe it was time for him to move on. But our current LB's are not much improvement from Riise. Besides I never really did have much problems for his so called defensive incapabilities plus he scored goals.
Sinama Pongolle - a young player who was up for it whenever he played. Would've been interesting to see how he developed. Certainly has better attitude than Babel.
Steve Finan - was a very polished right back and Arbeloa wasn't much improvement from Finan. Glen Johnson is an improvement but I would rather have an aging Finan as back-up than injury prone Degan.
So it's 5 players out of 70 odd players sold or shipped out... I don't think Rafa did too bad here. I'm sure some of you will have your own list of players who we should've kept... so your thoughts pls...