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ally1886 (Liverpool fan)

"chris 79-again and again you go back to your usual attacks on rafas appearance.for gods sake,this is meant to be for adults to air their opinions on footballing matters-GROW UP YOU IDIOT!!!"

CPSPOSSE (Liverpool fan)

"chrls79 (Manchester United fan)

"disgusting pix far left!!!...period!!!..." i just saw your mug shot on crimewatch its far worse"

Murphy07 (Liverpool fan)

"The point about the transfer fee is that we will only spend 10Mill of our transfer budget. I agree we have bought him effectivly for 17Mill but in terms of this seasons transfer budget it will be 10 Mill, which when looked at like that its not too bad, You have to look at when we were getting that other 7 Mill from portsmouth if its not until another 5 years then yet again not too bad, likewise you dont know how the Liverpool deal is structured when they will pay etc, we wont be giving Portsmouth 17Million pounds the day the deal is signed thats for sure, Ultimatley we were in a bidding war with two of the richest clubs in the country and we had to cough up, its simple, dont know why everyone is crying about it, you have to pay a premium for English players and right now he is England Number 1 right back. In response to a couple of other points. Aresenal fan: Quality British "We were looking for a player of quality and also somebody who is British because of the new Champions League rules, Glen Johnson fits both categories" I believe is the quote from Rafa that is not knocking his confidence at all, do you honestly think Glen Johnson thinks he is valued at 17Mill either? The Villa fan with Barry you could look at if you had accepted 17Mill from Liverpool last season then you would not have had to sell him for 12Mill, so not only did you loose a straight 5Million on transfer fee, you also lost all his wages in a season that ended in nothing more than the previous season, at least if you had sold him to us you could say fair enough, but he has gone to City who finished lower than you in the league, does not say alot about how he views the future of Villa?"

Flyb0y (Liverpool fan)

"I admit Johnsen is a fantastic player, but why pay 17 mills for him? Its exactly like last summer, when we paid 20 mills on Keane, and then the rest was history! I don't think Glen is worth it! I am happy to mince my words if he turns out splendid, but if he doesn't, it will further blacken the mark on Rafa!!"

Worems (Liverpool fan)

"wigster, that's all i need to say!! Anyway, I get tired of listen to Rob Walton jibbering on about Everton(The peoples club), like he needs to slam that point home in his username. You Everton fans are so bitter and twisted about the more successful club across the mersey, that sometimes you forget to support your own team!! I'll never understand it. Oh, by the way, great come back... put me in my place!!"

cragan (Manchester United fan)

"I think he is a good player but i don't think he's that much better then Arbeloa...although does get forward more. 17 million seems steep to me. Mind you, we paid 17 million for Nani. Go figure..."

chrls79 (Manchester United fan)

"disgusting pix!!!!..."

chrls79 (Manchester United fan)

"disgusting pix far left!!!...period!!!..."

Arseneal (Arsenal fan)

"liverpool_1986, I don't know if this is what you're implying but perhaps it says that both Real Madrid and Liverpool are splashing out ridiculous amounts of money on players who haven't excelled for more than a few years (or in the case of Johnson, one year). I'm not sure if that's what you meant, but Ronaldo had a blistering season followed by a pretty good one, only poor by his own standards, while Johnson had one decent season. You'd also have to take into account that Ronaldo will sell shirts and generate interest in Real Madrid around the globe, neither of which Johnson can do..."

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