Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
Signing Ings and Grealish now would definitely take us up several levels!
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Established 'top level' players we've signed.
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Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Daisuk
Dimitar Berbatov
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Grealish is class though. Such a bummer we didn't get him two years ago.
he is a fool signing that extension though . He is now Zaha mk2
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Maybe but there normally known quickly
Bale. Tomorrow.
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
Rebrov
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
It's not something we have done a lot of but some were established in their own right and just flopped.
Soldado was 20+ goal a season three seasons in a row, only outscored by Messi and Ronaldo in them times so was def established
Ziege was a top level known international left back
Rebrov was considered as good as Shevchenko before he came
Ginola was wanted by Barce
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
Grealish is class though. Such a bummer we didn't get him two years ago.
Ings is very good too, was quality last year
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
And like Grealish another we wanted earlier
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Bishop
John Lacy
Soldadao wasn't a superstar. At the the time I was basically watching 2 or 3 La Liga matches a week and trust me he was a good striker for Valencia but was never considered a superstar nor even in the top 5 in the league, just a very good striker.
Rebrov was again considered a good player but there is a reason we signed him and Shevchenko went to Milan. So again not a superstar just considered a good player.
By the time we signed Ginola he was a failed (unfairly or not) France internnatoonal I don't think he was ever considered superstar but I may be wrong.
Ziege is the closest thing to that bracket but I dunno if I'd really consider him a superstar.
Klinsman was something else, we shouldn't especially at that time be able to sign a player of his stature. That was a real coup. If Bale does end returning he's the biggest thing by far since Klinsman.
DeanoAustin
Jimmy McCormick
Yeah Klinsmann was different level altogether not only because he was one of the best in the world so too good for us at that time but also because those players didn't play in the Premier League back then. They usually played in Italy or Spain. Signing a player of his quality was unheard of.
I'd throw Popescu into the mix shortly afterwards. Not on the same level as Klinsmann but a top, top player in the prime of his career. And he scored that winner against Woolwich.
SteveAWOL
Chris Jones
I was a bit too young to remember it clearly but guess even back then signing players from Barcelona was quite exciting... just a pity we sold Waddle a couple of weeks later.
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
The question wasn't if they were a super star but established
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
clarified to "world known"
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
I would say we have had a few, many flopped but still at time they were known. Popescu is a great call too
ShipOfTheseus
Clint Dempsey
Lineker's profile is even higher now, and the BBC is apparently having difficulty meeting his wages. We need a back-up striker for Harry . . .
The stars are aligned. Bring him home, Daniel.
The stars are aligned. Bring him home, Daniel.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
Freund is a good example, unlikely fans of other clubs were jealous when we signed him, and he wasn't a superstar, but we signed him not long after he won a European Cup and a European Championship, everyone knew who he was.