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Originally Posted by hitmannq8
Has Ryan Babel signed for Liverpool yet? After he was linked to a move with us earlier this summer did anything materialize? I like how he plays, very much like Henry.
Well since the Dinho-Milan rumours started heating up again the only one to deny it so far is Laporta. Let's see what happens. Btw Barca signed Gabi Milito for something like 17m, add this to Thierry Henry's 14m, Abidal's 12m (i think?) and Yaya Toure's 9m (not sure). Thats around 52m summer spending without them winning anything last summer, I wonder where do they get their money from. Maybe they have agreed a deal with Milan to sign Dinho a long time ago?
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Babel seems to be close to Pool and Ajax are asking for 20 mil for him ...
as for Barca, I think their spending spree was more like 17 (+3 more depending on CL performances) for Milito, 24 mil for Henry, 13 for Toure (9 to Monaco and 4 to Matalurg) and 13/14 for Abidal.
So roughly 70 mil euros, so far.
You should keep in mind however that often transfers are paid over 2-3 years so they may well not have to pay those 70 mil at once this summer.
Tony, Real, unlike Barca however, got rid of their debts and signed a monstrous tv deal so they can afford to buy, buy, and buy without winning ... Barca still has that debt of several hundred million euros, I believe.