Banter 2009/2010

Originally Posted by shegs1157

Since we're talking about players that got away, i want to let this off my chest:
i still can't figure out is why/how Leo didn't request for Bale after the Cissokho deal fell through. He's a great scout so if I, with zero scouting experience, knew how good Bale was/is as far back as 2006, i expect Leo to have noted the guys' potential and made a concrete move for the guy when there was heavy speculation last summer.

Pure logic: if we can't spend money for Cissokho, why asking for Bale who would have cost more ? Because Cissokho was a bit in the same case as some players noone here wants nowadays (he did one great half-season in Porto, a good first half of season in a small club in Portugal, and before that, he was in the 3rd division in France ...) while Bale has been a prospect since 2-3 years.