The New York Yankees seemed undaunted by the economic downturn this past off season with their signings of Mark Teixeria and CC Sabathia, arguably the two best free agents available. The total cost of the coveted two comes to 341 million dollars. That “investment” gives them Tex for eight years and Captain Cheeseburger for seven. 341 million dollars is staggering, but don’t tell that to Real Madrid.
After buying Kaka from AC Milan for 94 million Madrid followed that up by spending 131 million on Cristiano Ronaldo. That’s 225 million just to get these two footballers. That is not the money Madrid will be paying them to play, just the cash to get them to the club!
As a Liverpool supporter I am glad to see Ronaldo gone. Some have said that the Premier League is hurt by losing the “best player” in the world. Ronaldo may be the best, but he’s also one of the whiniest divers in the game. Now with a grip of cash at its disposable Manchester United will be capable of making that deep bench even deeper with two or three star players—that proposition is scary.
As Man U and Man City have been quite active, teams like Liverpool and Arsenal have had rumors and whispers circling them like crazy. Here’s to hoping both make solid moves in effort to push United from the top of the table.
Nice... keep the soccer posts a'cumin' in!
Posted by: Andre | June 24, 2009 at 07:06 AM