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Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature!

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1Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Empty Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Tue Jan 15 2013, 00:47

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Did anyone see this?
I do sometimes wonder where Big Sam might have got us to if we trusted him with the cash a bit more. After he left we let Megson spend about 50 million in fees plus big wages.

Transfer news: West Ham boss Sam Allardyce claims Bolton Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside snubbed the chance to sign ex-Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o for just €8million during his time at the club.

Allardyce was hired as Bolton manager in 1999 and spent eight years at the Reebok Stadium before spells at Newcastle, Blackburn and now West Ham.

The 58-year-old gained a reputation for reinvigorating veteran talents such as Youri Djorkaeff, Jay-Jay Okocha and Ivan Campo during his time with the Trotters.

And he claims he would have added Eto’o to his roster of big name stars if it weren’t for Gartside’s refusal to meet the fee wanted by his former club Mallorca at the time.

“We could have got Eto’o for €8m from Mallorca,” said Allardyce.

“But the chairman was too tight to pay at the time, even though I said ‘here’s a £20m player for you’.”

Eto’o, who now plays for wealthy Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala, went on to become one of the world’s best strikers, winning a glut of silverware at Barcelona and Inter Milan and a record four African Player of the Year titles.

Barcelona shelled out €24million to take the Cameroon international from Mallorca in 2004 before he moved to Inter in part of the deal that saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic go the other way five years later.

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Boggersbelief

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Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Gartside also snubbed the chance to sign vidic before he joined united as well.

He should have been sacked years ago.

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Allardyce is a shit-stirring smartass.

Reebok_Rebel

Reebok_Rebel
Frank Worthington
Frank Worthington

If this is true then I wish gartside all the bad luck in the world...

fucking idiot! the players he has apparently refused to sanction moves for under big same would have had us pushing for the champions league back in the day.

I hear he was also fucked off trying to sign Patrice Evera as well?

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

The most important thing is that he sanctioned the purchases of Zat Knight, David Ngog & Marvin Sordell. Where would we be without them?

Reebok_Rebel

Reebok_Rebel
Frank Worthington
Frank Worthington

Natasha Whittam wrote:The most important thing is that he sanctioned the purchases of Zat Knight, David Ngog & Marvin Sordell. Where would we be without them?

Premier league? ::mad::

Lofty_Love

Lofty_Love
Andy Walker
Andy Walker

Too lightweight anyway

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

TBF he also decined to sign a number of donkeys including the past it cheating barsteward Rivaldo. Every club misses target signings - Zaha last season for example - but some of our missed targets turned out well. At the time, nobody knows how they'll turn out so I guess we've just been unlucky. In being associated with some of the illustrious names that got away in the past, at least it indicates we're looking at some decent players.

Natasha Whittam

Natasha Whittam
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Nat Lofthouse

We almost signed Wayne Biggins once.

10Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Empty Re: Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Tue Jan 15 2013, 10:33

Reebok Trotter

Reebok Trotter
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Gartside endorsed Big Sam's signing of Lardarse Jardel. What does that say about some of Big Sams signings?

Big Sam was a great manager for us but he wasn't buying the players out of his own pocket money. You have to have fiscal restraint otherwise you end up overspending like Leeds and Portsmouth. Look where they are now.

11Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Empty Re: Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Tue Jan 15 2013, 11:27

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Natasha Whittam wrote:We almost signed Wayne Biggins once.

Another coup thwarted. Although TBF an overweight bespectacled 40 something camp light entertainer may well have had more impact than Jardel.



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12Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Empty Re: Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Tue Jan 15 2013, 11:28

Reebok_Rebel

Reebok_Rebel
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Frank Worthington

funny how most of these players we have 'missed out' on have turned out to be huge stars... Rolling Eyes

13Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Empty Re: Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Tue Jan 15 2013, 11:32

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Reebok_Rebel wrote:funny how most of these players we have 'missed out' on have turned out to be huge stars... Rolling Eyes

It's almost as if we were never in with a realistic shout of getting them in the first place but the club was happy for the media to associate us with them as it gave the impression we are ambitious.

Next week I expect Allardyce to release the sad story of how he narrowly missed out on signing the 13 year old Messi due to not knowing of his existence lack of funds.

14Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Empty Re: Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Tue Jan 15 2013, 11:34

Reebok_Rebel

Reebok_Rebel
Frank Worthington
Frank Worthington

wanderlust wrote:
Reebok_Rebel wrote:funny how most of these players we have 'missed out' on have turned out to be huge stars... Rolling Eyes

It's almost as if we were never in with a realistic shout of getting them in the first place but the club was happy for the media to associate us with them as it gave the impression we are ambitious.


I agree with this statement - sarcastic or not, Its true.

we do link ourselves with players we have no intention whatsoever of signing so we look good/sell season tickets.

Veloso for example...

15Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Empty Re: Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Tue Jan 15 2013, 11:44

wanderlust

wanderlust
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Veloso was mentioned again last week. I'll be dead before we sign him.

16Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Empty Re: Bolton miss out on Eto'o signature! Tue Jan 15 2013, 12:00

Reebok Trotter

Reebok Trotter
Nat Lofthouse
Nat Lofthouse

Reebok_Rebel wrote:funny how most of these players we have 'missed out' on have turned out to be huge stars... Rolling Eyes

The Venky's have been doing it since they took over at Blackburn. Any fan with a modicum of sense can see it for what it is....Bullshit.

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