Have things changed?

[Rosco]

There was a time when teams in the Premier league generally wouldn't do business with rivals.

Now everybody seems to be at it, or at least trying it.

Rooney and Suarez could both potentially move to rivals.

I know Ashley Cole did it, but it's still pretty rare isn't it ?


Are the others ?

 

[Dreambeliever]

Nah I think its always happened.

RVP last seeason.

Even if you think back to when Newcastle and Utd were at the top Cole went to Utd.

Tevez went to City.

Torres to Chelsea.

Campbell to Arsenal.

It happens all the time.

 

[Silver Sean]

Always happened. Leeds and Man Utd, Utd and Arsenal, Us and Arsenal.
Italy is mad for it. Some of those forwards seem to have played for Inter, Milan, Juve, Lazio and Roma. Mental.
Real Madrid and Barca is always amusing. Ronaldo (original), Laudrup, Figo, Saviola, Hagi, Shuster, Luis Enrique, Prosinecki,

 

[Aidan O' Neill]

It hasn't happened that much in the last 20 years. Ashley Cole forced his own way out. I can't think of the last time we dealt with Arsenal or Manchester United. We've only been dealing with Chelsea recently because we're not one of the top dogs anymore. United didn't sell Tevez to City, they had him on a two year loan first. Newcastle were in or around the top of the table a year or two after they sold Cole. RVP wound his contract down and left Arsenal with no choice but to sell to the highest bid. I think you'd find the top 3 (United, City, Chelsea) would generally not be willing to deal with each other. Rooney seems to be the exception because Chelsea want him and United seem to not want him anymore. There are a few different tiers of teams in the league and in most cases I don't think teams will do business with teams on the same level as them. I think at least a few of the Barca/Madrid ones didn't go directly between the two clubs (Ronaldo definitely didn't anyway) As Silver Sean said it seems to have happened loads in Italy.

 

[Aidan O' Neill]

Oh and Campbell to Arsenal was a free transfer (I think).

 

[6TimesaRed]

Who could forget Barmby to Liverpool...

 

[Mystic]

@clipsgirl @LAdesignGuy @CucumberExpress No they're not. To each their own, but Ross is wrong, like these shoes. pic.twitter.com/H79KFp9p

https://twitter.com/lobcitythug/status/276118022484279296

 

[Modo]

Abel Xavier to Liverpool....