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[quote author=mark1975 link=topic=38542.msg1038766#msg1038766 date=1264003469]
According to Peter Crouch's facebook blog, thing.. whatever, err.. Redknapp wants to sign RVN.
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How many strikers does he want ?
 
It was on the Beeb today aswell.
He only wants to sign him if he can get rid of Pavlychenko.

Would Ruud go there though? Not exactly guaranteed first team football there either.
 
[quote author=Hansern link=topic=38542.msg1038775#msg1038775 date=1264004030]
It was on the Beeb today aswell.
He only wants to sign him if he can get rid of Pavlychenko.

Would Ruud go there though? Not exactly guaranteed first team football there either.
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I doubt he'd be guaranteed first team football at any half decent side.
 
[quote author=Hansern link=topic=38542.msg1038775#msg1038775 date=1264004030]
It was on the Beeb today aswell.

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The BBC showed that video ?

*outraged*
 
Redknapp would sign enough players to fill 7 teams if he could..

reminds me of myself when i play football manager... i get bored so spent most of the time signing new players.
 
He's joined hamburg on year and a half contract. Wish he wasn't such a greedy horse and we'd signed him. How can they afford to pay him 100k/week or whatever he was looking for actually
 
In this stage of his career, he's only thinking about one thing: money.
 
[quote author=amber cabs link=topic=38542.msg1041829#msg1041829 date=1264277761]
He's joined hamburg on year and a half contract. Wish he wasn't such a greedy horse and we'd signed him. How can they afford to pay him 100k/week or whatever he was looking for actually
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With the money they didn't have to spend on a transfer fee. Greedy or not, he'll have known he'd never command a salary like that at his age otherwise.
 
Van Nostrilboy to Hamburg

Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has joined Hamburg on an 18-month deal, the German club have announced.

The former Manchester United forward, 33, had been linked with moves to several Premier League clubs including West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur.

Spurs were keen to sign him but balked at his wage demands, while West Ham were reportedly rejected by the player.

The Dutchman was out of favour at Real and keen to secure first-team football ahead of this year's World Cup finals.

Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia said: "Ruud has proven his qualities at some of Europe's top clubs. I'm convinced that he will score some important goals for us."

Van Nistelrooy said: "I am really happy that it has worked out. I had great talks with both [Hamburg president] Bernd Hoffmann and Bruno Labbadia and had a very positive impression from the very beginning."

With Van Nistelrooy seeking a weekly salary of around £100,000, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp was forced to end his interest.

"We don't pay that type of wage," he said. "It would break our wage structure by an awful long way. The chairman runs a good business and wouldn't pay that sort of money."

West Ham's new owner David Sullivan said on Thursday that he had offered a "special" player wages of £100,000 a week without confirming it was the Dutchman.

After joining Manchester United from PSV Eindhoven for £19m in 2001, Van Nistelrooy scored a 150 goals in 219 games in all competitions during his five years at Old Trafford, before he moved to Real for £10.2m.

But the Dutchman has featured only four times for the Spanish side this season.

"It's a gamble because he has been injured," added Redknapp.

"A fit Ruud van Nistelrooy is world-class but if you have him for 18 months and he's not fit it's a big problem to have [such] a massive wage on your bill."
 
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