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[El Gordo]

20 million is a hoot for Hargreaves . . . unless you just paid 18 million for Michael bloody Carrick :mad: Hargreaves is an infinitely better player in that holding role and by that rationale is worth the money. If this all looks like extreme gluttony just look across to the Galaxy for the real meaning of monetary madness.

Oddly (and I'm quite prepared for a hail of mercury-tipped bullets ) I think Lord Ferg does care about football in the wider sense. Sure he's all about personal glory these days, but he hasn't quite managed to shake off his working class roots. The word on the street is he's pretty decent to young managers and is instrumental in the MU Rowdies continuing to play benefit matches for local sides.

Oh, alright - he's Beelzebub.
My name is Sweder and I worship Satan. And Guinness.

The Glazers? Doubt they'd know much about QPR or Oxford - unless of course they knew Robert Maxwell Oops, can's open, worms all over the place All hands on deck for Cap'n Bob . . .

Abramovich?
I still cling to the barest splinter of hope that the Russian authorities (come the revolution) will unearth the truth behind Roman's rise. When he's up against the wall it'll be interesting to see those bloody horrible blue shirts marked with 'Darren' and 'Terry' disappear just as quickly as they sprang up.

No one could seriously doubt Ferguson's football nous or coaching talent. And most of us can relate to the stories of his upbringing and his (current) allegedly ascetic suburban Manchester lifestyle. (Who told me that? Was it SW in the restaurant before the FLM? Or was it that Manc cabbie last time I was up there who claimed to have been at school with Duncan Edwards? Can't recall.)

He can spot talent but his valuations can be a bit wacky. Wasn't it £28m for Veron?