the best buys (Transfer Issues)

Member Name: darrenaspinall

Product:	Transfer Issues
Date:	18/01/02 (43 review reads)
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Advantages: dream team

Disadvantages: don't all play for the same team

THIS is my profile on the best buys that ever hit the Premiership.

GOALKEEPER Peter Boleslaw Schmeichel was born at Gladsaxe, Denmark on 18th November 1963.Manchester United signed Schmeichel in August 1991 for a bargain transfer fee of only £500,000 after he had already played for his country on 45 occasions.For a big man Schmeichel had unbelievable agility.
His distribution of the ball to launch counter attacks and create goal-scoring opportunities for his team mate was outstanding.

DEFENDER LEFT
Christian Ziege
After complaining about the lack of opportunities at Liverpool it soon became clear he would have to move on for the third consecutive summer. This time it was Tottenham Hotspur who would come in for the player - signing him for £4m in July 2001.Scored a hat-trick against Northern Ireland in Euro 2000 qualifying - he always looks to get forward when the chance presents itself - but will be keen to put Germany's performances at the Finals behind him



DEFENDER CENTRE
GARY PALLISTER
Gary Pallister was born in Ramsgate on 30th June 1965.In August 1989 and he was on his way to Old Trafford for a then record fee for a defender of £2.3 million.He won four Premier League Championship medals in 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997, three FA Cup winner's medals in 1990, 1994 and 1996, a League Cup winners medal in 1992 and a European Cup Winners winners' medal in 1991.
He made a total of 438 appearances for

DEFENDER CENTRE
RIO FERDINAND
In November 2000 Rio became the world's most expensive defender after his transfer from West Ham United to Leeds United for a mere 18 million pounds.This man can be a legend.

DEFENDER RIGHT
Laureano Mayer (Lauren)
Cameroon international Lauren has a wide range of skills and can offer both tough tacklin
g and excellent creative play.
He was named Player of the Tournament as Cameroon won the African Nations' Cup in 2000 and he went on to win an Olympic gold medal when his country beat Spain in a dramatic Olympic final in Sydney in September 2001. Joined Arsenal from Spanish side Real Mallorca in May 2000 for £7million - also had spells at Levente and Seville.

MIDFIELD LEFT
Fredrik Ljungberg Swedish international who joined Arsenal in 1998 and made the best possible start, notching up a debut goal against Manchester United after just five minutes in a Gunners shirt. (And given that the shirt in question - No.8 - had just been relinquished by the idolised Ian Wright, it was important to get the fans on his side).
Made 139 appearances for Halmstad BK before moving to the Premiership for £3million.
A fast and tricky wide-man who can sometimes be let down by his finishing, but his industry is rarely in question. As committed to the cause as any player wearing the red and white.

MIDFIELD CENTRE
ROY KEANE
The Football Writers and the Professional Footballers Association's Player of the Year for the 1999-2000 is United's natural successor to Bryan Robson.
A player that can do it all, with simplicity and determination the key to his game, in Keane United have one of the world's best midfielders. In the 1993 close season United paid a then record fee of £3.75 million.
His ball winning skills, drive, determination and late runs into the box to score vital goals have made him an irreplaceable figure in the team's midfield, and Alex Ferguson made him club captain on Eric Cantona's retirement from professional football in 1997.

MIDFIELD RIGHT
GUSTAVO POYET
Enjoyed an injury-free season in 1999-2000 after missing large patches of both the 1997-8 and 1999-2000 season and scored some vital goals
in Chelsea's push for honours, including a brace in the FA Cup semi-final However, failed to impress new Blues boss Claudio Ranieri and in June 2001 moved across London to join Tottenham Hotspur.

STRIKER
ERIC CANTONA
Eric Cantona was born in Marseille, France on 24th May 1966.
During his early career in France he played for Auxerre, Bordeaux, Marseille, Montpellier and Nimes. He was an instant success at Leeds where he was idolized by the supporters and it was a total shock when Alex Ferguson was able to sign Cantona for £1.2 million in November 1992.
It was to prove one of the biggest bargains of the nineties.

STRIKER
Craig Bellamy
With Coventry's relegation to the Premiership it was clear that the Sky Blues were eager to off-load the striker from their wage bill. Before long it was Newcastle United who came in buy Bellamy for £6m - a £500,000 loss for Coventry.As for his confidence, that is perfectly illustrated by his 'the new Juninho claim', but it is based on a brilliant talent - after all, if you are capable of slaloming past defenders, drawing keepers and finishing from any angle, why should you keep quiet about it.

STRIKER
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
United for a British record fee of £19m in April 2001. The transfer initially fell flat in the summer of 2000 when Van Nistelrooy broke down in training just days before he was due to finalise an £18.5m move to Old Trafford. The striker returned to action in March 2001 and was immediately back among the goals, scoring twice to help PSV into the Dutch Cup final.
But United were forced to pay PSV £19m for the player's services as Sir Alex Ferguson desperately tried to make United a force in the Champions League once again.

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