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shmmeee

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OK, rules of the thread:

You have £5m to spend.

Prices according to TransferMarkt: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/coventry-city/transferrekorde/verein/990

No freebies. Only players in last 30 years because of inflation (1990 onwards).

Westwood (£675k)
Nilsson (£225k) Dann (£203k) Babb (£662k) Fox (£473k)
McAllister (£450k) Boateng (£315k) Gunnarsson (£225k)
Huckerby (£900k) Jutkiewicz (£540k) Ndlovu (£13k)

Total: £4.681m

Beat that

Feel free to use players not listed there if we have a reasonable idea of price.
 

DannyThomas_1981

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OK, rules of the thread:

You have £5m to spend.

Prices according to TransferMarkt: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/coventry-city/transferrekorde/verein/990

No freebies. Only players in last 30 years because of inflation (1990 onwards).

Westwood (£675k)
Nilsson (£225k) Dann (£203k) Babb (£662k) Fox (£473k)
McAllister (£450k) Boateng (£315k) Gunnarsson (£225k)
Huckerby (£900k) Jutkiewicz (£540k) Ndlovu (£13k)

Total: £4.681m

Beat that

Feel free to use players not listed there if we have a reasonable idea of price.

shmee I always like your work! But I'm certain we paid far more for McAllister.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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shmee I always like your work! But I'm certain we paid far more for McAllister.

Yeah we did. How did that one come about? He was captain of Leeds the previous season, was playing in Europe and got to the League Cup final. Did Leeds want rid or did we offer a shed load of money to try and take us to the next level?
 

fernandopartridge

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Yeah we did. How did that one come about? He was captain of Leeds the previous season, was playing in Europe and got to the League Cup final. Did Leeds want rid or did we offer a shed load of money to try and take us to the next level?
Leeds wouldn't pay him what we did so he left.
 

DannyThomas_1981

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Yeah we did. How did that one come about? He was captain of Leeds the previous season, was playing in Europe and got to the League Cup final. Did Leeds want rid or did we offer a shed load of money to try and take us to the next level?

From memory we paid £2 million+ and a huge amount (for the time) in wages. Richardson wanted to take a 'punt' all round on getting City into the big time - unfortunately he appointed the wrong managers to do so.
 

fernandopartridge

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From memory we paid £2 million+ and a huge amount (for the time) in wages. Richardson wanted to take a 'punt' all round on getting City into the big time - unfortunately he appointed the wrong managers to do so.
£3m, he was our record signing at the time. In retrospect not a good one as he wasn't great in his first season then spent a year out injured, came back better and then left on a free.
 

DannyThomas_1981

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£3m, he was our record signing at the time. In retrospect not a good one as he wasn't great in his first season then spent a year out injured, came back better and then left on a free.

Exactly right. I think Boateng emerged during McAllister's time out injured and the team actually improved.

McAllister's improved form also coincided with the recruitment of Carlton Palmer. Speaking of which it was typical of the mismanagement of that time to spend big on players (such as McAllister) without thinking how they would fit into the overall system i.e. the system was not set up for McAllister until Palmer's arrival.
 
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