Gemmill 47227 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/t...and/6918707.stm Quinn hits out at fellow chairmen Quinn insists Sunderland will not make panic buys Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has hit out at his Premiership counterparts who have inflated the transfer market. Quinn singled out West Ham and Portsmouth as the chief culprits. He said: "There's six or seven new owners who are spending money, but are they getting the type of player that the top four want? I don't think so. "If I was going to spend a fortune on breaking the bank, I would be going after the players Liverpool or Manchester United wanted to sign." What horrifies me is people who have made money out of property or biscuit tins telling a class act who's managing their club who they should be signing. Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn Quinn added: "But, in the middle, people are fighting each other and raising the prices for the same players. You can see it with West Ham and Portsmouth. "The agents are having an absolute 'beano'. It's like a property market, where estate agents own half the property or, in West Ham's case, it looks like all the property." Sunderland have spent £17.5m this summer and manager Roy Keane is still in the market for more players. owever, Quinn insists that the difference between him and other chairmen is that his only involvement has been signing the cheques. He said: "What horrifies me is people who have made money out of property or biscuit tins telling a class act who's managing their club who they should be signing. "That's for the birds, but it happens in a lot of cases. I see players signing and chairmen standing there with the jersey and their arms around the player and I say 'Oh my God, what are they doing?' It's their call, they may be like that and may be in it for that, but it's not right. "If I start telling Roy Keane who to sign, I'm going against my own doctrine. Football is football, administration is administration. "I'm 100% behind Roy on this. People are being pressurised into signing players from videos and giving agents lots of money. We won't do that. We have to keep our heads when this is going on." This from a bloke that's just spunked £11m on Michael Chopra and Kieran Richardson. Should have kept his mouth shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22501 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/t...and/6918707.stm Quinn hits out at fellow chairmen Quinn insists Sunderland will not make panic buys Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has hit out at his Premiership counterparts who have inflated the transfer market. Quinn singled out West Ham and Portsmouth as the chief culprits. He said: "There's six or seven new owners who are spending money, but are they getting the type of player that the top four want? I don't think so. "If I was going to spend a fortune on breaking the bank, I would be going after the players Liverpool or Manchester United wanted to sign." What horrifies me is people who have made money out of property or biscuit tins telling a class act who's managing their club who they should be signing. Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn Quinn added: "But, in the middle, people are fighting each other and raising the prices for the same players. You can see it with West Ham and Portsmouth. "The agents are having an absolute 'beano'. It's like a property market, where estate agents own half the property or, in West Ham's case, it looks like all the property." Sunderland have spent £17.5m this summer and manager Roy Keane is still in the market for more players. owever, Quinn insists that the difference between him and other chairmen is that his only involvement has been signing the cheques. He said: "What horrifies me is people who have made money out of property or biscuit tins telling a class act who's managing their club who they should be signing. "That's for the birds, but it happens in a lot of cases. I see players signing and chairmen standing there with the jersey and their arms around the player and I say 'Oh my God, what are they doing?' It's their call, they may be like that and may be in it for that, but it's not right. "If I start telling Roy Keane who to sign, I'm going against my own doctrine. Football is football, administration is administration. "I'm 100% behind Roy on this. People are being pressurised into signing players from videos and giving agents lots of money. We won't do that. We have to keep our heads when this is going on." This from a bloke that's just spunked £11m on Michael Chopra and Kieran Richardson. Should have kept his mouth shut. I think he's right actually and the ridiculous fees commanded for the likes of Chopra prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47227 Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Aye the ridiculous fee he just paid! No good him having a go at West Ham and Portsmouth when he's doing the same thing. I think he thought he could come in and build a squad for a lot less money and reality is biting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Yeh he is right to be fair. The transfer fees have been absolutely ridiculous this Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22501 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Aye the ridiculous fee he just paid! No good him having a go at West Ham and Portsmouth when he's doing the same thing. I think he thought he could come in and build a squad for a lot less money and reality is biting. Aye he's being a hypocrite but still right. Worryingly it looks like your second sentence might apply to us and Ashley. All the increased Sky money has done is bloat transfer fees and players' wages - predictably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47227 Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 I think it's far too early to be making that assessment of Ashley. Transfer fees have been mental for years. They've taken a bit of a jump this summer, but it's not like this is the first time they've been this high or anything. Niall needs to get used to it and either compete or keep it zipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaythesouthernmag 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 But its swings & roundabouts isnt it?. The clubs who are buying will proberbly be selling too(except Sunderland cos no-one would want their players). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser 1321 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 We were lucky to get the transfers in that we have when we did. We've picked up a couple of good free signings and the transfer of Barton shows that the bad rep he has clearly determined his transfer fee. The problem now is picking up further players to add this much needed depth will cost a lot more purely due to the likes of these clubs who seem to be spending like its going out of fashion - West Ham, Spurs, United Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 We were lucky to get the transfers in that we have when we did. We've picked up a couple of good free signings and the transfer of Barton shows that the bad rep he has clearly determined his transfer fee. The problem now is picking up further players to add this much needed depth will cost a lot more purely due to the likes of these clubs who seem to be spending like its going out of fashion - West Ham, Spurs, United Release clause tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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