all they do is fuk up the market for the other major clubs who are sane enough to make realistic player valuations...and so many additions no matter how good the players are cannot be good for a club
I agree. And even worse, they buys players which they don't need, and forget to buy type of players, which are actually good for them.
If Shuster can't get the best out of one of Saviola, Baptista, Robinho he really has no business coaching a team like Madrid. I am not a fan of Baptista, as he looses ball like drunken guy with fat pocket, but scoring has never been his problem, and he looks really sharp if couple of games I have seen him for Madrid and Brazil are anything to go by. And Robinho. What diamond crying out to be used properly by some creative manager. One trick pony? Maybe, but you wont know that until you give the kid consistent opportunity to play and an environment to succeed. Had Robinho joined Milan, good place for Brazilians, he would have become one of the best forward in the world IMO.
Lastly, their midfield. I don't know why they are selling Emerson for such miserly sum. Gago isnt anything he has been hyped up to be, and I am not too sure about Diarra; 20-23m on him was def. hefty. Beside, all their CMs are relatively young, they will need an experienced head like Emerson. Emerson might be mercenery, but you cant doubt his professionalism given his CV.