Yes parma were in shit, and I agree that it could have been possible for us to get him cheaper, but by how much, parma have always been known (well in the past) for asking a high price for their players, veron, crespo, canna, etc.. they sold all their players proberly overpriced. Now lets look at our situation, we had van der sar who at that time had some real eye problems, there wasnt many young options out there, we are a big club and to stay that way sometimes u need to dig deep and but the best their is, buffon was just that. Looking at Moggi's transfer history its easy to say he has always paid a fairly small sum, for the players he brought (in general). Therefore to assume that all of a sudden he decided to spend massive money and get his cut, is yes nothing but the word itself, assumption. I mean we all know Moggi wasnt clean as clean, I aint here to defend the guy but all im saying is that where he was proven guilty, as far as we know thats all he is 'guilty' for, the rest of the accusations the guy should remain 'in a way' innocent until proven guilty. His got a bad stigma but that doesnt mean we go out there and blame everything on him and come out with our own theories.
The canavaro deal, well you mentioned it yourself, he used his brain, well whys that, why did he use it more recently than a season or two before?