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Roo69
23/05/2006, 11:27 AM
Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Tomas Rosicky from Borussia Dortmund for an undisclosed fee. More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/5008544.stm)

Great signing for Arsenal.
drinkfeckarse
23/05/2006, 3:47 PM
Good player alright, very much in the "Arsenal" mould. Approx £7m which is a decent price. Am I right in thinking that Dortmund paid about double that to get him from Sparta Prague?? I'm sure I read that somewhere.....
Roo69
23/05/2006, 3:54 PM
yeah i'm almost sure they paid 12/13 million to sign him from Sparta. There in dire financial trouble, hence the quick cheap sell.
Stuttgart88
23/05/2006, 3:58 PM
I read it was 18m sterling.
Roo69
23/05/2006, 4:09 PM
I stand corrected - "He cost Dortmund £18m - a Bundesliga record - when he arrived from Sparta Prague in 2001. "
superfrank
23/05/2006, 8:35 PM
I think this opens the door for Pires to leave. Rosicky and Hleb are much younger whereas Pires is on the downside of his career.
drinkfeckarse
24/05/2006, 8:12 AM
I read it was 18m sterling.

Madness...it's not as if Prague was a team that could DEMAND figures like that. Dortmund went through a crazy phase though spending huge amounts on players and it was a gamble that didn't pay off. I think they also spent £18 on that Brazilian striker from Parma who's name escapes me for the moment...
Stuttgart88
24/05/2006, 8:19 AM
I think this opens the door for Pires to leave. Rosicky and Hleb are much younger whereas Pires is on the downside of his career.Yes, it looks like his Villareal move will now go ahead. I heard last week that he was reconsidering but the press seem to think he's off.
superfrank
24/05/2006, 8:36 AM
I think they also spent £18 on that Brazilian striker from Parma who's name escapes me for the moment...
Amoroso. I think he's at Milan now. He played for Sao Paulo (sp.) in the WCC against Liverpool.
Poor Student
24/05/2006, 8:36 AM
I think they also spent £18 on that Brazilian striker from Parma who's name escapes me for the moment...

Marcio Amoroso. I think he's at AC Milan now.
drinkfeckarse
24/05/2006, 10:46 AM
Marcio Amoroso. I think he's at AC Milan now.

That's right, I'm shocked he's at Milan now:eek: Would you believe he had a trial at Celtic about 2 years ago when he finished at Dortmund but it never went any further. Not sure if it was because O' Neill didn't rate him or he didn't fancy it himself.