Huntelaar was excellent at Real with him linking nicely with sneider...the problem was that as usual with Real it was down to politics and saw those two blamed for Real's lowly 2nd against Barca in their prime.
Cheers Barticus, I hadn't followed his career close enough to have seen what the ins and outs were of his time at Real (and Milan), just knew that he hadn't been successful personally with either.
My failing memory does recall something about Sneider's time being less than successful and that he'd been caught up heavily in the political soap opera that breaks out from time to time there. I'd forget Huntelaar and Sneider were there at the same time.
Huntelaar may be the best we can attract and afford, but FSG may find him too old for their taste. As a player who has never had any pace and therefore is not something he's relied on, it
should be less of an issue and I don't recall a particular problem with major injuries either. Whether FSG are learning to include the sporting aspect into their calculations, and therefore decisions, we'll need to wait and see.
If it came down to a choice of Huntelaar or Walcott, with Huntelaar's price being less taking into account his age and lack of English and PL premiums, then I'm sure FSG would favour the Walcott deal.
