Carrick Cost Us More Because He's English, Admit United Chiefs

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MANCHESTER United chief executive David Gill bravely declared yesterday that in Michael Carrick the Premiership club have acquired a 'great player for a great price'.

And while it is possible to disagree with both halves of that statement, United believe that the inflated Pounds 18.6million fee they have agreed with Tottenham for the 25-year-old says more about the state of the market for English players than it does their own skills around the negotiating table.

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Carrick Cost Us More Because He's English, Admit United Chiefs

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was candid enough to concede that the club had been pushed a little higher than they would have liked in agreeing a downpayment of Pounds 14m for a player who moved from West ...

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