Sentences with phrase «shrewd piece»

Although there is much made of the extortionate fees paid for footballers, occasionally a shrewd piece of loan business can be done that is equally as effective as flashing the cash.

With 20 goals already this season he may prove to be a shrewd piece of business for a mid-table club looking to add more firepower up front, and not only that, he is a seasoned Champions League veteran.

Arsenal getting Xhaka signed before the tournament was the shrewdest piece of business we've done in quite a while (great foresight).

The boy at Celtic looks like a goalscorer, half a million was some shrewd piece of business by the fabulous Celts.

But three years on, it appears that the deal was a shrewd piece of business from the side of Louis van Gaal, who had made it clear that there was no space in his side for Welbeck.

After being bought for the relatively modest fee of # 26million, what looked a shrewd piece of business was stationed in Old Trafford's VIP seats until early November.

Like previous deals for Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld, the Sánchez transfer already looks to be another shrewd piece of business by the club.

Releasing the film during Black History Month was a shrewd piece of marketing, but it could hamper aspirations for an awards run further down the line.

Judith Curry has a shrewd piece on the matter, along with a follow - up that includes this definitive response from the NCDC: