Sentences with phrase «shrewd piece of business»

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.

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.

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

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).

Not exact matches

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.