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Not at all, I'm just calling it for what it is. The transfer fee will have been fairly minimal, and the wages he'll be on at this stage of his fledgling career will be moderate as well. Harper has proved nothing yet, but he's been given a 2 year opportunity to show us if he's worth it. If he...

The reason for that being that due to the disbandment of their C team, Real Madrid were just going to loan him out to a Spanish 3rd division club. Having knocked around in those leagues all his career so far, I expect he didn't see that as much of a progression at all, and so instead decided to...

Sorry, where exactly did I say he's going to be crap ?

I'm sure he's a talented lad, but the step-up from the amateur noddy leagues in Spain to the Championship will be massive. He's not kicked a ball in a proper match in his life yet. People get dazzled as soon as they see the words "Real Madrid", but the truth is, they are a club who chew up...