Sportingo are not helping you at all with that title, you never once stated you thought he was the bargain of the century. You correctly stated he needed time and in a few years if he keeps it up he may well be although if he maintains these levels, with all due respect to Blackburn, I feel he will be at a bigger club. Not necessarily England either

Bargain of the Century was and still is Kolo Toure.

it doesn't matter what the size of team is... in fact seeing as Samba was instrumental in stopping Liverpool from scoring I would say he is definately the bargain of the century. He dosn;t need anyone specific alongside him at Centre Back... Nelsen, Ooijer, Zurab he can play alongside them all. When Peter The Freak came on at Ewood he found that Big Chris was more than a match for his height and Chris also has the strength. 10 bounds and he is at the half way line, he'll even have run from deep and create opportunities... let's face it... in the transfer market Sparky is much more savvy the Rafa Bend-The-Knees !

he is free from the youth system of liverpool..best bargain ever..:)

yeah and I guess his wages are a bargain too.

"Yes, Rio Ferdinand and John Terry may have a little more skill" Are you kidding me? Samba is easily more comfortable on the ball than Terry or Ferdinand - plus, he's faster than both in a sprint and arguably hits the ball cleaner than either of them. I'm not saying that makes him a better defender... merely pointing out that skillwise, he's the better of the three. I'm not joking, and you can call it bias if you want, but this kid Samba is the real-deal. And just in case any predatory managers are lurking in the shadows ready to try to tempt him away from Ewood, be fore-warned, he's just penned a NEW 5-year deal and won't be leaving Rovers for anything short of £10m for the first 2 years of that particular contract.

I almost didn't post because its so obvious he isn't. Anelka 500k? Fabregas free? Vieira £3.5m? Toure as someone else mentioned? Thats just at one club who are better. Its just a silly thing to write, the title gets people's backs up from the go!

Just look at most of the Arsenal Squad of Bargain of the Season.

when we played them at goodison we saw samba outrun andy johnson all flippin game. culdnt believe how big and fast he was. would love moyes to make a cheeky bid for him haha

Fabregas, Vieira both bargains.

Wel aside from talent grown in the accadamies I would say that Roy Keane, David Beckham, Fabregas or even David Seaman were bigger bargains.

I think most people would point to Anelka for that particular accolade. Bought for 500k, helped Arsenal win the double (scoring in the FA Cup final), and then being sold to Madrid for 22.3 million. Its like buying an old fiesta, winning the F1 championship in it and then selling it at 45X the price you paid for it.. Oh, and guess who Arsenal bought with the proceeds?

Okay point taken.. perhaps not the bargain of the century... indeed not even the bargain of the Rovers squads past and present (Benni, Tugay, Nelsen, Roque, Shearer, Sutton, Duff, Dunne, Bentley, etc, etc) But he one of the most recent bargains and a real "find" plus... A great name to sing! Let's all do the Samba, la la la

[quote]it doesn't matter what the size of team is... in fact seeing as Samba was instrumental in stopping Liverpool from scoring I would say he is definately the bargain of the century. He dosn;t need anyone specific alongside him at Centre Back... Nelsen, Ooijer, Zurab he can play alongside them all. When Peter The Freak came on at Ewood he found that Big Chris was more than a match for his height and Chris also has the strength. 10 bounds and he is at the half way line, he'll even have run from deep and create opportunities... let's face it... in the transfer market Sparky is much more savvy the Rafa Bend-The-Knees ![/quote] Good man, I'm blinkered but us coming away with 0-0 from your lot proves he is the bargain of the century? Clealry your impaired sight did not allow you to see it was Kuyt and Gerrard missing great chances that meant we left Ewood with just a point, nothing to do with your defense. Toffeeboy, not sure why Samba woukld want to take a step down or sideways by joining Everton? Make

Typical extreme Daily Star style headline from 'Sportingo'; however, Samba was definitely the bargain of last season and is one hell of a player. Good work Blackburn and Mark Hughes.

I'd say Kevin Doyle was just as much a bargain for Reading when they paid Cork 50 guineas and a sheep for him...or however much he cost

As a lot of other posters have pointed out already, he's certainly not bargain of the century, but he's definitely been the bargain of this premier league season so far 400k? wow, unbelievable! don't know how mark hughes does it. Anyway, people shouldn't forget Micah Richards!

hes flurking good. scored a peach against our lot the jammy sod and always looked a proper threat coming up for set-pieces. hes 7foot tall isnt he?

Released from Nottingham Forest because he was told he was 'too small', signed on a free for Man City. Not sure exactly on the fee he went for, but wasn't it roughly £24m? I think that might just be the best mathematically - Even if the fee's wrong it was in the same ball park as the Anelka profit

how can samba be the bargain of the century and mark hughes has done it again, that is ridiculous!!!!!!!! arsenal has the bargain of the century in kolo, eboue, cesc, ade and arsene has done it again and again, mark hughes has done nothing. samba is so far away to being like the top defenders like rio, kolo, terry.

Gianfranco Zola Easily Bargain of the century

I have been very impressed with him,not just with the goal he scored against us,he looks an amzing prospect.Well done to whoever scouted him at Blackburn

[quote]Wel aside from talent grown in the accadamies I would say that Roy Keane, David Beckham, Fabregas or even David Seaman were bigger bargains.[/quote] well to start with keane was the record buy of the leagu at that point. not exactly a bargain then was he?