hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
Exactly, which is why our due diligence needs to be better.Just like majority of the freeloaders we have had in recent times then?
Exactly, which is why our due diligence needs to be better.Just like majority of the freeloaders we have had in recent times then?
be a great signingQuite an exciting signing this if we pull it off
A forward thinking one that looks to the long term future
I thought many wanted us to move on from short termism?
Maybe. But also could be a very talented lad that just needed to find a club to call home and a bit of man management. We used to do very well with this kind of player back in the day.We have no idea of his personality, he could be a complete eejit who won't take advice and just takes the money.
You do miss the point. We have needed a goal scorer since Lukaku left and have completely failed to find one despite spaffing money left right and centre. £25m buys a Beto type, £15m a Maupay type or Chermiti type. You talk as if there are better cheaper options that will come in, hit the ground running straight away and be our strike for the next 5 years. That’s a unicorn. Best case is we get a Jelavic type who does a decent job for a short period but then we are stuck with someone bang average for the foreseeable future. I’d prefer to gamble on the best player we can afford.I’m not missing any point. I completely appreciate we need to buy young prospects for the future. (But also, if you read a lot of the comments those advocating for him are making, he is already top class, unplayable etc - he isn’t, which is why we are linked to him)
However, we can’t loan him, meaning we will have to shell what, £40m minimum on him? We are cash strapped and there is clearly still psr concerns flying around.
We also need a goal scorer for now, not for one in another 100 games time. And if we shell every penny we have on him, then how do we resolve any of the other positions we are desperate for and how do get the goals we actually need?
The summer will likely be a different ball game finances wise, but right now, we need players coming in that are going to do the business for us and ensure we stay up.
Do you think Shearer was established when Blackburn bought him for a British record transfer fee?Buying a kid with a few good games and an alleged issue for a high fee is not where we should be at. Either the likes of Branthwaite and Stones, where we pay a small fee and hope to develop the player, or a fee similar to the £17 million we paid for O'Brien where the player has proven himself to be decent but may have an upside. Paying £40 million or more for players should not be where we're at unless we're buying an established player or selling a player to the club we're buying from for a lot more than that.
I’m not suggesting we are getting anyone for a fraction of £40m.We paid 40m for beto and Maupay combined, 52m if you throw in Chermiti. We've gotten 5 goals out them in 2 seasons.
Not sure who you think we are getting mate for a fraction of say 40m if we had it available whose coming in scoring for us off the bat.
Quite an exciting signing this if we pull it off
A forward thinking one that looks to the long term future
I thought many wanted us to move on from short termism?
No mate, the Lukaku type goalscorer is a unicorn.You do miss the point. We have needed a goal scorer since Lukaku left and have completely failed to find one despite spaffing money left right and centre. £25m buys a Beto type, £15m a Maupay type or Chermiti type. You talk as if there are better cheaper options that will come in, hit the ground running straight away and be our strike for the next 5 years. That’s a unicorn. Best case is we get a Jelavic type who does a decent job for a short period but then we are stuck with someone bang average for the foreseeable future. I’d prefer to gamble on the best player we can afford.
So of his 6 goals last season, 3 of them came in one game. And before he got injured, he went 15 games without scoring.
And that’s with good, fast wingers and an actual number 10 supporting him? Can’t wait to see how he does with doucoure behind him and our slugs on the wings.
I’m not suggesting we are getting anyone for a fraction of £40m.
But spending £40m on a player that got 6 goals last season across 4 games and he failed to oust a 34 year old Danny welbeck doesn’t strike me as this top class talent everyone is making out he is. I mean comparing him to Alan shearer? No wonder so many young players fail to make the grade.
He may turn out to be fantastic, but there’s a big question mark about that.