Everton were the only club in for him at 28m? Is this just in your head?
Chelsea signed Lukaku at their peak, they were one of the biggest and most successful teams in the world at that point and still saw Lukaku as a prospect who could break into their first team.
All due respect to Rigg and Dibling they may never be as good as Jack Harrison, they may never achieve what he has. That’s a fact, they may well achieve far far more (their talent suggests as much) - what I’m saying is in our current guise we can’t speculate that for 60m.
If you think we can then best of luck to you, in the real world Jack Clarke (far better than either of them currently) has really struggled so far in the prem.
We’d be signing for the future whilst relegating ourselves in the present, bizarre policy.
Remind me who else were trying to loan Lukaku when Everton went for him?
Remind me who else offered the £28mil aside from Everton?
Genuinely dont believe you've seen either of them play -- to equate Jack Clarke & Jack Harrison with either is comical.
You're talking about the future as if Dibling wouldnt be our best right winger.
If youve not seen them play just say so...nothing to be embarassed about and it doesnt make your general opinion less valid.
Were any of these u21;
Lescott
Arteta
Cahill
Baines
Pienaar
Jagielka
When we signed them?
All could/were moved on for more than we paid for them and yet we still had several years of exemplary performances on the whole.
Players don’t have to be u21 to hold value/develop. Again get off FM for a minute and live in reality.
Were those the best players you've seen play for Everton or something?
Cahill left the club over 12 years ago, Lescott over 15 years ago.
The game has evolved significantly.
Those players transfer fees would now be £20-30million a pop.
Roma also have their own version of Roman Dixon (17 year old, under 21, international right back) in the form of Buba Sangare. Brexit prevents international transfers for under 18's. But come the summer, they'd be a good match for a PSR swap. He's also called Roman, so fate must be at work.
Check out Mattia Mannini, another RB they have and Cristian Cama a left back.
Renato Marin the keeper is highly rated too.
Theyve got 5 players in the italy u18 squad
It’s not about goals. It’s about having a tangible proven track record. The kids you are mentioning have done absolutely nothing in the game. None of Keane, Vlasic or Lookman gave us anything in the short term. If we sign players like that in Jan. we will get relegated and any profit we might make on them in the future will be a drop in the ocean compared to lost revenue.
Yes, I am certain that signing a top young right winger (which we need) and a top young central midfielder (which we need) would relegate the team who dont get relegated.
Fabulous post