Dymak
Player Valuation: £40m
You are sick and tired of buying expensive "potential" that we can't get rid of??
Try listing the players that we all most want or wanted rid of in the last few seasons and still
Schneiderlin
Siggy
Walcott
Bolasie
Keane
Expensive experienced crap has been the biggest problem.
We can actually shift the crap players with potential even if at a loss.
Exceptions are the utterly bizarre decisions to hand Niasse, Sandro and Garbutt wage levels that they didn't even slightly merit and meant they stayed with us for the full contract.
I agree that it’s actually the fact that they are expensive crap that makes them difficult to sell rather than their age.
Sandro was 22 when he signed.
Iwobi was 23
Keane was 24.
Bernard was 25
Schneiderlin was 27
Bolasie was 27
Sigurdsson was 27
Walcott was turning 28 when we signed him.
The most productive have been Richarlison, who was just 20, then Digne who was 24. Then after that it’s probably Sigurdsson and then Walcott, who have been the most productive in truth.
It’s more the instant aversion against mature bargains that I’m against. How we laughed at Leicester for picking up Johnny Evans for 3 million pound when he was 30 etc. Whilst we spend 25 million on Keane and another 25 million on Mina.
So I will correct myself, it’s spending fortunes on expensive tat which is the problem. I also think there is less risk and more value in picking up some bargains that may be heading towards the end of their career.