Fair enough, I wouldn't be overly keen on us spending in the region of 30m on a lad who went missing in his clubs most important game in their history, against Fulham, I don't think he's awful just not worth 30m quid either.
You're right, he had a bit of a stinker against Fulham.
It happens though. I've seen plenty of big name players go missing in important matches.
It's what they do for 99% of matches that really matters to me. Maybe the pressure of being their big name player and the expectation that comes with that got to him somewhat? It's not something he would have on his shoulders here if he came, he would be just another part of the puzzle.
I think £20-30m seems to be the going rate for decent players this summer - thinking Watkins also from Brentford, Brewster at Liverpool, Bellingham at Birmingham, Hojbjerg at Southampton, Eze at QPR, Gabrielle at Lille, Castagne at Atalanta, Wilson at Bournmouth, Reguilon at Madrid, Thiago at Munich, Semedo at Barca, Mendy at Rennes and of course we paid similar for Allan, Doucoure and Godfrey.
He was pretty much the stand out player of the Championship last season, that's why he's tagged at that price in my opinion.
Like most players - there's risk.
If he plays like he did for 99% of last season I would say he is worth it, if he doesn't then he's not.
