We weren't shy in announcing how rich we were so rather than a "relegation tax" Swansea simply played us like a fiddle as they knew we were desperate and had money, BFS has followed suit, wangled an 18 month deal after we offered 6. We have overpaid for many players that cannot be down to "relegation tax" or more TV money, sometimes you simply waste the money - we have.
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CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
To say he's not a standout on the side is just silly. He's literally the only offense we have some matches, especially the early ones.
But that's fine, let's talk about similar PL transfers the last year and these numbers are probably not 100% accurate, but ballpark.
Lukaku – 90M
VVD – 70M
Alexi Sanchez – 63M (equivalent)
Morata – 60M
Laporte – 59M
Aubameyang – 57M
Mendy – 52M
Lacazette – 55M
Kyle Walker – 46M
Bernardo Silva – 45M
Gylfi – 45M
Matic – 40M
Salah – 38M
Ederson – 36M
Bakalyoko – 36M
Davinson Sanchez – 36M
Oxlade-Chamberlain – 34M
Drinkwater - 34M
Lindelof – 32M
Rudiger – 32M
There are some pretty good players in there, but other than Salah, who really jumps out at you in terms of difference maker? I also don't think he's a 25M player if the Ox, Danny Drinkwater, and some of these other guys are over 30M. He's certainly better than those two.
Don't get me wrong, if the idea is to buy someone with less certainty of performance that is cheaper, I get it, but overpriced or not, you got a proven PL playmaker. There are just so few players on the planet that can just come in an completely change a side, you STILL have to have good players around them, so it's tough to say he's complete crap when his CF most of the year has been Oumar/DCL and that he's probably had to do more defending than he's ever done. Coleman and Baines haven't been in there with him most of the time and he's played minimal games with Walcott and Tosun.
But fine, call him a 35M player, and a decent one.
CRIMHEAD
Player Valuation: £40m
Did they play LCFC like a fiddle, then, too? Keep in mind, Leicster bid over 40M for him, too.
Hasn’t put a foot wrong the last few games IMHO.
sageyefc
Player Valuation: £90m
He really isn't a standout in this crap side we have, he blends in with the rest and a few of our players have had a far greater impact than he has.
As for saying the he's better than the ox lol , the ox is twice the player this feller is
We never got a proven pl playmaker, he literally had one standout season and the majority of it was a result of his stats from set pieces he's always been average from open play.
I wouldn't call him a 35 mil player or a good one. He's 25 at best and even then that's pushing it
No because Leicester never actually signed him we did. Also, I don't remember Leicester being more than vaguely interested but feel free to put me right by way of a link or something.
He didn’t decide his price tag - Swansea and Everton did. Can’t chastise a player on something that’s out of his control.
sageyefc
Player Valuation: £90m
We're not, were chastising him because he's crap
You just said before “I expect more for a £45m player”. If he was £5m would he get some much abuse?
I honestly am so confused about why people are saying "he's been moved all over the place" or "he's been used in the wrong position".
He's been played the vast majority of his time on the left wing cutting inside. He's played that here and looked bang average. He's ALSO played a couple of times in the middle of the park here. And ALSO looked average there as well.
Where is this 'myth' that "if we played him in his RIGHT position he'd flourish" come from? This is Bilyaletdinov all over again.
He's been played the vast majority of his time on the left wing cutting inside. He's played that here and looked bang average. He's ALSO played a couple of times in the middle of the park here. And ALSO looked average there as well.
Where is this 'myth' that "if we played him in his RIGHT position he'd flourish" come from? This is Bilyaletdinov all over again.
sageyefc
Player Valuation: £90m
That's just one of many sticks to beat him with, ultimately regardless of fee I think he's a poor player
Yeah but that was Fellaini’s first season in a new league. Sigurdsson has been here for what, six or seven seasons and he’s alwwys looked the same players - few chances created, few flashy goals but pretty poor in terms of controlling and taking over a game when needed.
Fellaini was also 21 years old.
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