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Valuation: £108 million
The difference being, of course, that Jo came over here and did relatively little after being transferred for £18m
Yakubu on the other hand has CONSISTENTLY scored goals in the Premier League for 5 or 6 years now, and after signing for us scored, wait for it, TWENTY ONE goals in his first season.
And you'd let him go for a loss?! "Recouping" £9m on a player who has improved since we signed him. Sorry, I just don't see any logic there whatsoever.
You "recoup" money on failures, not successes.
Good post. Yak would be at home in the squad of any team in the world. I'm not saying he'd be a starter, but he'd be an option. Very few teams outside of the obvious huge CL teams have strikers that come near to Yakubu. I think people are forgetting, due to his injury, just how lethal and integral Yakubu is to Everton.
If Yakubu comes back the same player, and we've every reason to assume he will, he'll be considered one of the best strikers in the league. The £13m we paid was actually very good business on our part.