The problem with Brands is he wants to negotiate for every penny of every transfer when sometimes you need to just pay the money when you're very weak in a particular area.
Liverpool paid £75 million for Van Dijk and £65 mil for Alison because they were desperate in those positions.
West ham have not spent weeks negotiating with Frankfurt for Haller they've just gone all out and got him a week after being rejected by Gomez.
Yes its better to do things Brands way for 90% of the time but that 10% is when you need to just pay the money- thats what we need to do with the striking situation.
Behave mate, you been out on the Thursday night boozing.
We paid what most would deem above market price for Richarlison ( see below article)
West Ham can negotiate two transfers at once.
case closed
Everton director of football Marcel Brands has admitted that the club paid over the odds to sign Richarlison from Watford.
The 21-year-old became
Marco Silva's first transfer as Toffees boss when he joined from Vicarage Road last month in a deal which could rise to £50m.
Everton were criticised by some fans and pundits for spending such a high amount of money on a player who had not scored since November, leading Silva to
defend the outlay on the Brazilian.
However, Brands has now revealed that, due to the lingering animosity at Watford over what they considered "an unwarranted approach" for their former manager, Everton paid over the market value for Richarlison.
"We thought it would be a very difficult one because of the history of the clubs," the Dutchman told
The Guardian.
"We were both convinced about him [but] I think with the situation with Watford, we had to pay a little bit more. I think maybe the market value was a little bit lower but, at the end, we are happy with him.
"We think he can be very special. He has a lot of speed, the capability to work; he is strong, he is tall. There are a lot of qualities for all the competitions in Europe. They are important qualities."
Richarlison starred in the Toffees'
2-2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend, netting twice on his competitive debut before leaving the field injured.