The thing is that sadly "future" is somewhat of an unknown entity. At the moment our future isn't looking the best. I was about to say we could have spent the money on a PL hardened player until Maupay came to mind.
How old was Kean?
He was 19 and not ready, cost a lot more. Not sure what argument you're trying to make.
And chermitti is ready? The point is we can’t afford to spending 15 mill on a player who may or may not be any good.
We can’t afford to be spending 15 million on junk with no re-sale value.
We can't afford not to...15mil is nothing these days and a little risk is needed. Better that than spending 15mil on another club's cast off that is 'prem proven' but we all know isn't very good
I’d have preferred a ready made player but it seems Chermiti was bought with the intent of also bringing an experienced option (Beto). Given the choice of someone like Chermiti or Brereton Diaz which some were championing, we made the right decision.
You are not likely to see the odd sign if he spends all his time on the bench.
Its not always a good idea to pack a teenager you've just signed off on loan they might think getting him used to the club and city and even country is more important than him going somewhere else for more games especially seeing as you can't guarantee they'll get more games anyway just look at some of our other loan players for proof.
I agree, looks lively the odd time I've seen him but hasn't really had a look in, should of pushed a loan, can't understand why we haven't offered him around the championship, I think its competitive and a great resource for PL teams to gauge and develop youth players.
