Sandro Tonali

[ricky2tricky4city]

If we take the fees out of it for a minute...we are aiming for players that are ready and an improvement. That's a good thing. Period.

If the ownership game plan has changed and they are serious about financing the club then that is in line with what many asked for. If they put serious money in then, it is their money, so why worry about the potential downside.

DL ran under a different remit from them. A sustainable model. So there's no good comparing. DL would have spent the big bucks if he had it.

What we have to hope is this is at least a 5 year investment plan...where we go big (when needed) and don't flinch, making sure money is there when needed. If they get flakey after a couple of seasons, it will get messy

Bringing the level of fees back in...the only downside with big fees, is if we have limitations on how much we can spend because of PL or UEFA sustainability rules.

 

[Finney Is Back]

I don’t think anyone doesn’t rate him (except a few weirdos and tacticos)
But the fee is disproportionate for me for where he is in global pecking order
This is world best level money, and I’m not sure he walks into the worlds best teams

If we were signing him from Italy we would be looking at what Zubamendi went for as a marker

But, also, I’m glad the club is seeming to want to show that ambition

Players are notoriously difficult to value. I think if we were bringing in a player of similar skill and promise from overseas in the current market we’d be paying £65-£70m. Is him being proven in the PL worth £20m on top?…. I’d say it probably is.

 

[Bishop]

I don’t think anyone doesn’t rate him (except a few weirdos and tacticos)
But the fee is disproportionate for me for where he is in global pecking order
This is world best level money, and I’m not sure he walks into the worlds best teams

If we were signing him from Italy we would be looking at what Zubamendi went for as a marker

But, also, I’m glad the club is seeming to want to show that ambition

Relative value in football transfer is always a sliding scale. £100m really doesn't get you best in the world quality and hasn't done for a while. Rice, Enzo, Caicedo, Felix, Coutinho, Grealish and Anderson are examples of paying those kind of fees for good but not great players. None of them were certified best in the world at the time of their transfers, some may well have gone on to prove that level but none were that before.

As has been said by others £100m now is £50m of a few years ago, which itself was the £30m of a few years before that.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Players are notoriously difficult to value. I think if we were bringing in a player of similar skill and promise from overseas in the current market we’d be paying £65-£70m. Is him being proven in the PL worth £20m on top?…. I’d say it probably is.

That’s what we’re paying for, if it happens
It’s why I mentioned Zubamendi as a reference
£65m in Spain is the equivalent of £100m here
But… it’s elite player money
Rice, enzo and Cauicido mentioned by @Bishop are top top players imo
Grealish was too
Anderson is the best CM in the best league in the world
Then there are players who staging justify the fee once moved
Rice has made Arsenal better so have the Chelsea players

 

[Bishop]

That’s what we’re paying for, if it happens
It’s why I mentioned Zubamendi as a reference
£65m in Spain is the equivalent of £100m here
But… it’s elite player money
Rice, enzo and Cauicido mentioned by @Bishop are top top players imo
Grealish was too

All potential players at the time of their signings, none imo were certified best in the world.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

All potential players at the time of their signings, none imo were certified best in the world.

I seem to remember you Albion Zubamendi IIRC?
And he is a quality player
Not sure if we ever have players that move within the prem get deemed to be best in the world but I’m sure that if any of them were available now the very best would love to get them
I mean who is the CM in the world? VItinha imo and he plays for psg, but flopped here
Im not sure that there is a top top one in Spain or Germany, but I’m not racking my brain much

 

[BigChiv9]

Age gap is the difference there.

Good point