It's a good price but for someone with a PL goalscoring record like his it's not "snap their hand off" good, he will get them goals and I have a feeling a he will start to make it look like a bargain before the end of the season.... he just needs game time and the rest of his game will come on leaps and bounds in my opinion, if he was English there would have been so much more hype around him.
Well not if we have a buyback. Say we have a £35m buy-back fee but Kelechi's stock has sky-rocketed and Chelsea are willing to pay £50m for him. City resign him and make £15m profit (a la Morata/Coman etc).
We're not definitely selling him at this pointYeah I know that but are we definitely having a buy back clause?
The problem with that is G. Jesus was a bargain, it's not going to be too often we get value like that, so you shouldn't be comparing it as the norm... the question you should be asking is how much is Gabby Jesus worth now? You also can't compare South American transfers to English ones he's proven at PL level with an exceptional goals per minute ratio and if you were paying attention not all his goals were down to great passes by KDB or Silva he showed instinct and footballing IQ to pinch goals of his own making more often than not, sometimes a matter of capitalising on defenders mistakes. Like I said in another post he will not be fazed by moving clubs either he took moving country in his stride, I expect him to be bagging goals for them in no time but if the rest of his game develops like I think it could he could be running the show for them up front before long not just poaching goals.Do you not think players like de Bruyne, silva, yaya etc have helped nacho more than he will get at west ham? £24m is a great fee imo and if we can get a buy back then great but not overly bothered if not. We got Jesus for £27m and he is levels above nacho!
We're not definitely selling him at this point
Yeah but we also spent £30m on Bony?? Kelechi's worth more than he is.Do you not think players like de Bruyne, silva, yaya etc have helped nacho more than he will get at west ham? £24m is a great fee imo and if we can get a buy back then great but not overly bothered if not. We got Jesus for £27m and he is levels above nacho!
There is very little evidence to suggest we are.
£20m seems too low for a player with his potential, proven goal scoring ability, and in this market to a PL club (have £££ to spend and in the same league).
Yeah but we also spent £30m on Bony?? Kelechi's worth more than he is.
Yeah but we also spent £30m on Bony?? Kelechi's worth more than he is.
I know, I'm just saying that using Gabriel as an example is heavily flawed as he was an out-and-out bargain.Bony was tearing it back then though mate and txiki backed Manuel at the time? The majority of the forum was buzzing when we got bony but sometimes things just don't work out? It sounds like we want a buy back option though just in case
I know, I'm just saying that using Gabriel as an example is heavily flawed as he was an out-and-out bargain.
Look at Bolasie for example, or Sissoko or Benteke or Andre Ayew. The market is mad. Watford want £35m for Deeney and Palace want similar for Zaha. Everton want £50m for Ross Barkley. £24m for Iheanacho is a good price for West Ham imo.
I think selling him at £24m would be a good move from us too, as long as there is a buy-back clause.Yeah when you put it like that then maybe we could get more. Are we wanting to maybe cash in to help with squad building though as pep just doesn't rate him? Take the money and free up a little wages?
When there's talk off Troy Deeney bids coming in at £35 million and being rejected you realise £24 million isn't a great fee at all. If he were at West Ham and we were buying him, wee'd be expected to come up with not far off double that
Unfortunately the lad does not have a long term future at our club, so he needs to move to get first team football, west ham would be a good move for him and if we get over 20 mill for him then that's a good return.