Haven't we been done this road before. Watching the game last night on US Network & Lee Dixon roughly said that Akanji is probably the best bit of transfer business in the last decade.It's not my money & if we think he is the right player & we can afford it, then fair play. It just seems a mental amount of money for a player hardly anyone has been talking about. It's not like he set the PL on fire last season. The market is crazy at the moment.
Haven't we been done this road before. Watching the game last night on US Network & Lee Dixon roughly said that Akanji is probably the best bit of transfer business in the last decade.
100m is a hell of a lot of money but so was £60m for Mahrez at the time. The board have shown in the past especially with Mahrez & Grealish that if they think it's worth it then they will spend the cash.
Do you not think that the club, with probably the best scouting network in the world have looked & haven't seen anyone who fits what Pep wants & is obtainable.80m and Palmer is batshit crazy. Surely there is an alternative who doesn't play for a Premier League club who have already sold their best midfielder for 100m.
The market has gone crazy when you think Caicedo at £111m, Rice £115m & Enzo at £105m are the norm, good players but you wouldn't say they were top 5 players in the world.I'm sure we will only pay what we think he is worth. This kind of fee makes the Grealish one look reasonable, so maybe in a few years we will look back and say this fee was good business at the time, when people are then paying over £200m for players.
Do you not think that the club, with probably the best scouting network in the world have looked & haven't seen anyone who fits what Pep wants & is obtainable.
What a load of nonsense.If the price is 80m and Palmer then he isn't fucking obtainable from my perspective. Thats a 120m outlay on someone nobody even wanted 3 weeks ago. I like the player and he'd do well for us. But this is nuts. Unless we can somehow convince them to take the Yorkshire pudding off our hands for a significant portion of the fee this deal is dead in the water imo. Whats the point of selling Palmer when we would just need to sign another winger for 50 million to replace him (and fucking Doku is half the player Cole is)
If its 80-85 its gonna be Cole on loan... If they are buying him, City rejected 30m from Brighton apparently. So they'll get a fair price if City gets a fair one for Paqueta.80m and Palmer is batshit crazy. Surely there is an alternative who doesn't play for a Premier League club who have already sold their best midfielder for 100m.
personally i would love phil to play behind big erl, those two together imo would be unstoppable
If its 80-85 its gonna be Cole on loan... If they are buying him, City rejected 30m from Brighton apparently. So they'll get a fair price if City gets a fair one for Paqueta.