Neville Kneville
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KnaresboroughBlue said:Lancet Fluke said:KnaresboroughBlue said:Bale? (Not sure how available his though).
Sterling has potential but he is far from the finished article. I think he is greatly overvalued at present and only a slight improvement on Navas. Ok for 25M but wouldn't pay more than that.
You managed to name one player who might not be available and would cost twice as much. Sterling is overvalued relative to his ability but then all decent home grown players seem to be hugely overvalued so you have to compare him to other home grown players in terms of price. We need some home grown players so unless we scratch around buying players who will never get in the team which ends up being an even more false economy, we have to accept the fact that we are going to get ripped off for one or two decent home grown players along the line.
Rather pay the extra and go for Bale. Or pay significantly less for a less overvalued home grown player with potential (e.g. instead of Caballero) and use the money we have to spend on the real quality we need.
I just think we'd be making a mistake with Sterling. Maybe I have just seen him on his bad days but his end product has been pretty poor whenever I've seen him.
If we are allowed to spend then we should get both.
But if you have only seen poor end product from Sterling, then you missed him vs us & also scored a great goal v Chelsea.
For a 20 year old often being played out of position, I don't know what people think is acceptable tbh, but it's a pretty high standard if Sterling is below it.