Which, imo, isn't realistic to do. This whole thing is completely against what Moshiri said he wanted. Lowish wages but high transfer fees for younger players. And I know he said there would be exceptions but I just don't see Zaha being that exception. He is a good player but I just don't see how he is going to push us on to the next level.
Did Moshiri say that? I thought it was Brands who said that, but also said if there's a player at the right price (in our minds) he would go for it.
Zaha is, honestly, the best player we could currently realistically attract. He just is.
He's 26. He's coming into his prime, he's scored 26 league goals in three seasons and provided 21 assists - more than any of our current wingers or forwards combined.
It's worth the risk. It pays off, you still get your money back in this market. He'd get into every side in the league apart from the top six and, frankly, probably four of the top six, but definitely three.
We'll only pay what we want. If we're happy to pay £65m, it's fine by me. If we're happy to push his wages up, it's fine by me. Because there comes a time when you have to try and bridge the gap. Or we'll just end up in a cycle of selling our best players every three years.
I see where you're coming from though, definitely. But I think the club are really seeing this as a chance to push on because there's three clubs above us who are actually pretty catchable if things fall the right way. And so if there's any time to go big, it's now.