The young foreign players probably need a season but hopefully we can start seeing something December onwards when the games start coming thick and fast.
This new recruitment team, are they doing a better job than Thelwell?
I mean if the fees are correct for these players then surely Thelwell could have done exactly the same deal as these new guys, so in my opinion what was the point in changing...
Bakayoko (gone for €18m), Conceição (gone for €32m). I know they rejected us.
You can only find value for money from aboard. The English league market is crazy.
How many targets do the recruitment teams have in mind for RM? Bakayoko (gone for €18m), Conceição (gone for €32m), Kubo (release clause €60m?). To pay £40m plus for a kid…English players are overpriced.
45 million GBP can’t be a million miles from Kubo and Fofana at this point. Think Kubo’s release clause is 60 million EUR which is what Sociedad were demanding.
Everton should try for Leon Bailey from Villa. Given their need to get the wage bill down due to UEFA rules, they'd most likely accept something in the region of £25m to £28m.