Crystal Palace had loads leave on a free the other year as well, and they were all replaced. We also brought in seven new players as recently as, y’know… last summer, with no money available!
Describing our situation as unprecedented is either...
It gives an indication of where the market is at, though. Or at the very least it shows how some transfers can be extremely bad value for money. Lyon paid 23 million for him and then had us agree to a 30 million option, and yet he's no better...
£30 million - way too mhch
puts into context how decent a free transfer is for a guy who’s no worse really. If we do have £30 million to spend on a CM, think we’d all like to see us challenge Leeds and others for Diarra
I agree with a lot of that. I don't think Garner is great, but I do think he's a mid-table / bottom half prem player, which is what Brownhill is. I'd be onboard with acquiring Brownhill for free and selling Garner in order to facilitate the...
I agree. I hate the 'do a job' mentality. Brownhill would compete for a first team place though. He'd definitely compete with the likes of Garner and '30 million Euros' Mangala.
I disagree. I think he's at the same level as Garner, who improved our CM upon his return last season imo. In fact, he may well be better than your Garner's or your Longstaff's. Garner wouldn't be scoring 18 goals in the Championship, that's for...
The world is littered with examples proving otherwise. Godfrey cost 20 million whilst Tarkowski was unfancied and acquired for free from Burnley, and there's no question who has been by far the better transfer.
We need to do both anyway. We need...
Our central midfield is about to be deprived of Doucoure and Mangala. Gueye has yet to sign, but probably will do, and Garner only has one year left on his contract and spent half of last season out with injury. So we badly need several central...
On the contrary, I think Brownhill will be an excellent signing. It's about building a strong squad, not cherry picking overpriced, over the hill galacticos. Think about Peter Reid, Trevor Steven, Kevin Sheedy, Paul Bracewell, Tim Cahill, Seamus...