I think he pays for himself in terms of profile and reputation recovery, marketability and commercial oppurtuimites mate.
Even a stronger arguememt that £50 mill might be momey well spent considering this factors - but we’re not there yet...
Yeah but the recruitment has been so banal for so long (barring the odd gem) that I feel the club had to take a punt on him rather than a ‘safer bet’ who won’t make the side demonstrably better.
He was a great player at times and sometimes even fantastic, but there was more games where he went missing Doucoure.
But, that goal v Bournemouth and giving it to those lots fans in the final Derby means he will always be welcome back for me.
All of that is true mate.
There is a love in at the moment - but if he picks up a two month injury - many will turn him and say we are wasting 200k a week etc, wage thief etc.
Guaranteed.
He must be fuming with our recruitment who are creating chances and started well.
He could have slotted into Beto position and just found himself in the box getting supplied by Grealish, Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall and Dibling.
Especially with it...
I'm 99.99% that this "Champions League" club is Rangers, which is really stretching it.
He wasn't being linked with anyone too seriously before the Leeds move happened but I saw a few links to them.