Confirmed Signing Thierno Barry

Saint Domingo said:
I tend to look at in proportion to the top fees at the time rather than inflation.

Back in 2007 you had Chelsea buying Drogba for about 24 mill I think, Torres went to Liverpool for something similar. United obviously paid more than that for Rooney, Berbatov etc. So Yakubu wasn’t really anywhere near the fees for the top end of strikers and we had a completely unopposed run at him.

Nowadays we wouldn’t even have a chance of buying a striker as good as Yakubu. In an era where Chelsea are buying Liam Delap you’ve got to search hard for any striking talent whatsoever and most probably take a gamble. You’d be paying 70-80 mill for a prime Yakubu now, except you wouldn’t because City or Chelsea would have bought him already.
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Yeah granted, wasn't at elite/highest end of the market but we still had to folk out a club record bid for a player at Middlesbrough, who was on strike/wasn't turning up to training - because he was 'proven' in the Prem. I think that premium existed back then.

If we signed someone for £60m now, in 20 years from now, we could say "well Wirtz was £126m" or whatever it is.

Agree we'd be paying Mbeumo type fee, for a Yakubu now. But I think the £11m odd for Yakubu in 2007, is the same £60-70m now.
 

Saint Domingo said:
I tend to look at in proportion to the top fees at the time rather than inflation.

Back in 2007 you had Chelsea buying Drogba for about 24 mill I think, Torres went to Liverpool for something similar. United obviously paid more than that for Rooney, Berbatov etc. So Yakubu wasn’t really anywhere near the fees for the top end of strikers and we had a completely unopposed run at him.

Nowadays we wouldn’t even have a chance of buying a striker as good as Yakubu. In an era where Chelsea are buying Liam Delap you’ve got to search hard for any striking talent whatsoever and most probably take a gamble. You’d be paying 70-80 mill for a prime Yakubu now, except you wouldn’t because City or Chelsea would have bought him already.
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There definitely seems to be a lack of talented strikers compared to back then too.
Most of the top teams had 2 or more quality centre forwards.
But even the money teams are struggling now.

Feel like arsenal have needed a striker for years.
Man united and Chelsea have spent a small fortune the past couple of years and have the likes of nick jackson, delap and Hjolund leading the line for them.
 

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GrandOldTeam said:
Yeah granted, wasn't at elite/highest end of the market but we still had to folk out a club record bid for a player at Middlesbrough, who was on strike/wasn't turning up to training - because he was 'proven' in the Prem. I think that premium existed back then.

If we signed someone for £60m now, in 20 years from now, we could say "well Wirtz was £126m" or whatever it is.

Agree we'd be paying Mbeumo type fee, for a Yakubu now. But I think the £11m odd for Yakubu in 2007, is the same £60-70m now.
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Yeah as a rough guide Yakubu was in the top 10 biggest PL transfers of 2008, which last year would have equated to a something in the £50m bracket I think.
DanB90 said:
There definitely seems to be a lack of talented strikers compared to back then too.
Most of the top teams had 2 or more quality centre forwards.
But even the money teams are struggling now.

Feel like arsenal have needed a striker for years.
Man united and Chelsea have spent a small fortune the past couple of years and have the likes of nick jackson, delap and Hjolund leading the line for them.
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A big part of it is just the switch to wide forward/second striker type players scoring goals in a way that they didn't used to. In 07/08 when we had Yakubu, 8 players scored 15 or more league goals and they were all out and out strikers, last season 9 players did it but you wouldn't really think of Salah, Palmer, Mbeumo or Cunha as strikers as such.
 
Lanolin said:
Yeah as a rough guide Yakubu was in the top 10 biggest PL transfers of 2008, which last year would have equated to a something in the £50m bracket I think.

A big part of it is just the switch to wide forward/second striker type players scoring goals in a way that they didn't used to. In 07/08 when we had Yakubu, 8 players scored 15 or more league goals and they were all out and out strikers, last season 9 players did it but you wouldn't really think of Salah, Palmer, Mbeumo or Cunha as strikers as such.
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Does this mean we got the equivalent of £50m today for Andy Johnson in 2008? Unbelievable when you put it like that.
 


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