Confirmed Signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

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If the criteria is that we want a (near) 27 year old left footed, English midfielder who has been great for a season in the championship, yet not shown anything above 'average' in the premier league...

...then Dewsbury-Hall fits that criteria.

As an unwanted player at a club wanting to get rid of him, how are we paying such a high price?

For me, id have looked abroad.
We have and nobody wants to sign for us, I think you need a bit of perspective with this, we are down to the lower half of our list now imo. I don't really think we want Dibling (not at the price being pushed) but all our other choices don't want to come here. We will see what Rigg does this year, personally don't think he is good enough and wouldn't be surprised if he goes back down to the Championship on loan, he isn't the player you seem to think he is, I genuinely think you are mixing him up with someone else.
 

It is. But we can’t just pack the squad with potential.

We need a few steady players on top of that.

This guy is what he is, a solid 7/10 player by all accounts.
Alcaraz was “potential” and then was one of our better players pretty much immediately. I don’t think the needle between young enough to get better and good enough now to contribute is particularly hard to thread, and even less so at the money we’re spending.
 
If the criteria is that we want a (near) 27 year old left footed, English midfielder who has been great for a season in the championship, yet not shown anything above 'average' in the premier league...

...then Dewsbury-Hall fits that criteria.

As an unwanted player at a club wanting to get rid of him, how are we paying such a high price?

For me, id have looked abroad.
Now you're being facetious

We're looking for a creative midfielder who can come in and play regularly with little fuss/minimal risk. KDH is in his prime and knows English football well.

Fits the bill and is a market reflective price imo

Not every player we sign can be a promising 21 year old from Lille, and nor should it
 

How many PL starts do you think the lad has since 2023?

The last time he was a PL regular he went down behind the worst Everton team I’ve ever seen.
Lol

If ever there was a definition of picking the stats to fit the argument you want to make, then this is it 😂

How many trophies has he won since 2023 mate?
 
I think it’s a good signing and I really liked him the handful of times I saw him play for Leicester. With that being said, I do wish this had been one of our domestic loans and not 25m from the budget, especially since Chelsea didn’t really want him anyway.

To be fair to the club, it sounds like they tried (trying?) for Luiz, who in my opinion is in a different category ability wise.

This is just really practical in a transfer market that has clearly been challenging. We are absolutely one of the thinnest teams in midfield, and this helps.
 

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