Some countries count the all in figure. So wages, transfer and so on. Not unreasonable to say 3 year deal £6m a year and £7m transfer fee. Brings that in at £25m.
If he stays fit and focussed
Agree with all of that mate!
we'll pay what we want won't we
I agree with your conclusion but not really with your working out. I don't think half the players you say we'd get our money back on would be right. I'd be very surprised if we could get our money back on Pickford, Mina or Gomes right now. Obviously things change and if they have good seasons we might get more than we paid, but at this moment in time I don't think anybody would be paying what we did. I also don't agree that we're lacking experience. Basically the average age of the team is generally in the mid 20s because virtually all of the team is in their mid 20s. It's not like we have a load of kids and just one or two older ones bringing the average up, it's just that almost everybody we play regularly is in that bracket of 23-29. There's a huge amount of top flight and international experience in this squad. They might not be very good, but that's a different point entirely.
You would think he would be in a 3 up top. With Kean/Dcl and Richy. Can't see him being in midfield as he might get in the way of Allan bombing forward.
This was before Ancelotti turned up though probably in which Brands never ever expected which is why he wanted to go the PSV route of "gem finding" or resale value before Ancelotti waltzed in, With the 3 apparent signings its obvious we want to get the Ancelotti train full steam ahead instead of waiting but I don't think Ancelotti can be dealing with another Kean-ish gamble where it's a coin toss if he settles or not. I'm not a fan of spending pretty good money on 29 year old Allan but yeah I can see why we're doing it it fixes a lot of present problems while we just push the future plans out of the window now and hope these 3 kick us up the table.
