But we’ve invested 40mil probably in fee’s and wages on a younger player in his position, McNeil, who I wasn’t excited about, but to be fair he’s kicked on and probably suits a dyche team more. Can we afford to invest another 40 mil in fees and wages on a player we will get no return on who mainly plays in the same position. I think he’s a good player just not what we need imo
We need to sign young players with potential or players 30 and older on short deals. We’ve been caught out before buying players around Harrison’s age and putting them on 5yr deals. The odd one maybe, especially is it’s a position we desperately need. But with McNeil, getting a Elanga or Gnonto or Danjuma on loan is a better option in our financial situation.
40 mill?
You need two players in every position - minimum, McNeill i see playing across any of the advanced positions behind the striker. Its not all or nothing. Gray could go and we also sold Gordon and Richalrlison, in six months. We definitely need players in wide positions, desperately.
Hes 26 mate, have i banged my head and that's now old, he definitely has a return on him as an investment.
By all means bring in Elgana, Gnoto, Danjuma (and we know he doesnt want to be here) - none of which are objectively PL starting players on recent evidance - all have potential certainly, but like Kean, Lookman, Onana, Garner, Patterson etc - there is no guarantee - that they are going straight into our team and immediately contributing and those players are in that bracket.
What im saying as much as their potential is exciting there is a broad assumption those players come straight into our team and improve us significantly - what im saying there is objective evidence and risk that may not be the case and we are a club a kick of the ball away from being a championship club, so the stakes are high- so it is a risk you dont have with someone like Harrison - who is straight's out of the box, contributing and impacting things immediately. Which is why he would be my priority, by all means sign the younger ones as well. But there is an assumption that signing young players and they immediately come into the team, just doesn't ring true to me on objective evidence referencing the players i have above.