diamondlight
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He'd be understudy to Winks. A good buy, in my opinion.
Spurs interest in Grealish makes sense
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shelfboy68
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We have been crying out for a back up number 10 for when erikson isn't playing or injured etc so I suppose this would make sense as he is both affordable and will probably not need time to settle seeing as he is from these shores, all things considered the deal stacks up more and more I think about it.
Grealish has got ability but he's done nothing yet, at 40m my reply wouldn't be very polite. At the right price just maybe he could develop into a decent player but he's a long way behind Winks. Likewise I'm not sure Onomah is going to make it, he's decent but is he much better than that?
The world has gone mad, 10 to 15 million is all we should pay.
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Young exciting British talent? He's worth £40m and he'll prove it somewhere else if we don't get him.
And unproven at premiership level, we can get much better value abroad.
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Who would also be unproven at premiership level. The Championship is a better quality league than many foreign top divisions. We are also at our limit on non-homegrown players.
But they would be cheaper that's the point,lower risk for a bigger reward, we were able to buy Lucas Moura for 25 million. The overwhelming majority of best player purchases come from abroad. 40 million for someone who has had a pretty good season and isn't close to being good enough quality for the 1st team represents a huge risk.
If he is, then I agree but 40 million no. That would be the price I would expect to pay for someone like Martial.
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£40m? Haven't seen that myself
Edit it does say that in the article tbf but I don't think he'll cost that much.
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You may expect to get Martial for £40m, but you won't be getting Martial for £40m.
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He was one of their few highlights when they were in the PL.
Better value abroad?? Just as much of a risk. Look at N'Jie, N'Koudou, Janssen as just three examples of cheaper foreigner options that flopped.
Next year is the last year of his contract, United will look to sell him this summer. £40m to £50m max is a fair price, United get what they paid for him, plus a little profit.
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They may look to sell him. They're not selling him to us for £40m.
And I'd say Jan, Son and Eriksen for the cheap foreigner options that made it. It's worth it for the right money to look down the lower leagues but some of the prices quoted are ridiculous. That's why clubs look abroad a lot of the time.
If they want Toby so bad, there is a very good chance that they will have to deal.
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I think there's more chance they just pay way over the odds in straight up cash for Toby.
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