I'd snap someone's arm off for £16mill. We won't get that much though.
I agree with most pundits; a season more for us. He has improved bit by bit and have to accept that we paid what we did and he's here now. If we (Pochettino and Coaches) cannot draw regular high level performances from him then I think it would be better to sell him after this season than persevere.
Of course, if someone came in and bid £25m for him, I think the club would consider it hopefully to put toward a 'first team ready' target who could fill a hole in our team.
He may never adapt to EPL for whatever reason (like Veron, Morientes, di Maria) despite being very good players. Lamela has already shown he can play in two different leagues but the EPL is very different.
I'll drive him there
The lot of folk on this site who are jumping up and down about a poor substitue performance from lamela are doing my head in. Give over will you please and try giving the lad a bit of support instead of baying for his blood every time he has a poor game. It was not his fault we drew against Stoke.
If his name was smith and we signed him from Hull for 2.5m you and all of Lamela's fans would cringe when his name was read out having performed the way he hasThe lot of folk on this site who are jumping up and down about a poor substitue performance from lamela are doing my head in. Give over will you please and try giving the lad a bit of support instead of baying for his blood every time he has a poor game. It was not his fault we drew against Stoke.
Would you pay £16m for Lamela based on what we've seen?
What would 16M get you nowadays is the question. Lamela has the potential to get much better.