- Aug 25, 2010
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What annoys me is the seeming inability (bar a couple of exceptions, I'm not counting well-known players like Vertonghen, Lloris and even maybe Sandro who had won the South American equivalent of the Champions League) tofind these playersnah scratch that, find isn't the right word because its rare you stumble across a player that other clubs don't know about, its the inability to look at these players, usually in the less prestigious leagues, in accordance with what we need and identify that said unheralded player has the skill type which will provide a good fit in that position and scope to improve further and be a success for us.
With our finances it would make much more sense to get players such as Benteke in a stepping stone earlier in their career, rather than get shafted for an extra 15-20 million 1-2 years down the line.
Yeah for sure, agreed. But in the case of Benteke I think he'll be worth even more after another season which would definitely put him out of our reach. Time will tell on that one though.