- Sep 20, 2005
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20-25m can get you many many quality players. if spurs are willing to stump up the cash i hope they are going to widen their options. i mean hell jovetic's release is 30m euros. i absolutely love benteke but 28 is stretching it. if i have to pay 28 i rather jovetic.
There is no way that Benteke is worth £25m let alone £28m but its pointless comparing him to certain more "elite" players. These players won't come to us, Benteke will.
So we have a choice of paying slightly over market value for a player that would be happy to come and be an improvement to our squad (say £20m for Benteke) or chase the Higuains and Jovetics of this world who are more worthy of the money but will reject us.
Paying over market value as a general rule is not a good idea (hi scousers) but sometimes its necessary in order to get where you want.