Eze, going by all the reports was our original first choice target, dating back to when Ange was still in charge. Then sometime around the time we signed Kudus, reports started coming out that Woolwich wanted him, and he only wanted them, which is when we switched to MGW. Then they went and signed Madueke and they seemed to go cold on Eze, this coincided with Maddison’s injury and we came back into the picture.
Fwiw, I think we should be sounding out MGW’s agent again, might be a non-starter, but with all the chaos at Forest just now, and the weird behaviour of Marinakis around him, I wonder if he might change his mind. Chuck £75m on the table and see if Forest change their stance. If we’re gonna overpay for a #10, which it seems like we have to, we might as well overpay for someone we really wanted, and one who is the most sure fire guarantee to actually work out as a signing.
We won’t though, cause Levy is penny wise and pound foolish, he’d rather spend £55-60m on an Akliouche or Paz - both of whom look talented but may not work at this level/league - than spend an extra £15-20m for someone who is more or less a cast-iron guarantee to work out and would be your number 10 for the next 7-8 years.