As I pointed out, it wasn't 17m, more like 26-31m when you factor in the KWP/Doherty part.
He was an improvement on Sissoko, but that is saying incredibly little. I would have been. He has a good attitude, but I think we could have been in even less shit if we'd bought a midfielder with better mobility, press resistance and footballing ability.
As it was, we actually finished even lower last year than the previous year. Hojbjerg hardly catapulted our midfield into being good. He was pretty gash for much of 2021.
Is that first part from some kind of a dream? Or are you stating random ideas/thoughts as a fact now?
He had 1 year left and his price was 16,6 mEUR, that's it. If you have some credible sources to prove otherwise, please share.
It was reported everywhere and still stated -
Hjojberg transfer fee - 16,6 mEUR
KWP transfer fee - 13,3 mEUR
The fees might have been netted, meaning we paid Soton 3,3 mEUR, sent KWP there and got PEH in return. But if you just net the money owed does not mean the transaction value will change.
What Doherty has to do with this deal is waaaay beyond me.
I agree that there are better midfielders in the world. And we could have purchased better ones. But I am not sure we would have got any better player for that kind of a money.
Saying that "we finished lower after PEH joined"... that is some "wow" argumentation right here. Like you yourself said - he was improvement on Sissoko. Very tough ask that PEH would do 2 mans job in midfield on his own. And would transform our midfield all by himself. Cause hiding time is over - Ndombele is shit and Winks is not a starter. Up to now he has been very obvious first pick for midfield under all - Mou, Nuno and Conte - I guess that is all you need to know really.
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