Like it or not, van Dijks transfer has made it the going rate for a top level centre back with Premier League experience.
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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.
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How's that been working out for ManU?
In the last 3 years:
Richarlison 60m
Romero 45m
GLC 40m
Ndombele 60m
Chicken feed innit.
Then you can just go abroad and sign Bella-Kotchap for £10,000,000 and he looks just as good.
Crazy ain't it?
Hopefully they’ll let us know what his dinner plans are or I won’t be able to sleep tonight.
It seems to be the tactic. Even we forest a promoted team v supposed top 3 / 4 team with a super manager we couldn’t really control the gane. I think 2x Alf was better but that is now virtually every gane this season we have failed to really control. Do the same v spam who we all know will be up for it at home and we could be I btrobke. I just wish we could actually keep the ball and move forward.
Was there the same fan backlash to Igalho as Arnautovic? No there was not. I’m sure They weren’t happy but they signed Igalho because they needed a striker on an emergency basis. There was some semblance of method to the madness, certainly not the same “shit”.Re-read the conversation.....
It goes a little something like:
You: Fan power stopped Man U signing Arn.
Shady: It didn't prevent them signing Igalo.
Oh come on, it's absolutely the same shit...... Both players on the brink of retrement (1 age... the other lost in China).... The ony notable diff is that at his best Arn was a much better player.
Then you should get on twitter and rally the troops.
Do you enjoy being a miserable cunt all the time? Since when have we outspent plastic clubs. I can’t understand why you enjoy spurs.
Yeh, but there's a diff between spending 80m on VVD and 80m on Harry McGuire......
I'd suggest that Fofana lies somewhere in between the two.
When people say xG is a bad stat it's because people think it can be used in this way. You may be wrong or right to say they were more dangerous but using xG in this way adds nothing to that argument.
Would Fofana even make our first 11?
Fofana is a much, much better centre back than Maguire.
I know you’re just trying to make yourself feel better, but you need to get your head out of the sand.
Probably not. In the sense that he's not on Romero's level. Conte loves Dier and he's not left footed. I think potentially and on form he's better than both Dier and Davies. But Conte is big on trust and who he trusts. I wouldn't back many to usurp Dier in that central defender role for Conte.
I'd say he's better than Sanchez, Tanganga and Lenglet though. But our big money centre back signing that shows AmBiTIoN will need to be a left sided centre back who can come in right away and perform. Which leaves us very limited when we already have Davies. Fofana is not that.
Much like the idea of Arn.....
Which was? ...........You left out the validatory element to your argument.
You think Igalo is/was better than Arnautovic?
The latter on his day is/was a bit of a baller; just a massive cunt.
You could be right Fofana may not be quite at van Dijks level, but he is a quality defender who in this market is probably worth 80 million if van Dijk was worth that 4 years ago.
