Even you yourself have said Wharton is probably beyond us now and will end up somewhere like Madrid or Liverpool in time. Firstly £80m is basically what £50m was 5-10 years ago, secondly the 6 is a very difficult role to fill hence the often high price. We have a big squad, we don’t need to buy lots of players, we need bits of quality to evaluate us.
We already have 2 6’s in Bissouma and Gray, if we are just going to get a another half decent 6 might as well not spend the money and keep what we have got and try and work with that. Caicedo who is now the heartbeat of Chelsea and started poorly is going to keep Chelsea’s midfield for years, he was just another young player from Brighton without European football or trophies like Baleba and Baleba looks like he will be the better player. Caicedo wasn’t a highly experienced player he was just a huge talent like Baleba and Wharton are now.
The club is now in a weird state, we don’t need quantity. It just needs a few big injections of quality but that sadly comes at a big price. The 6’s around with talent like Stiller, Baleba, Wharton won’t be cheap, maybe Lange can pull off a masterstroke and find one as good for half the price. The experienced 6’s like De Jong we have no chance with but we will be at a major disadvantage if we can’t sort that role with top quality.