I don't know/remember how much Hoever cost us, but for your statement to be anywhere near accurate it would have to be over £9million - or are you suggesting we spent in excess of £1M over the last couple of years developing him in the academy?
EDIT - just seen Binny's post in the other thread that he cost us £90K, so we must have spent £9,910,000 developing that talent, then. I never knew our academy was so expensive - tear it down!
There are a few excpetions to that Hoever being one, but the question applied to the whole acadmey system, and was including wages, staff to develope them, the training ground etc, and what of those players who join the club at a young age go through the developement and training and are just released somewhere down the line. I am sure that there have been a hell of a lot more than have been sold, or even that we have made money on
Prephaps someone can do a tread on how much it cost the club to develope young academy players players
So we sign these great young talents, develop them so they are within 1-2 years of being first team contributors, and then sell them?
ManU built their dynasty by always having their kids be active members of their team, even if not top class (OShea, Fletcher, Silva twins etc), while splurging on top class talent. Will we be happy if we sell Elliot for 25 million so we can sign Saar?
No no no - costs other than transfers fees paid don’t count when you’re looking at youth investment.
Peter said so.
Jota, Jones, ElliotWhy get rid of ox ?
If we can keep him, we should do just that , no point in trimming the squad down too aggressively
Because he's unlikely to get much match time, it looks like he's way down the order now and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we were to sell him, he probably recognises this too.Why get rid of ox ?
If we can keep him, we should do just that , no point in trimming the squad down too aggressively
He's on relatively big wages for the amount he plays too, I think his base wages aren't far off the top earners.Because he's unlikely to get much match time, it looks like he's way down the order now and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we were to sell him, he probably recognises this too.
Bank the cash while he is still in his prime.
Why ? We have better in every midfield slot. Jones is the most similar and is both better and has more potential, than Ali.Dele Alli anyone?
Left out of the squad.
That’s cos Jota is an upgrade of Ox. There are similarities in terms of playing style but Jota isn’t as injury prone as Ox.
Wolves need a like for like replacement, they think Ox is that player and they are willing to pay. If we demand 25 Mil, and Wolves end up paying, Edwards deserves to be knighted.
Jones is replacing Lallana. Jota is replacing either Origi or Shaq. That's how I see it.Yeah - but then we need to replace Ox to fill another f*cking hole, Jota is replacing Lallana right ? - so we saying sell Ox and now let Jones be the man that takes his place ? or sell Ox and replace with no one.
Dele Alli anyone?
Left out of the squad.
Jones is replacing Lallana. Jota is replacing either Origi or Shaq. That's how I see it.