We won the game FFS lol

Eze had a groin injury last week and had only trained once.

Bats had just returned from international duty and then spent the rest of his week negotiating a contract extension and a loan move to a new club.

You’ve got to think how it would look to current players like Schlupp if an unfit Eze starts ahead of him.

20 Odd million is not a lot in football terms these days. Dominic Solanke, Ollie McBurnie and Everton paid £25 million for Bolasie 4 years ago.

There are a lot of reasons why clubs will pay a premium to sign a player from the Championship but a major one will be knowing that a player is adjusted to life in England. No use going around plucking players from random countries and saying 3 hail Mary’s and hoping they can settle. It’s better to pay the extra and be certain.

Edited by EddieMac (15 Sep 2020 7.34am)

These are all transfers from within England and all that money was overpaid.

I think what me and that other man mean is that English transfers are for too much money than what these players deserve. If Benrahma were playing in Ligue 1 instead of the Chanpionship he'd cost 10 million at most.

Same for Solanke, McBurnie or Bolasie. None of them deserved 20 million. None of them justified those 20 million.

I agree none of them have justified the price but my point is that, this is how the market works. There is valid no reason why my house is 20k cheaper than one 3 streets up but it is just how the market works.

There are some smart people at football clubs and everything you talk about they already know but they just have their reasons for doing things differently.

The common denominator being that clubs were willing to pay the £20m.

I think the question you should be asking is why clubs are consistently willing to do that as opposed to pursuing the ' bargains ' that you identify.

Old, Ungifted and White

Yes, but Traore has them in a top league where they're worth at least 50% more.

And for example, Denis Bouanga of Saint Etienne has more goals and assists than benrahma and has them in a top league and costs between 10 an 15 million.

And what would be the cultural difference between France and England besides the language for him not to adapt? Come to think of it, benrahma is also a main French talker and he came in just fine. Seems to be the case with everyone coming to Brentford: Maupay, more rently Mbeumo, all doing great.

About Newcastle..I don't know if the French were their problem. More like their lack of patience. Thauvin is a world class player. If he wasn't given patience at Newcastle when he was 22-23 it's really not his fault.