I’m not going to stop this one.
Chelsea have been linked with Marc Ter-Stegen and Emi Martinez just lately, and regardless of the latter being performed down, there’s real curiosity in each gamers from us.
Chelsea need an older goalkeeper within the door ideally as a result of they charge Mike Penders very extremely and are not looking for him to go off on mortgage for years and probably fall in love with one other membership – similar to Thibaut Courtois did.
So, if you would like an older goalkeeper, you then carry Mike Maignan, proper? He’s the perfect accessible. And no, not one single particular person will ever persuade me that £25m is ‘overpaying’ for Maignan, not after we’re about to drop £55m on 20-year-old Jamie Gittens with ZERO worldwide caps or call-ups to his title but.
I’m not saying that Gittens is a foul signing, removed from it – I feel he’s an honest signing. However once more, no person can persuade me that £55m is just not overpaying for him. Fabrizio Romano is reporting a £55m payment, after all we’ll most likely get Chelsea pushing out a less expensive payment, and Dortmund pushing out a dearer one, however we’ll know that it’s going to be £55m or there about. And that’s an extortionate payment for a participant who has had simply two full seasons in Bundesliga to this point. Gamers coming from that league to the Premier League have notoriously discovered it robust. Not all of them, granted, however a variety of them. It’s a complete completely different ball recreation.
However don’t get me fallacious, I charge the participant, and he’s a winger that Enzo Maresca will love. I feel he can change into a world beater down the road and ultimately IF that occurs, no person will point out his payment. However it’s nonetheless overpaying for him at this level in his profession, it simply is. And that’s superb in the event that they wish to overpay as a result of they imagine in him and imagine he’ll quickly change into a full England worldwide and a prime participant for years to return. However then don’t inform us all how you aren’t going to have your pants pulled down in negotiations and can stroll away from offers, to then do the precise reverse. They overpaid for Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez on the time however that’s figuring out simply superb, so it’s not a difficulty to overpay.
And should you’re overpaying for participant, then ‘overpay’ for Maignan, a participant with confirmed high quality and expertise and a participant who immediately improves a place on the pitch that desperately wants enhancing. A participant the membership have needed for 3 years.
It appears like we might find yourself ‘overpaying’ for Joao Pedro too. So what was all this ‘robust in negotiations’ nonsense we heard?
On the finish of the day, typically you simply must overpay to get the gamers you need in. And that’s superb, followers will settle for that. However present consistency. Some gamers are value overpaying for, others not a lot. We aren’t simply all the time going to signal our targets on our phrases, it’s inconceivable.
I wish to simply finish this by saying that I charge Gittens, I actually do. I feel he has the power to be a devastating winger. However once more, it’s one other younger participant coming in who has areas of his recreation he nonetheless wants to enhance, and continues to be a uncooked participant. I’m not upset in any respect that we’re shopping for him although.
