So a player from Lyon will improve his numbers because he will move to big team where he play with better players but a player from Crystal Palace won't improve when he plays with better players at ManUtd.
RMC reported fee is 48 million and add ons. They are in a position where they need big investment, difference is they have signed Mendy and also made investment in other areas too. Not sure about bench mark, it was you who brought Mendy's price, no one else did. The poster you replied to was talking about "Is Mendy a complete player" you came up with his value is 38 million pounds.
I don't know where you are going with your last point. We don't have to address every position in the same window. If the coaches believe AWB is the one to sign then sign him, address whatever we can in this window and then build the solid foundation to make the jump next summer.
AWB is very good technically and in tight spaces, only thing is lacks is final ball. It's not as if we are signing a technically dud player, he is very good on the ball.
Yes for sure, they have way better players in the midfeild and ball playing centre backs who give more time for full backs to bomb forward and influence attacking areas while we need money in those areas to have that kind of luxury to even start talking about AWB improvement in final third.
You yourself are admitting he lacks the final pass and deliveries in the box which is most important in a modern attacking full back. As attacking teams want attacking efficiency in final third as they spend most of the time on the ball to attack.
Hoping AWB to suddenly improve in final pass is like Hoping lukaku becomes very good at holding the ball, or fred to replace Herrera with ease and not panic in posession, hoping martial to improve his off the ball attacking runs and become a successful winger, and shaw to be a natural attacking full back or Sanchez to play as a right winger or bailly and lindelof to improve their aerial ability.
I have lost faith in this scouting department and boards credibility who think pogba can play as a deep lying b2b or matic or fred being a right partner for him Instead of fabinho and failing with multiple new signings including with mkh dimaria schneiderlin, matic, Lukaku.
Not saying AWB is a poor player one bit. But I fully expect him to be a more technical prime Antonio valencia as a right back without the efficiency to deliver attacking width and great deliveries in the box. His defensive side of the game is top notch no doubt. But the price is obnoxious and we are being fleeced and paying a PL premium on him whos not even great at attacking. I'd love to be proved wrong on this.
Also if you compare it with mendy they are paying the price for an attacking full back being an attacking team, while we are paying the price for a defensive full back not that great in providing width and efficiency in attacking third. Massive difference between the two full backs.
Would you be okay if we spend 60 m on AWB but don't have the money to spend on CDM and continue with matic? We can't fix everything in one window, but you got to know and have enough wisdom as a footballing club to know the areas where we need immediate surgery and where we can do with pills and bandages and allot funds according to that.
If we don't fix the midfeild issues and keep playing pogba deep of left side of three and not at 10 in a free role we are laying the foundations of him being even more frustrated, running his contact down for Madrid to swoop for him on the cheap just like they did with hazard courtois and will do with erikson to reduce the price. We just can not neglect midfield issues and have the opinion of not fixing it in one window.