Our best signings seem to be the bargains. Schar, Perez for insance. I do think it is mental the amoutt of money that is spunked on bang average players nowerdays. Surely you are better off investing in bringing some quality through the academy a lot of the time.
Trouble is identifying the right young talent and then persuading them that Newcastle is the place to come. Not easy.
Well exactly that's why you spend the 30m on good scouting, coaches, facilities instead of some "ex' barcelona cm who turns out to be sulky because the weather is not to his liking and easily pushed off the ball.
Exactly theres no value around 15 to 20 million . Its either spend big or dont spend at all and find the odd gem .