Makes sense in that buying from France can get us better value than the UK. Not overpaying / getting value for money seems to be our second highest priority after developing youth. Experienced and has a decent chance to bed in straight away, with the French connections at the club. I'll give the rumour 7.5/10 but reserve the right to change it to 8.5/10 with a good highlights video!
I don't think a striker at the price point we want exists, without a sale, so "sacrificing" the "model" to spend more than we normally would on a 30 year old, actually makes sense. Its either £2m on a 30 year old with a great goal scoring record, or £8-10m on the same player who's 23/24. Occasionally the model needs to flex to short term gain, and I'm hoping for a striker this is exactly what we will do.
Caen have been on the cusp of promotion for the last 3 seasons and this fella has scored 60 goals during that time, he still has 2 years left on his deal, again unless there is some other element we're not aware of, no chance they let him go for £2m. Transfermarkt has him valued at €4m and they usually undervalue players. Ballard is valued at €4m for the record.
We'll see. Look if we can get him for £100,000 it'd be great business, let's get him for as cheap as possible, we should all agree on that.
30 years old, a ligue one journey man, banging them in in ligue 2, probably on a four-figure wage, I'd say it's an uphill battle for us in a straight race with Saudi, but you never know.
You're very enthusiastic about this fella. If the deal was: £6m fee and £25,000 pw wage (our new highest earner), 3 year contract. Would you sign off on the deal? Just curious.
