To be fair Beef, you dont know what I think. I would take him, but for c. £10m, but I seriously doubt Spurs would let him go for that.
Not really, I was more referring to the £22m that had been banded about on here. My rationale for £10m isnt as he is a cheap player, but a 3 or 4th choice at another club, and whilst the cash isnt coming from my pocket, well about £40 is tomorrow, id not be too happy at that price for him.
So, what is it now for a 3rd or 4th choice who will rarely get a game at his club? If he went to a German team, they'd pay around the £10m mark, and that is where I said we chould go to.
I'd be happy to sign Wimmer, think he's decent. Although I'm not convinced he's club-record-transfer-fee decent, I'd be happy for the club to sign him for this and give him the chance ot show me I was wrong
There is negotiating and then there is putting in stupidly low bids. The market is ****ed and players are going for way too much. The money the Prem get just for rights has messed it up forever. You only have to look at Gray etc. Prizes have inflated big time, it's why Lemina cost us so much.
Fair enough, I am quite aware of the market situation, just dont believe even in an inflated market he is worth that much. Lemina I thought about right. Just an opinion, after all...
But where the market is far, far more messed up is in PL-to-PL transfers. 20m still buys a fair amount on the continent, because 20m is still a sizable wedge for the recipients there. Now, paying that 40-50% premium can make sense if you're short on English players, or it's a rare talent. I'm not suggesting that Wimmer is bad, but I don't think that he's head and shoulders above other players we could target. In fact, I'm guessing there are better players available for less.
It's already affecting the rest of Europe, PSG have seen to that. It's like De Roon of Middlesbrough, who was complete **** left for £13m. People need to accept the transfer market has changed (again)
Not suggesting that we should buy someone for the sake of it, but time is running out. If a player is available at the right price and is good enough (and I don't mean that in a derogatory sense) it may be better to have them than no one. Poor and unlikely to play is a different matter. And nothing is certain in life...you can only go by certain criteria and hope it works out.
Doesn't say much ha. The transfer market is basically £10-£15m for average players now. Unless you are lucky.
It hasn't changed that much, not in the middle tier of clubs. £20m still goes a pretty long way; no team in the Bundesliga save Bayern, per Transfermarkt, has spent that on a player this summer, and it hasn't merely been average players on the move. Matthias Ginter, who I'd rate above Wimmer, sold for substantially less than the offer we had turned down.
