A little compilation to enjoy this morning [note: the lad takes a fair free-kick]. Sorry about the music:
Just seen the reports that we paid GBP 13M for VVD, sorry but that seems a little high to me, but do hope he's worth it.
I am not complaining, please do not take it the wrong way - as I have written - I do hope he's worth it. Just that, when I think Spuds got Toby for (a reported) GBP 11.5M, I sincerely hope he's an upgrade for that price.
The price of someone is the value decided on by the buyer and seller. Players are not bags of carrots with a fixed price per kilo. This is a player we wanted who will suit us (we hope) and who we were trying to prise from a reluctant buyer. Toby was a player very much for sale. The difference between the two prices seem quite minimal to me in the scheme of things.
I hope so too - I have only seen a little of snippets off TV - but talking to a Rangers fan in Doha (a football fanatic) - really rated him.
Paul Merson: "I'm not sure about Virgil van Dijk at all because he's been playing for Celtic and hasn't had to head a ball."
I'm definitely not sure about Paul Merson who must have headed more than just a ball judging by his ridiculous comments on football.
In his own warped way, he's kind of got a point. No one really knows how he's going to perform in the PL. He SHOULD be a very good PL CB but no one really knows for sure.
Oh will you stop with your accurate common sense views! Spot on. Desire and reluctance dictating a price between seller and buyer.
Well, I could be picky and suggest that a player's value actually DOES resemble a bag of carrots. Carrots do not have a fixed price per weight. They have a value relative to other carrots [just like footballers to other footballers]. The price you pay in a shop is an offer price. Yours to accept or turn down. You could even argue the price down, but we don't in the UK. It's not so different really.
The value of the carrots also varies from store to store which could be down to how good they are or how well they are displayed. So just like footballers really
Merson is an ass and after starting out with a second rate mind and snorting Charlie till the cows come home, is unable to produce a single utterance that need be treated with any respect. I think of him in the same way I would a talking dog - slightly surprising that he can actually produce words, but not interested in the actual words themselves.
