Has anyone here seen first hand enough of Luke Shaw playing to make an informed judgement of how good he is and what his first team prospects might be? Not many people get first hand knowledge of that information. It's all about how much the club values him at because the majority of fans on both sides don't know any better.
Apparently we turned down £2m from them a while back. By the time he breaks through, one would suggest his value would increase quite sharply. If we hadn't rated him very highly, we probably would have negotiated there and then.
We have an even younger lad called George Mells who we pinched from Chelsea who is meant to be very good. English/Australian lad who is supposed to be the next Lallana or something. At such young ages though, it's almost impossible to judge where a young player's career might go.
Until they're playing at a level where their quality can be judged (if they make it that far), it's worth telling other clubs to **** off if the player is happy. Chamberlain cost a lot for Arsenal, but they'd be raving bonkers to spend serious money on a kid that hasn't played professionally yet. Jack Stephens had actually played a few times for Plymouth and he cost nothing like that. If Arsenal haven't reallised already, they soon will that we can squeeze every last penny out of them and that they can find better deals elsewhere.
Apparently we turned down £2m from them a while back. By the time he breaks through, one would suggest his value would increase quite sharply. If we hadn't rated him very highly, we probably would have negotiated there and then.
We have an even younger lad called George Mells who we pinched from Chelsea who is meant to be very good. English/Australian lad who is supposed to be the next Lallana or something. At such young ages though, it's almost impossible to judge where a young player's career might go.
Until they're playing at a level where their quality can be judged (if they make it that far), it's worth telling other clubs to **** off if the player is happy. Chamberlain cost a lot for Arsenal, but they'd be raving bonkers to spend serious money on a kid that hasn't played professionally yet. Jack Stephens had actually played a few times for Plymouth and he cost nothing like that. If Arsenal haven't reallised already, they soon will that we can squeeze every last penny out of them and that they can find better deals elsewhere.
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