Value the player- round 1 (Alan Shearer)

So how much would a Shearer in his prime fetch nowadays people?

Other players will follow in this series of threads.





I'd say £60m.

He's better than Torres and also a captain.

 

Tough one, you don't just have to consider inflation, but also style of player in today's style of play. If football hadn't evolved since his prime he's go for 60-70m. But given the game has changed so much I'd say 25-35m. Not taking anything away from the man, just don't think he'd complement a top team as well today as he would have back then.

Gazza? I think he'd love it in today's game and in his prime could well be a 100m player today.

 

Dont agree. Players like Alan Shearer with that knack of scoring goals from anywhere will always be in demand. Look how much United were willing to gamble on Falcao to borrow him for a year or Chelsea pay for Costa. Both of these were coming from foreign leagues - Shearer was proven in the Premier League and English so think he would still fetch a premium price. If at 24-25 I could see him going for 60-70million, at 28-29 for maybe 35million.

 

Just my opinion fella, i think old fashioned strikers are a dying breed as they don't fit as well into today's game. Goals are expected to come from everywhere, and the center forward is expected to be able to help that happen. Like I said nowt against the man. phenomenal goal scorer he was, but Luis Suárez he ain't and never was. That's the price bracket you're putting him. He ain't even Diago Costa in his all round play and he cost half your Shearer price. It's just not realistic imo.

 

Yep we will have to disagree on this. I think Shearer's all-round play is a level above Costa's to be honest and his goalscoring record was superior. Agree Shearer then was not your typical centre forward of today but don't forget he would also have been fitter and probably quicker under the improved training regimes and diets of today and would also have adapted his game to today's style. Could see Man United seriously looking at a player of this type with their current style of play.
Looks like Liverpool are just about to pay over 30million for Benteke so shows how strikers of this type are still valued. Although they did pay 35million for Andy Carroll so maybe that negates my argument!

 

If a big club wanted him in his prime and he had a few years on his contract it would be around £100m. It was a world record signing when we bought him so I don't see how it wouldn't be now. Football has moved on my arse. Shearer in his mid to late twenties would score a bag full of goals for any team in any league in any era and all the top clubs would want him if he was around today.

 

It is hard to imagine to be honest. He was so good. Take RVP for instance. I think he was a cracking striker, top class. Shearer wiped the floor with him in my humble opinion. Benzema - top striker. Give me Shearer any day of the week. I'd take Shearer over just about every striker going to be honest. That's not bias, its just I rate him that highly. He literally had everything in his prime bar silky skills/tricks.

As for the game changing, it would have made no difference to someone of that calibre, they would prosper at the very top in any era. Not least because the best are adaptable too. Its also a bit daft really because if he was around in this era, he'd have probably been trained differently and been a slightly different player. The basics of football and the character of an individual do not change though. He was 10/10 in both regards.

60m? Yeah maybe. What did Ibra go for? About 59m? Cavani 55m? Falcao 51m? So yeah it would appear the mark is 50m-60m for the worlds best strikers with 70m-80m mark reserved for those exciting wide men, number 10 and second strikers.

 

THIS THIS THIS!!! Shearer would still be banging hat-fulls of goals in, if he was in his pomp and before his knees blew out, now-a-days, you just can't contain that level of goal scoring ability! Headers from crosses and corners, tap ins at the back post, blasting goals in from the penalty spot, free kicks and open play. Like I say, in his prime, I think he would still be better than any striker currently in the Premiership. You don't become the all time leading scorer from yester-years without undeniable talent. £60 mil minimum for me and worth every penny

 

Shearer's one of the all time greats. He's not in the highest echelon with C.Ronaldo and Messi, but he's in Bale's bracket comfortably. Today, depending on age, you'd be looking to break the British transfer record so £85m would be my estimation if he was around 24.

 

Chelsea would sign him today as would spend 35+ mil in doing so

 

Premiere league all time top scorer... There isn't a price.

 

Has to be worth 2 Andy Carrols ...so 70 million minium for me

 

He'd be worth about the same as SKP would be worth nowadays if he was in his prime (the 30 goal season) .

 

In his prime, I'd say Shearer would go for 45-50m.

 

I'd add 20% onto most of what people are saying for the silly money British players go for. £50-60 value but he'd probably go for £70+ due to the British players 'tax'

 

If he was a foreign player - £50 million. Since it's a British premium, I would say closer to £90 million. He would bring guaranteed goals, that is at least 20 goals.

 

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In purely monetary terms 15 million quid in 1996 is worth around £25,761,540.00 now, so given the respective market of footballers increase, I'd say anybody guessing under 40 million has seriously lost this game.

Cavani and Falcao are bollocks compared to Shearer, it's an insult to economics to suggest Shearer wouldn't fetch 60 or 70 million, potentially at least.

 

If Bale was sold for £85M then Shearer who was, pre Everton injury, the perfect number 9 in that he had everything, goals, hold up play, controlled aggression and leadership then Shearer will be worth at least £90M + in today's market. I'm not saying the price is right but that would be his price.

He's better than Costa, he's better than Van Persie and he's better than any striker around today whatever their style. Top and bottom of it he scored goals of all varieties all the time at the top level. I honestly am struggling to think of any out and out British striker who could be said to be better than Shearer when it comes to scoring goals in any era that's how highly I rate him.