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I think it would be a risk though, as £40-50m should buy a player who is expected to improve our starting XI, not someone who is proven to only be good enough as a rotation player.I thought Jesus gets played in big games; e.g against Real Madrid in CL.
I get what you say comparing him to Kulu, which is fair enough. However the Kulu deal was also a bigger risk because there's a higher chance that it doesn't work out (new league etc etc). The fact that it did is great for us, but this doesn't always happen (e.g. Ndom, Lo Celso etc etc).
With Jesus at least the 'worst case' sceanrio wont be as bad as Ndom and GLC, due to prior PL exp.
You pay a premium because the risk is smaller (or the re-sale value bigger); whether you like the trade-off is subjective.