- Jan 4, 2006
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We’re hardly going for Lionel bloody Messi. Let’s jush work off the players that JJ has quoted in his posts, would you say any of them were world beaters?
Last summer I’ll bet my house the vast majority on here had never heard of De Jong or N’Dombele, they were still relatively unknown to the wider public. We failed to get either over the line. We even screwed up average player, for our current CL level, Grealish. Go back a few years Martial (2015), Mane (16), Wijnaldum (16), etc.
None of these players went for stupid money relative to our budget back then. But we have owners who have a reluctance to go that extra yard & we end up with you fcuking N’koudous of this world. Penny pinch around Mane, watch him go to a rival who had no European footy at that time & then go panic buy Sissoko* for pretty much the same cost as Mane. Genius that!!!
*I’m aware Sissoko has come good now, but it’s taken almost 2 1/2 years & change of position for us to see best of him ?
Martial and mane both went for stupid money at the time