- Oct 19, 2005
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Two things spring out to me with this.Let's be fair we have only bought a couple of cheapos Hojbjerg and Doherty and only one decent mid range signing Reguilon (when I say decent I mean money-wise). Real quality doesn't come cheap even in a Covid world. We haven't bought Bale nor Vinicius, they could be with us for just 8 months. So the total of all these we actually spent on just one player last summer - Ndombele (and Ndombele is quality). So it has been a decent window (especially because the last few years we are used to piss poor ones) but let's not get carried away like we are suddenly a Ch£l$ki or a Man Shitty or a Manure with the purse strings.
So a proven quality CB should be very much affordable by us, and an absolute must this window. Otherwise, all the good work this window will be undone. Do you think we can win something with an iconic but sadly geriatric now Alderweireld, a CM playing CB, and not even going to mention Sanchez. Ben Davies a CB
Firstly, you can't judge a player by how much they cost. You need to look at things such as contract length and what they bring to the team that buys them. Just because they were "cheap", doesn't mean that they aren't astute signings for the buying team, nor does it mean that they aren't decent players.
Secondly, I think it can be argued that CB has always been Dier's destined position. He's not being thrown there out of desperation, he's playing there because it suits his skill set.
As for Davinson, I guess that comes down to opinion but I actually think he's a decent player and still has plenty of potential.