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James Rodriguez

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Agreed. We have to catch players earlier, before the cusp of stardom. Moving from an astronomical metaphor, to compete with the big clubs we have to basically employ sperm scouts. Do we have any on our books? (Sounds messy)
Or get players that aren't happy at the mega clubs because they aren't getting enough playing time or they prefer to be the big fish in a (slightly) smaller pond or whatever reason it was that brought VDV to our club.
 

Drexl

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If he was available then clubs far higher up the food chain than us would be all over him, incredible player but we have no chance whatsoever
 

Drexl

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Or get players that aren't happy at the mega clubs because they aren't getting enough playing time or they prefer to be the big fish in a (slightly) smaller pond or whatever reason it was that brought VDV to our club.

VDV was £8m, worth a punt, no way would Rodriguez be sold for less than 4 times that

Plus VDV was past his best, albeit still v v good, Rodriguez is years from his peak
 

Pat Rice Spurs fan

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VDV was £8m, worth a punt, no way would Rodriguez be sold for less than 4 times that

Plus VDV was past his best, albeit still v v good, Rodriguez is years from his peak

Yeah, I was being more general - as per the comment that I replied to - rather than suggesting it would work in this particular case.
 

TheAmerican

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It's still not going to happen. If we go for a Colombian, it needs to be Muriel. He's the next big thing for them, and is very attainable.
 

Barry Mead

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It's still not going to happen. If we go for a Colombian, it needs to be Muriel. He's the next big thing for them, and is very attainable.

Yeah I think so, but he missed a lot of playing time last season and struggled to get back after that injury. It won't have done his value any good but Udi might not be interested in selling him cheaply if they think he'll recover his form this season and so push his value back up
 

raymundo-iow

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Lad is absoloutle quality and already out of our league I believe. Refreshing to watch. Just imagine an attacking 3 of Rodriguez on the left, eriksen in the middle and lamela on the right. To dare is to do haha
 

mill

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Franco needs to get his arse over columbia, seem to be producing a lot of quality players
 
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