There are risks with any player signed foreign or not, Burdog mentions players like Carrick(average), Milner(avaerage) and Barry(decent) those three were probably considered among the best at the time but certainly not now, especially Barry & Milner who went for the dollar rather than the cause, personally iv'e never rated Carrick and considered him a poor mans Lampard,( no disrespect to the poor), English players will always be overpriced because the skill levels required in the EPL are so high, and that continental players are more accustomed to that level of play, there are more continental players in the EPL than English players and that can't be right, so when a above average English player shows he is better than most his valuation goes thru the roof,
is Carroll really worth £35m ? is Cahill worth £20m, is Henderson worth £20m, no they are not, no where near IMO, what have they proven, F**k all thats what, they are good players with lots of potential that have had their valuations bumped by their respective agents/clubs.
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