Is that not what we have been doing over the last 4/5 years ?
Buying the quality players and being smart about it ?
And there is no such thing as a guarantee when buying a playing - proven or not
Every single transfer has the potential to flop regardless of price
And in regards Bellingham- if itâs a player the club would like then they would look at what can happen about getting the player into the club , and if it doesnât work then look at alternatives
Have we spent money without first selling? Genuine question as I donât look at all the figures in loads of detail but it certainly doesnât feel that way to me. When it comes to transfers Iâd wager we basically balance the incomings and outgoings since FSG have been in when it comes to transfers.
Of course thereâs no guarantee of success when it comes to footballers, they arenât robots. But you canât tell me that just because someone is expensive we should avoid it? We actually did spend under FSG at the start of their reign with Hendo, Carrol, Suarez and I think a few others around that time that didnât all work out and it almost feels like they got burned and changed their approach.
But again - if our recruitment is so methodical and spot on then the risk of flopping should be minimalised right? Or am I expected to believe that we would change our whole approach to scouting purely based on the fact the player is going to be expensive and we would just spunk the cash off?
Anyway, this is getting into semantics, my point remains that we can surely afford to occasionally compete for a player whoâs going to cost a fair few quid without having to sell a big name of our own first. Not every window, not every transfer but every now and again and when required.
The way youâre going on you are making out that spending big on a player somehow means they are more likely to flop. No guarantee of success but if our recruitment is as good as you say then it shouldnât be as much of a worry for us?
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