What are you talking about wages for? I never mentioned wages....
The fee of 1.5 mil is not a very big risk. And he will probably be on fairly cheap wages for at least the first few years. If he proves he is worth more he will get an improved deal somewhere down the road.
I just think we need to aim higher if we are actually trying to move back into trophy contention. I somehow doubt this kid is much of an improvement on Jova, Maxi, Cole, Babel, etc. Look at Jovanovic..... full Serbian international and was decent in the WC, but he can't get a game under Roy. Unfortunately, I think that the talents of many of our creative/attacking players are stifled by Roy's anti-football tactics
Jovanovic was never a left sided midfielder, Maxi same, and arguably Cole the same.
Marveaux is an out and out left sided player. He has great self-believe, he's still young, will improve, an awesome left boot, can put a cross in and is a free kick taker. Even chips in with some goals because of his great left peg.
We were never going to go out and buy the Hazard's, Dzeko's and Turan's in January. The business is never right. This deal still leaves room to get more help, but this is a fine piece of business.
I'm fully behind this and Sylvain. I hope it's official shortly.
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