09-29-2020, 06:52 PM
I'm not too upset about losing Fofana to Leicester, as I think he's too young anyway. And I also feel like the inflated transfer fees that PL clubs are willing to pay, aren't really placing them miles ahead of their competition in Italy and other countries.
The PL is a great league, don't get me wrong, but Liverpool is the best team in it, and they don't really spend any more money on transfer fees than we do. The last two seasons we've actually spent more than them on the transfer market, as far as I know. So I think football today is becoming less about who can make the most expensive signings, and more about who can make the smartest ones and build the most solid, cohesive teams. You see clubs all over Europe adopting this philosophy these days, and it works. Atalanta is another great example. It's a healthy reaction to the dominance of clubs like Man City, PSG and so on. Good for you that you can buy Neymar, but that investment alone isn't going to win you the CL, so is it really worth it?
So basically I fully support what we're doing these days. Hauge is a perfect example of a cheap, low-risk signing that could turn out to be great for us. Then we can save the bigger transfer fees for the players that are guaranteed to improve the team, instead of spending them on the likes of Piatek and Paqueta. To quote the Mandalorian, "this is the way".
The PL is a great league, don't get me wrong, but Liverpool is the best team in it, and they don't really spend any more money on transfer fees than we do. The last two seasons we've actually spent more than them on the transfer market, as far as I know. So I think football today is becoming less about who can make the most expensive signings, and more about who can make the smartest ones and build the most solid, cohesive teams. You see clubs all over Europe adopting this philosophy these days, and it works. Atalanta is another great example. It's a healthy reaction to the dominance of clubs like Man City, PSG and so on. Good for you that you can buy Neymar, but that investment alone isn't going to win you the CL, so is it really worth it?
So basically I fully support what we're doing these days. Hauge is a perfect example of a cheap, low-risk signing that could turn out to be great for us. Then we can save the bigger transfer fees for the players that are guaranteed to improve the team, instead of spending them on the likes of Piatek and Paqueta. To quote the Mandalorian, "this is the way".