(07-27-2021, 07:48 AM)nefremo Wrote: I'm not disappointed to be honest. Had never seen the guy play. I'm sure he's talented. You don't get Milan, Juventus and Benfica interested without talent. But these days I'm very sceptical of any young player coming straight from Brazil. I'd rather shop around in Europe.
All you need to do is look back at any of my comments and you'll see I'm not a fan of picking up players direct form south America. However, a cheap talented youngster is a very different deal to say Paqueta or an Everton.
I personally think we should have tried to make it work(assumign Juve have actually signed him). at 7m(the reported figure), all he needs is a few decent performances and the kid would be worth 15m. one or two appearances in UCL and sneaks in a goal and suddenly everyone blows things out and thinks the kids the next Ronaldo and he could be worth more. From a business sense it's a good move. From a footballing sense... meh. could be shit. could be good. likely somehwere in between