I totally agree but he came to Brighton with a bad injury record and from a club that were looking to rebuild at that time so we were taking a chance with an injury prone player, hence the low fee
Actually, the fee paid for Kayal was less than that. I don't know exactly what it was but it was a good bit less than was apparently reported. Perhaps there are add ons if he plays so many games or something like that, which might eventually take it up to £350K but its not that high up front
After the match v Norwich at home last year I discussed Stevens with the main man who said Stephens was the best player at the club. I promptly disagreed but I am being made to eat my words this year.
We have now signed a lot more better players since then and I still disagree but that's why he...