Shame. Think his driving style of play was ideal for us. Never mind. We
move on. Always the same when it becomes too public that we are interested. :shrug:
You miss the point.
"Twice the player?" has no relevance whatsoever.
"Not as good/as good/better" are what count.
"What we can afford?" is a separate question.
The thing being that " that much" better is irrelevant other than in relation to VFM and budgets.
Just "better" is all that matters on the pitch.
It's why the top few clubs are prepared to spend silly money to hoover in the very best.
They paid £5m for him in January. As it stands he will probably only move if he says he wants to and the price is likely to be over £10m with possible add one to take it as high as £15m.
Now I would say in the current market he may well be worth all of that but it certainly qualifies as silly...