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What? I thought he guaranteed you goals?

Ok, thanks. If they get two decent years from him, that's £192k a week. The question isn't whether the TV money can cover that amount, it's whether they could have got anyone better for that amount (eg, expensive transfer fee, high wages, but then selling the player after some years to recoup...

I haven't got a clue how much Defoe will cost (transfer fee, signing on fee, and wages) - how can we judge whether Bournemouth are quids in unless we have a rough idea of the deal?

How much £?

But two years on is he going to be as good? He's a proven goal scorer, but he can't go on forever and at that price, aren't there other proven goal scorers? What's the expected deal in terms of transfer fee, signing on fee, and wages?

They didn't keep Sunderland up.

If we spend £10m to £15m on a striker, I'd hope they're young enough/good enough to get much of that back should we sell them a few years later.