I actually think he fit quite well, excellent passing and tactical awareness. He is more playmaker than workhorse in my opinion.
People are going to see him dictate the play in Burnley and say "hey, why didnt he play like this here?". But he did (at least the year I got to see him), people just...
Yes you are sort of right if we only look at 15 or so of the PL clubs. The two involved teams in this transfer are affected though. And nearly every other club in Europe as well. A normal year you could probably find someone in the Championship who would pay up £3m or something for a player like...
A growing tendency in PL the last couple of years is to buy players with borrowed money and it wouldnt surprise me one bit if that is what a couple of clubs are doing, though it will take a while before we know for sure. Other clubs are able to spend infinite money because their owners have...
Not really Covid related though, Ajax got obscene money on the bank that they have no idea how to spend.
From what I understand it was a deal between Ajax director of football Overmars and Veltman when De Ligt left, basically "stay for another year and I'll give yoy this clause to let you go to...