Hindsight is a wonderful thing. For us to get 8-10m for a player with only 18 months experience in the country and no PL experience at all was a VERY good deal for us. Sure, he's gone on to do brilliantly so far (and i bear no hard feelings towards him for that) but could we really have held out...
True, but as we saw with Leo, Tony won't let them go unless they meet the valuation, so unless Tony values him at less than the fans do then we'll get good money for him.