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Actually, I think some of us are making this guy older than he is - me included. He’s 26. Still young enough to develop further as a CB.

Yes, good points about Lallana and Welbeck. Hope we can strike a balance between pursuit of profit and, at times, getting in players that can have an immediate impact when the circumstances are right. The fee does seem steep but if you get 5 years out of him and he’s superb, could be money well...

Agreed. There has to be some room though for ready made first team players surely - we’ve done it with Welbeck and Lallana. No idea if he’s any good but at this point - with real potential for Europe - his profile looks useful in terms of experience. RDZ has been here long enough to know whether...

Now we’ve got a much more vocal coach, it feels like differences over his targets and the type of players on the club’s radar could be more problematic. I suppose he knows this lad’s qualities inside out though so would be strange not to back RDZ’s judgement.