aniym wrote:EliteKiller wrote:aniym wrote:EliteKiller wrote:More logic to this transfer than many - a young EPL experienced, home-grown, CB - those players are pretty rare and will attract >40m for many years to come (just look at slabhead) provided they remain decent squad players ... Ben White may not be a world beater but he's a good squad investment.
Since when do we spend £40m+ on squad players?
If we have any ambition at all of ever getting back to top four that's the going rate - just look at our rivals's benches if you don't get that. A top EPL squad is worth nearly a billion euros that's an average 40m per player - ours is worth 550m it's why we're eighth best.
If Ben White was Top 4 worthy, a Top 4 team would be all over him. Liverpool went with Konate and they're desperate for CBs.
Whereas for us, it's not a priority position at all, because defense has been one of Arteta's biggest improvements.
Man City had the best defence in the EPL and still spent 68m on Dias .... you stand still you lose.