he is talented but for that price it makes absolutely no sense. 60 million. i dont think conte will ever pay that much for a wing back, especially when we have a quality one like alonso. Its not like alonso messed up last year and we need an upgrade. We just need someone to compete with him and make him better, wud rather spend that kind of money in defence or upfront. 60nM for van dijk no probs witrh me on that front but not on a wingback
You will change your mind when you see how good Sandro is. Also, the improvement Hazard will have because of him.
But we are spending that sort of money on defence and upfront too. Does that mean you'd rather buy 2 60m+ Forward or 2 60m+ CB?. Plus, buying A. Sandro now would have secured the LWB spot for 5 - 6yrs something we used to have with Ashley
I know he is good. I just dont see the point of throwing useless money in a position we are covered for when we have more important positions to figure out. Like CB MIDfield and striker. I dont mind 60 M on all 3 positions coz we need upgrades on cahill matic and a striker on Costas level .
I keep referring back to this example: Would you say no to buying Sanchez for our RF spot just because Pedro (and Willian) performed well for us last year? You don't say no to elite talent. It's what wins you the CL. Our midfield wasn't weak when we bought Ballack. Neither was our defense weak when we bought Ashley Cole. I can go on and on. Barca didn't really need to buy Suarez, by your logic. They had Sanchez after all. But you don't say no to the chance to sign a Suarez. Won them a CL immediately.
Sandro himself will take the massive workload off of Hazard which Alonso doesn't do. Defenders will no longer be able to triple mark Hazard when they have Sandro gunning down the left with him. Alonso is a good defender but he's not a great one, he will be exposed in the Champions League in my honest opinion. Sandro is an elite left back and when you have the option to buy world class players, that's exactly what you should do in order to be a big club.
My issue is the price not the player. I am not worried coz i know Conte is smarter than that. Its like last season when Napoli were asking for 55M for kouilabily. What did Conte do . He said f**k that bought luiz.. I am sure we will get a quality wing back for deent price
We aren't covered at LWB. With the signing of Sandro, NOW we're covered. And who says signing Sandro means we won't spend at CB (VVD/Bonucci), midfield (Bakayoko) and striker (Lukaku)? If the club is pursuing all these deals at the same time, it's clearly because we can comfortably afford it all. So why are you complaining?
Conte isn't the one negotiating transfers mate. And we did offer what Napoli were asking for Koulibaly eventually but we offered it too late and so they rejected it again because we didn't give them enough time to find a replacement before the window closed. And so we went with Luiz on deadline day. Let's not rewrite history here.
But what's the point in buying somebody like Bertrand for say 25m when he's not going to improve us in the slightest?
Obviously not. My issue is the position. Cole wasnt bought for 60 million, ballack was free
Ballack had a sign on bonus too. Cole cost us 5 million and one of our best defenders in Gallas.
Did you not see the way we went with the transfer last year? We played around like children trying to lower the price and then went in for 60m anyway except it was far too late. Conte switched to Luiz because otherwise there are no one there available. Heck, just because Luiz was a successful bargain doesn't mean he was our first choice or 2nd choice.
For the last time.My issue is not with the price. it is the position. 60 million for a wingback REALLY. Its not like Alonso is trash like wayne bridge
Last season, we suffered when the wingbacks were nullified/unavailable and now we are in for someone who would improve that position and quite possibly become the best in the world in that position, you say no? Are you Wenger?
You JUST said the opposite minutes ago.....
Pick a point and stick to it mate. Is your issue the price, the position or the player???
The real master stroke would be for us to then add Sanchez at RF. An congestion on the left wing and the ball will be swung quickly to the right for the kill in open space.
I am not complaining. and i am not worried bcoz i know conte wont spend 60 million on a wingback same way he wont spend 55million on koullibally who was overpriced. My issue is the price for the position. 60m for a wingback is pretty laughable. it is obviouslly just a transfer rumor bcoz there is nothing going on .