08-18-2021, 08:43 AM
(08-18-2021, 08:27 AM)Shabby Russian Wrote: Brazilian wonderkid come with more than a hint of risk.
But for a club like us the transfer sweet spot is to sign players in the 21 to 24 age bracket, for a low ish fee, with the potential to improve and make a profit.
Nothing irritates me more than loans for players we will never be able to buy, who become integral to the team.
And close behind that category are the signings of seasoned professional, closer to 30, than 20, or maybe over 30. They come taking a 3 year wage commitment and realistically very little prospect of ever selling for a transfer fee. Sometimes these type of players can have a significant short term impact which absolutely justifies their purchase, but only ever bringing in these type of players causes long term stagnation.
Amen.
We ought to be scouring the lower leagues and hoovering up whatever talent we can. QPR have picked up some bargains in the last couple of seasons through very shrewd transfers and with our owners being as disinterested as they are, we have to aim for a return on every penny we spend going forward. Rob Dickie is arguably the best CB in the division, and moved to QPR for little over a million, McCallum and Dozell are similarly very good prospects who will contribute and improve there. Swansea picking up Downes for £1.5m from Ipswich is another incredibly smart move and he's a player who'd have been perfect for our system yet we didn't even sniff.
So many strong players out there, and I bet we end up paying a fortune to Andre fucking Gray.