A bit late reporting it, but the BBC now have the deal and claiming £80M. So maybe Ed did save us £5M after all.
I know it's not the done thing to have a newcomer in the position, but given the utter dearth of leaders in our squad I'd not be upset to see him given the armband too.
Even if not, leadership in defensive positions is what I've had to blame for most of our defensive woes over the last few years, so even without the armband I think he might be transformative. Not so much for his own play, as for organising everyone else. I've long thought that most of our defenders would look twice the player if they had an organiser next to them.