I don’t really care what the fee is for Antony unless it was somehow the reason we didn’t get FDJ which doesn’t look likely.
When you compare the fee to those of Mahrez, Nicolas Pepe, Vinicius Jr, Ousmane Dembele, Coutinho etc etc it’s very hard to say whether it’ll pan out well.
What I do think is that he’s young and still carving out a career. He’s got motivation to succeed, knows the coach and is at the right age to improve still.
We all need to recalibrate and understand that players 18-24 with big upside cost big money. Tchouameni cost €100m after only a couple of seasons and ligue un football, Nunez had one good season before going for big money. We just need to hope we gamble on the right ones.