Powderfinger
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I rate Morata highly and think this would be a very good buy. But, as usual with most transfer sagas, his detractors underrate him while his boosters oversell him. To say that Morata is already "easily in top 5-7 strikers in Europe" is crazy talk. Morata has a great package of skills and attributes and has excelled in certain situations but he has never even been a regular at first team level, maxing so far around 2400 minutes (a regular starter in a team in many competitions can end up with almost twice that numbers). I don't hold that against him given the clubs he has played with but it does add greatly to the uncertainty regarding projecting his future performances. He could become one of the best 5-7 strikers in Europe but he could also struggle with the adaptation to the Premier League, have difficulty putting in consistent performances when asked to play more regularly than he ever has in his career, or just stall for other reasons related to form, injury, or personal issues. You're buying a great prospect but he isn't a finished product and the range of possible outcomes is wide.