Alex Scott

Ekeke said:
How about compare the most expensive midfielders to the most expensive attackers

The attackers have historically cost a bit more


Neymar (Barcelona → PSG, 2017): ~£194.5 million
Kylian Mbappe (Monaco → PSG, 2018): ~£159.2 million
Alexander Isak (Newcastle → Liverpool, 2025): ~£125 million
Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen → Liverpool, 2025): ~£116 million
Moises Caicedo (Brighton → Chelsea, 2023): £115 million
Joao Felix (Benfica → Atletico Madrid, 2019): ~£113 million
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico → Barcelona, 2019): ~£107 million
Enzo Fernandez (Benfica → Chelsea, 2023): £106.8 million
Declan Rice (West Ham → Arsenal, 2024): £105 million
Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool → Barcelona, 2018): £105 million

Regardless Garner was bought cheap and hasnt been particularly highly rated and hyped until now (General football opinion. I personally rated him as a youngster here and have rated him at Everton.) He obviously wouldnt be in the top few tiers of transfer fees for midfielders, meanwhile the players who scored 15 goals+ in hte premier league last season that werent playing as a striker most weeks were considered to be in one of the higher tiers of available players. But they werent in the top tier like the above either.
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I'd imagine Everton don't care how other clubs rate him. They will know exactly how good he is and set their asking price accordingly.
 
Good player, good potential, but that knee of his is a big, big, big problem.
He's already done his medial and meniscus. Takes a lot of courage and effort to get back on top, he is young, but, poor kid is likely gonna have to face another knee problem at some point.

Very unfortunate.
 
andersj said:
In terms of wages, you are probably right. But the fee sound low when you look at their other sales. I think Dango was £42,5 mill to Brentford?
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He’s got 2 year left on his contract from the summer 2026, so £35-40m is about right, he’s £55m with 3 years left on his contract.
 
JB08 said:
Sorry but unless I'm missing something you're nuts if you think Scott is going for £35m. The whole top 6 would be after him for that price which naturally drives the price up.
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He’s only got 2 years left on his contract and he’s going to be in a very competitive market, he’s not an established English International plus his wages are £40-50k why would he be valued at any more?
 
Ekeke said:
He wont be much cheaper than Wharton, Anderson, Baleba, or Mainoo. He may very well be the cheapest. And they may all go for around the £60 million in the end, even though they're hyped up to be more than that. But if the most expensive of them is £60 million, Scott wont go for less than £45 million.
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Yep I could see £45m no more, not an English established international, only on 40-50k per week and has only 2 years left on his contract, no way he goes for more than £45m maximum?
 
Woziak said:
He’s only got 2 years left on his contract and he’s going to be in a very competitive market, he’s not an established English International plus his wages are £40-50k why would he be valued at any more?
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Suppose we bid £35m and Bournemouth are happy to accept it. You seriously think there won't be another team in world football who would think "he's worth more than £35m" and would bid? Seems implausible to me.

Solanke has recently moved for £55m, Archie Gray for £40m, Kilman for £40m, Dewsbury-Hall for £30m, Smith-Rowe for £28m, Gittens for £48.5m, Jacob Ramsey for £43m, Omari Hutchinson for £37.5m, McAtee for £30m, Dibling for £35m.

I'd say Scott would be comfortably more in-demand than all of those players (maybe only Solanke was/is better, and that's debatable really).
 
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JB08 said:
Suppose we bid £35m and Bournemouth are happy to accept it. You seriously think there won't be another team in world football who would think "he's worth more than £35m" and would bid? Seems implausible to me.

Solanke has recently moved for £55m, Archie Gray for £40m, Kilman for £40m, Dewsbury-Hall for £30m, Smith-Rowe for £28m, Gittens for £48.5m, Jacob Ramsey for £43m, Omari Hutchinson for £37.5m, McAtee for £30m, Dibling for £35m.

I'd say Scott would be comfortably more in-demand than all of those players (maybe only Solanke was/is better, and that's debatable really).
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He’s also had some serious injuries, if we don’t sign him for £35m move on to another option, this is the problem this summer there are multiple quality midfield options available, for once it’s very much a buyers market, Alex Scott is a good player but if he was a great player then Tuchel would have called him up?
 
Blood Mage said:
As does Fernandes at West Ham. Would rather either of these two over Tonali or Baleba.
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Is he ready for the step up though. That’s the main issue. Can you get Elliot Anderson and Alex Scott and be ready to challenge next season.

It lacks experience.
 
The way his body moves when he passes a ball reminds me a bit of Thiago Alcantara.

Now, I'm not saying he is that good, only that he reminds me of him, stylistically.
 
Uncle Mainoo said:
Is he ready for the step up though. That’s the main issue. Can you get Elliot Anderson and Alex Scott and be ready to challenge next season.

It lacks experience.
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Honestly, who are you waiting for?

That player does not exist, and Mainoo is not the answer ffs.

People need to start tempering expectations or they'll be left disappointed.
 
lysglimt said:
He looks better than most of the midfielders we are linked to
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Blood Mage said:
As does Fernandes at West Ham. Would rather either of these two over Tonali or Baleba.
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Wouldn't be sad at all if we went for either or both of Scott and/or Fernandes.

The downside with the two players is going to be their age and inexperience. That's the risk. Without Casemiro next season, we suddenly lack that player who has seen and knows it all. The downside with that type of player is that they are hard to find, are much more expensive in terms of transfer cost and wages, and you may only get a few years out of them given their age.

I just wonder if the club will be looking for somebody in that bracket to fill one of the spots, which then limits us with what we can do for the other position.
 
pascell said:
Honestly, who are you waiting for?

That player does not exist, and Mainoo is not the answer ffs.

People need to start tempering expectations or they'll be left disappointed.
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I’m not waiting for anyone.

Our list based on what journos in the know tell us are:

Anderson
Tonali
Wharton
Baleba
Bruno.G
Camavinga
Joao Gomes
Alex Scott
Matheus Fernandes
Stiller

When I look at those names I don’t question all of them not being able to make the step up. I question I guy playing at Bournemouth coming in with someone like Anderson, Wharton or Baleba as an example and being a smart choice.

If we are interested we best cover ourself well. It will be a big jump for him.
 
Whenever I have seen him play he does look like a classy player with very good technique.
I would not object to us making a move for him.
 
Bondi77 said:
He has had a lot of injuries which could be an issue.
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Good point - he is the kind of player Ferguson wouldn't have signed. I remember he wrote in his biography - the first thing he did when looking at a player to sign was to check how many matches a player had missed through injuries.
The first 10 or so players he signed - the likes of Bruce, Donaghy, Anderson, Leighton, McClair, Hughes, Phelan, Webb, Pallister, Ince and Wallace - none of these players had an injury-history before joining United. Players like Donaghy, Bruce, or Anderson had barely lost a match through injuries in their career. Donaghy lost something like 6 league games in 9 years, while the least amount of league games Bruce had played in a season before joining us was 39 (out of 46) for Gillingham

So maybe Scott would be too risky to sign right now
 
lysglimt said:
Good point - he is the kind of player Ferguson wouldn't have signed. I remember he wrote in his biography - the first thing he did when looking at a player to sign was to check how many matches a player had missed through injuries.
The first 10 or so players he signed - the likes of Bruce, Donaghy, Anderson, Leighton, McClair, Hughes, Phelan, Webb, Pallister, Ince and Wallace - none of these players had an injury-history before joining United. Players like Donaghy, Bruce, or Anderson had barely lost a match through injuries in their career. Donaghy lost something like 6 league games in 9 years, while the least amount of league games Bruce had played in a season before joining us was 39 (out of 46) for Gillingham

So maybe Scott would be too risky to sign right now
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We signed Ruud not long after he had a serious injury but I am sure Fergie realised he was worth the risk.
 
I also remember he won YPOTY in the Championship for Bristol (pipping Amad who helped lead Sunderland into the knockouts that season)
 
He was class yesterday, was the best midfielder on the pitch which included Rice and Zubimendi. If that doesn’t show he’s good enough what does?
 
Don’t see anything in those clips that Mainoo doesn’t do. It means he’s a good player. Yet we have Mainoo and people are coveting what others have.
 
andersj said:


Few highlights apart from the goal, but it is a performance that still gives confidence.
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Seems to occupy a deeper playmaker position. Strong, athletic. Technically sound.
Looks very good. What's his overall performances like this season?
 
M Bison said:
He was class yesterday, was the best midfielder on the pitch which included Rice and Zubimendi. If that doesn’t show he’s good enough what does?
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It does. But its one game. Luckily overall hes been quite good this season overall but imo he's the same level as Mainoo at 1 year and 8 months older. Its still good and they'd be quite good together.
 
lysglimt said:
Good point - he is the kind of player Ferguson wouldn't have signed. I remember he wrote in his biography - the first thing he did when looking at a player to sign was to check how many matches a player had missed through injuries.
The first 10 or so players he signed - the likes of Bruce, Donaghy, Anderson, Leighton, McClair, Hughes, Phelan, Webb, Pallister, Ince and Wallace - none of these players had an injury-history before joining United. Players like Donaghy, Bruce, or Anderson had barely lost a match through injuries in their career. Donaghy lost something like 6 league games in 9 years, while the least amount of league games Bruce had played in a season before joining us was 39 (out of 46) for Gillingham

So maybe Scott would be too risky to sign right now
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He's made 32 PL appearances this year according to Transfermarkt, is this really a big concern? Young players often get a few injuries as they grow and adapt to the men's game.
 
I think he'd be a smart signing in a rotational kind of role for us, alongside a more prominent midfield signing. He's tidy technically and hasn't had the hype job of some others like Anderson and Wharton because he hasn't featured for the England team yet. The talent's there though and he could definitely develop into a good Premier League level midfielder for one of the top teams.
 
There's something to him that I like more than the other midfielders we're linked to. Not sure if he's a massive upgrade on Mainoo long term, but he certainly is better right now.
 
If Spurs weren’t in such dire straits they would definitely sign him.
 
M Bison said:
He was class yesterday, was the best midfielder on the pitch which included Rice and Zubimendi. If that doesn’t show he’s good enough what does?
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Totally agree I’m not sold on any £100m midfield player in this era where football is so bland, maybe prime Bellingham, Valverde, Joao Neves, Pedri and Prime Gavi might be worth those insane values but I’m not sure Tonali or Anderson are, they don’t get enough goals and assists to be worth £100m.

Rather than waste money we should try and buy three Robust midfielder like Angelo Stiller(£43m), Alex Scott (£40m) and Joao Gomes(£35m or Mateus Fernandes(£50m).

This is by far the best approach this season spend £130-140m on three very good Midfield players, then add Kobbie and you have four men competing for two midfield starting positions all aged 25, 23, 25,22 that’s a good blend for your midfield.
 
He is box to box so it is unlikely we sign him and Anderson. I really rate Scott but him and Gomes would still be a bit underwhelming if we want to win the title.
 
Woziak said:
Totally agree I’m not sold on any £100m midfield player in this era where football is so bland, maybe prime Bellingham, Valverde, Joao Neves, Pedri and Prime Gavi might be worth those insane values but I’m not sure Tonali or Anderson are, they don’t get enough goals and assists to be worth £100m.

Rather than waste money we should try and buy three Robust midfielder like Angelo Stiller(£43m), Alex Scott (£40m) and Joao Gomes(£35m or Mateus Fernandes(£50m).

This is by far the best approach this season spend £130-140m on three very good Midfield players, then add Kobbie and you have four men competing for two midfield starting positions all aged 25, 23, 25,22 that’s a good blend for your midfield.
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Is Scott available for 40m? 70m is more realistic.
 
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