In a world where Caicedo is £80m I don't think it's that mad
Yeah, I get that it's just the way things are now. I mean £80m for a player with one full season in the EPL is obviously heavily inflated as well.
I just think spending this much money on one player rarely works out. City are probably the only team that can actually absorb it and it not be an issue if the player doesn't hit the ground running, or fails completely.
Pogba and Maguire both became lodestones around the neck of the club. Antony gave a decent showing for his first season in England, but his cost means people will never really be happy with the maximum he'll probably ever deliver. Lukaku is only washed over because we recouped a lot of the money
Rice is a very good player, but he's only ever played for a deep block West Ham. He does well for England, but international football is so slow compared to top level European football.
I just feel that for a top 4 team he's a pure DM, you won't get much from him as an 8. That's not necessarily a bad thing, look how important Kante was to Leicester and Chelsea in their league wins. He didn't cost £100m though.