He's 18. So many things can go wrong for players at that age, and even if they are elite talents and absolutely good enough, the wrong move at the wrong time can absolutely feck them over. We've seen it time and time again with a lot of our own youngsters the past 10 years. It wasn't all down to certain players not stepping up or not being good enough. It was mostly on our coaching/development failures.
Yeah, it can, but every transfer is a gamble to some extent. This is what Madrid do, spend big on players early and solidify positions for years to come. They've done it time and time again over the last 10-15 years Ramos, Varane, Marcelo, Casemiro, Vinicius, Camavinga etc etc.
Utd have done it with Shaw and Martial?
So yeah, there's a risk, but for 80m you could get 10-15 years out of him. With Kane you get 3 maybe 4, Oshimen 5 or 6.
Not a chance would he cost 80m! He’s only played a handful of games
He would cost whatever Brighton ask for. He's already a 1 in 2 striker at 18. Brigthon have no need to sell. 80m at least to get him away from there.