I'd rather we take the money that we could potentially spend on this guy and plunge that into our scouting department or youth team. The current costs for the likes of Caicedo, Rice, Bellingham, Kane, etc are just eye-watering...and it's just going to get worse. Players aren't suddenly going to revert to being £20 or £30million. It's far more likely that we'll be seeing prices closer to £150million in the Premier League next season.
Our best strategy going forward (and this is easier said than done) is to be far more savvy with identifying prospects earlier on. Then, picking up these players and being better with either integrating them in to our setup, or loaning them out so that they can get game time. Garnacho aside, I've got to say that I don't think we play this game very well at United. The farce that's going on with Liverpool and Chelsea over Caicedo is not something I want us to get sucked into in the future, but I fear we'll have no choice but to offer silly amounts of cash if we're looking for players to fill holes in our side. It's not down to whether or not we can afford it, but rather that I don't think it's the best value for money.