I take it we rate him very differently. imo he's no Neymar/Mbappe level talent. You seem to think he is. A player like that i wouldnt object all that much.
Nope, not a robertson type deals i.e genuine punts however we cpuld go about signing more affordable players with great potential. Our two rivals have done just that while some of you guys are advocating blowing what will probably be 75% of our budget next summer on one player.
Look at the players that are the 'stars' for City or Pool and none were bought for ridiculous prices. Sane, Silva, Sterling KDB or even Mahrez. all bought for big but reasonable fees. You're advocating us buying 1 player for more than the whole Pool front line cost.
There is nothing smart about that especially where we are as a club at this moment in time. If he was all we needed to get back to the top maybe, but not when we have holes everywhere in our side.
I don't forsee us pulling off three signings as Liverpool did with their front three AND coaching them into becoming top players as Klopp did. I have to be realistic about the state of our management here. Klopp and Pep won't go for 150 million pound players because they don't need to given they coach the team superbly. Our situation is closer to that of Real Madrid's (but worse) where they bought their way to attempting to competing with Barcelona (to be fair so have Liverpool and City). Now I still believe we should try to make clever signings of course. We'll have to in this market to build a strong team without emptying our pockets.
However, you have to make exceptions sometimes when a signing comes along that's as perfect as this one. I don't care about this Neymar/Mbappe level. If we get a Griezemann/Ribery/Robben level talent for 150 million for a position that's been our biggest area of weakness for 6-7 years and being English is more likely to stay for a long time (if we're competitive), then I will take in a heartbeat. 150 million for a talent like that, if it works out well, in the long, really isn't all that much. I can see it being a better signing than Pogba was (record at the time).
And like I said, I don't see us challenging for at least 3 years. So I don't see what transformation everyone is expecting in one summer anyway. Sancho and two technical midfielders will go a long way to improving our team. That'll be 6 signings since this summer that could have really pushed us forward on our path. But anyway, to each their own.