Brennan Johnson 45M

I guess that is the gamble. If you had spunked 45m on Kane at the same age after 3 low key loans people might have said the same. It will either work or it wont.
 
Seems very Spence. Spending based on 'potential'. I genuinely think he's worth half that.

Then again we live in a world where Everton get nearly 15mil for Simms and Cannon. Oh and Burnley pay 20mil for a 20 year old keeper after a great year in league 1.

Transfer fees are ridiculous. The prem is pretty awful place these days.
 
Just a few months over 22, he has plenty of time to improve and add to his modest total of 8 goals in his first season in the premiership with a struggling Forest
 
High fees haven’t got that much higher, but lower/medium end fees are wild.

I remember a couple of years ago thinking it was weird how the standard price for a generic Premier League player was £25m, every transfer seemed to be that amount.

Now it’s £40m.

Thing is, this inflation isn’t really happening for players at the very top end - Neymar went for £100m years ago, so did Bellingham, so did Kane, Haaland much less and Mbappe will probably be around there. Wages are obviously mental.

If you were spending £1bn on a Premier League squad the value is actually in superstars at the minute, not these £50m punts for mediocre players.
 
jonny_greenings_sock said:
High fees haven’t got that much higher, but lower/medium end fees are wild.

I remember a couple of years ago thinking it was weird how the standard price for a generic Premier League player was £25m, every transfer seemed to be that amount.

Now it’s £40m.

Thing is, this inflation isn’t really happening for players at the very top end - Neymar went for £100m years ago, so did Bellingham, so did Kane, Haaland much less and Mbappe will probably be around there. Wages are obviously mental.

If you were spending £1bn on a Premier League squad the value is actually in superstars at the minute, not these £50m punts for mediocre players.
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I think the size of some players salaries have a big bearing on transfer fees i.e. big earnings tend to compress values, and vice versa.

Johnson and Maddison will be earning very different amounts (think Maddison is now easily their highest paid player), but on paper the Maddison transfer fee seems better value.

Kane is the highest paid player in Bundesliga history, his basic contract costing Bayern Munich cicra €100m.
 
I find it ironic that the axis that worked so well for Forest, Johnson and Spence has not been given a chance. I am assuming that might be to do with attitude mind and it was at Championship level tbf. I find the PL fees are on a different level now, way beyond some teams and appreciate Luton‘s approach as being sensible, spending has gotten obscene thanks to Saudi Arabia who will make the issue far worse as some teams get huge pay days for selling one player, it will only create bigger divides and affect sporting integrity.
 
coluka said:
spending has gotten obscene thanks to the Italians, the Spanish, Sky, China & now Saudi Arabia
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corrected it for you.

they have all been named in the past as the reason for increased football transfers, Boro started it with Alf Common in 1905.

(not aimed at you Col) - across all the football boards, not just Boro's - blaming every other nation that comes along, the sense of entitlement and colonial superiority is a stench ......Pakistan, India & Ireland will be along soon, god only knows what the comments will be then.
 
I think Brennan Johnson is an identikit Spurs type of player - lots of youtube clips - though even more not highlighted.. the times i've seen him play his decision making, esp, in the box seems to centre around: him & not the benefit of the team.

He loves an extra touch, step over feint or shot from impossible angle.. lots of ability but questionable team play, maybe at Spurs he won't be the biggest fish & that may bring the best out of him, for the team..
 
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