1st of all, Torres' and Carroll's price tags are irrelevant to this case or any other case. Why? Because only Roman and no one else put that price tag on Torres, and respectively, Liverpool paid that money for Carroll. We all know that Torres isnt worth that money. I'd say probably, Modric is worth no more than £35mil. Still think Sneijder is better than Modric, although I havent seen much of him this season (rarely watch Serie A). Modric is a good player, dont get me wrong, but £40mil is too much, BUT if we do pay that money, I wouldnt be disappointed too much, because we need a playmaker BADLY.
well, there is no one like Scholes and Xavi.
No, no, no. No player 'isn't worth' their transfer fee: their fee is dictated by the market. Simple economics. Players are bought for how much they are worth, as defined by the market, and thus nobody is worth more or less than they should be. Supply for world-class forwards (and in this case, Prem experienced ones coming into their prime) is incredibly short, whereas demand is incredibly high. Thus, the transfer fee was astronomical. Likewise, the demand for a Prem proven playmaker coming into his prime that can play a number of positions and dictate a game like few in the game can is huge. The supply? Limited to just Modric. Thus, he'll be worth absolute fucktons.
Sneijder's a completely different player to Modric. He plays high up, behind the striker, much like Mata does. He doesn't set the tempo of the side, he's the one making the final pass, assisting the goal. Besides, he's relatively good but nothing special this season.
Modric is special, and there's no other player available who can play like he can. Nuri Sahin, Ever Banega... acceptable targets, good targets, but neither can replicate Modric to the standard he plays.
I posted on here last week that if we want to play this 4-2-3-1 formation then we need this Modric type player and we do have one on the books but he is currently getting splinters in his **** at Swansea.
Well quite. I could see the rationale behind loaning him to the Swans, but it didn't work out. Hopefully he gets some chances for Chelsea next season. If he develops quickly enough, you might just save yourself £40 million.
McEachran is way way off Modric's standard, literally miles. Sigurdsson is better than him at Swansea.
Sigurdsson is completely different as a player. Totally moot point. Not to mention that he's 22, and thus far ahead of McEachran in his development.
Out of everyone who Chelsea have let go prematurely i.e Stoch, Tore, Borini etc if we don't give McEachran a real chance this will really **** me off more than any of the other.
Gokhan Tore was a massive loss. He's ripping holes in the Bundesliga; more successful dribbles than any other player. That's including the likes of Ribery, Robben, Gotze, Draxler and so on and so forth. Still, tricky wingers are relatively easy to find, whereas midfield artists of McEachran's potential ability...? I think I have to agree with you.