raskolnikov
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Yeah, obviously a player coming from the eredivisie isnt a barca starter to begin with but sometimes the talent is obviously there and its so low risk high potential reward that its worth the gamble. As Milan did in the past if you can get a quality player for free or very low fee its worth it imo.He wasnt at Barca level at that point and a lot of them get talked about as being Barca level.
Vertonghen is another one that is a good enough player but nothing amazing.
Take fir example affelay. We brought him for 3m in the winter a d the only great thing he has done was that Messi assist but it was stilla good transfer since he was one of the best players in the league and was young with potential. Unfortunately he never became great but it seemed like a good transfer at the time. On the flipside a guy like Arda was a bad transfer from the start.
Looking at the present a transfer like goretzka for free or Özil for 20m when he jeeps the wages realistic is a solid 3 year creativity boost to help us challange for cl. If it was up to me I would get him and Alexis for a 50m package deal.
Another possibility is these first dibs clauses like we had with Saul and that guy from Santos. If we could get one of those with de ligt it would be great. He is 18 and needs to develop more at Ajax for atleast 3 more years. If we get him now it would be 40+ mil and he might drown in barca b which seems like a waste.
Another Ajax gem is Dolberg by the way, struggling at the moment but has the porential to be a barca starter one day imo.
Only reason im not a fan of these buy + loan chelsea type transfers is vecause I think it will further ruin smaller clubs and competitiond making the gap bigger (eventhough European super league already seems inevitable).