Nothing can guarantee you a sure thing. Not even 100m.
Going for players you rate after Tottenham gets them for 12m ain't a good way to tackle the issue. You're only going to pay a hefty premium for very little gain.
He was signed by Spurs in summer 2023 with less than 600 minutes in first team football at Croatia. You think at the time it is normal for Barca to splash that money on such a CB prospect?
There is a price for being proven, and it changes by how much you have proved yourself. This is just the facts of the market. 12M for a 16 years old CB in Croatia who barely played is insane price.
It is not really true that you risk losing money on bigger talents and young defenders rated at 10-15m. Only if you are piss poor and sign total bums. The vast majority of defenders we signed at that price point in the last decade or so got sold for decent or in some cases good profits. Defenders like Mina, Digne, Todibo, Emerson Royal, we made 30-35m profit in total on those deals.
Mina was 23, and was already a starter and ine of the best defenders in both Brazil and Columbia.
Digne was 23, had played over 100 games in France and over 40 in Italy.
Todibo was starter in French league, was signed for 1M
Emerson was 20 and we had over 30 games in Brazil
Todibo was 19
In what way are those comparable? And mind you the difference in situation. We can't afford the risk atm, the cost isn't only how we lose in sale, but how it affects reinforcement of the first team.
Barca seems to switch attention to new markets, African, Scandinavian and Turkey in particular, aling with Spain too. Those are easier to get cheaper and goid prospects
with our system is like pouring gasoline to stop a fire, man is a premiere clown in defense, might as well consider him a back-up winger. We must be truly clueless if these rumors are anywhere near close to being true. Cancelo, Vlahovic, jesus christ.
