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Originally Posted by PaddyBerger15
Neither do I Zig, in fact the words I'd use would be 'cost a fucking fortune'. We were in for him when he left Watford, but we baulked at the 9m Villa paid...given the crazy world we live in where a players valuation goes up by a million just for being on the telly with their laces done up properly, then why would Villa sell for under 15m? Why would Villa sell at all? They aren't impoverished and O'Neill is doing a grand job, Lerner will back him with proper dough in the Summer.
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I'd pay £15m for him, which I think is reasonable when you think of the price some of the other players mentioned would go for.
Bentley, it seems, would cost £15m.
Ben Arfa, what £20m?
Ribery, £20-£25m?
I think Young has got everything we are looking for. He's young, has pace, creates goals, scores a few (used to be a striker), and is already proven/proving in the Premiership.
We may have baulked at the price before but then he was coming from Watford and was a bigger risk.
Villa would absolutely not want to sell, but if we put in a serious offer the lad himself might be tempted enough to put his foot down.