Keita is not needed right now just like Verratti was not needed when we had the world class midfield that shortly disappeared after that. And Verratti is only in our wet dreams now. We can't spend big so we have to take the opportunity when it presents itself.
Verratti collapsed because of player exchanges and then Qatar stepped in, and he also wouldn't have exploded as quickly at Juve given our midfield. We can only stack so many players.
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Llorente to Chelsea for €16M....
Just goes to show how terrible a seller Beppe is
- Transfer values are far higher now
- Prem teams have money to throw around
- He's just come off a 15-goal league season
- He was allowed to go for free for personal reasons
- We signed him for free and he had a high salary to get off our books
- Yes we could have got a small fee for him, but buyer held all the cards given the above
So it doesn't show an awful lot really, it's the same as the Tevez deal.