It doesn;t have to be an either/or. Sometimes we will be able to produce our own and

other times we may have to spend a bit but provided its the right player, young and with likely re-sale value then spending is not always that big a risk.

Maddison is perhaps a good example of this. We spent quite a lot on him really for the age he was when we got him. the £3/4m we spent on him is probably about the equivalent of £10m in today's inflated transfer market. But it was seen as an investment.

If we are lucky we will have players coming through in the right positions. Idah may be the next and may save us spending a fortune on a striker but to be frank i'm not sure who else we have coming through who is likely to break into the first team in the next two or three seasons if we remain in the prem, so we may have to buy and yes I hope we can pick up some cheap bargains from abroad but I don't understand this mindset that we should never consider spending big occasionally on the right player. We will make life very hard for ourselves if we set some sort of cap of £5m on transfer fees.

Posted By: Jim on June 4th 2019 at 13:41:48

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Pinkun saying if Mads goes for £60m and we get the 15% (NCFC) - ingi, Jun 4, 07:38:51
- Mathematics (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, Jun 4, 10:09:29
  - Doubt it (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 4, 11:14:20
  - What a sell-on sell-on? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jun 4, 10:56:38
    - I thought that was common place (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jun 4, 13:17:03
- Which is why now we have staved off our immediate cash worries we must get top money (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 4, 09:27:34
  - They're only worth 4 or 5 times as much if you don't get relegated (like Leicester) (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 4, 14:37:32
  - Jim, you are a star (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jun 4, 11:13:23
    - I would assume though that the current regime would be heavily focussed on (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 4, 12:45:09
      - re: Wolswinkle. The prime example of how Hughton was a terrible manager recruitment wise (n/m) (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Jun 4, 14:00:27
        
        and I don't lay the blame totally at wolfys door (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Jun 4, 14:05:23
        
        Don;t disagree, nor was Hooper really. That said in Hughton's defence there were (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 4, 14:34:44
        
        Should have bought Charlie Austin (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 4, 14:38:50
      - You buy expensive players when you don't have the ability to produce your own (NCFC) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jun 4, 13:16:45
        
        It doesn;t have to be an either/or. Sometimes we will be able to produce our own and (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 4, 13:41:48
        
        It's easier to increase/inflate the value of a player bought for less than 5m (NCFC) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jun 4, 14:54:29
        
        Pritchard we got for 9m and sold for 12m (NCFC) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jun 4, 14:59:15
        
        I don;t think we disagree fundamentally (NCFC) - Jim, Jun 4, 16:18:14
  - The issue with buying players at that level is the ... (NCFC) - loz, Jun 4, 10:32:01
  - That 'right player' bit is the tricky bit... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 4, 09:56:24
    - Pfft (NCFC) - CWC, Jun 4, 09:59:05
      - Can you imagine? (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 4, 10:54:08
        
        You can sit next to Yurik Hunt (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jun 4, 11:09:33
  - If money was no issue then I'm sure we would... (n/m) (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, Jun 4, 09:53:42
- ridiculous money (NCFC) - Tombs, Jun 4, 08:19:25
  - English player tax (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Jun 4, 08:56:52
- 15% of 35-40m profit (n/m) (NCFC) - jAC, Jun 4, 07:40:41

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