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Let's say we get him for £100k basic / week on a 4 year deal. That's £21m outlay before bonuses over 4 years, plus £5m = £26m. There's no re-sale value after 4 years, either.
Good player, and would be happy if we signed him, but a bargain he isn't.
I REALLY don't think you can evaluate the value of players in that way. 5 million is a complete bargain for Ade based on what we could realistically sell him for in a years time, remember what we sold crouch for. Wages have to be kept separate all together imo, it's more a maintenance cost rather than the cost of purchasing an asset if that analogy makes it any more sense? And even if you do take wages into account, he's not going to be that much more over four years than say an Andy Carroll.... He has to be considered a bargain at 5 million... Has to be.