What do people think of this guy? Undoubtedly a good young player with plenty of potential but whenever I've watched him play I haven't thought to myself that's a player that a club should be paying £100 million + for.
Admittedly I haven't watched him play as much as others, especially in the Bundesliga and it's very difficult to truly gauge a player from YouTube videos clips, as I'm sure we all know by now.
Personally I'm not sure that Sancho is better than what we currently have at the club, certainly in terms of potential. Is Sancho going to be a better player than Hudson-Odoi will be ? I'm really not sure about that at all even if current hype would suggest that Sancho will be the better one.
I still think that Hudson-Odoi has huge potential and as long as he stays relatively injury-free we're going to see a lot more from him in the coming seasons. And if we already have Hudson-Odoi is it really necessary to splurge over £100 million on Sancho ?
There have been accusations that Sancho hasn't performed quite as well against the very top teams which in itself could also be an indicator that he's not quite as good as many people think/hope. Admittedly slightly harsh on a 19 year old but he is going to cost around £100 million for a club to acquire his services so for that money you'd certainly want a player who does perform in the big games.
Signing Sancho does seem like a fairly popular idea among Chelsea fans I've noticed. I'm yet to be convinced it's a good idea though and as things stand would rather that £100-120 million is spent elsewhere.
Jaden Sancho
posted on 16/1/20
comment by Mons (U21799)
posted 19 hours, 55 minutes ago
we are below Tottenham in terms of revenues etc so signings like Sancho are a thing of the past
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you lost me at "we are below Tottenham"
posted on 16/1/20
“The next rooney”
posted on 16/1/20
What’s funny? Generational English talent. Players like them don’t come along very often.
posted on 16/1/20
The £100m is easily justified for someone his age who is out-assisting everyone else in the Bundesliga and is now becoming a regular goalscorer.
posted on 17/1/20
Not sure it's easily justified at all. For all anyone knows he's just a flash in the pan player. We've seen this before with kids who burst onto the scene looking great but then ulitmately disappear over time.
Not saying Sancho is a flash in the pan but you never know at his age. There are no guarantees. He'd need to produce at this level for a longer period of time than he has before I'm comfortable with my club paying anywhere near £100 million for him.
Also there are no guarantees that he can translate that Bundesliga form to the PL which is a tougher league with many more stronger sides.
posted on 17/1/20
Not many kids burst onto the seen at his age, playing at that level, very often. Let alone ones that then disappear.
I understand your reluctance to wanting to spend such money on him. But I think he’s pretty much as sure a thing as you can get that he’ll be a top player.
This was clear to everyone that had spotted Sancho at youth level. He was always rated as a generational talent by the national and club coaches. This has now translated to senior football - albeit in Germany.
posted on 17/1/20
comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 43 minutes ago
Not sure it's easily justified at all. For all anyone knows he's just a flash in the pan player. We've seen this before with kids who burst onto the scene looking great but then ulitmately disappear over time.
Not saying Sancho is a flash in the pan but you never know at his age. There are no guarantees. He'd need to produce at this level for a longer period of time than he has before I'm comfortable with my club paying anywhere near £100 million for him.
Also there are no guarantees that he can translate that Bundesliga form to the PL which is a tougher league with many more stronger sides.
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Of course it's justified in this day and age where that sort of money gets thrown about more frequently. There's huge potential there. At the moment he's basically started doing what Sterling started doing for City at age 22, only he's 19 and doing it in a foreign top league, which shows another level of maturity and a sign to me that he isn't just a flash in the pan, since he cared enough about playing to want to move abroad in the first place.
Should he stay fit and hungry he'll go on to be one of the best players in the world.
posted on 17/1/20
To labour the point I made earlier, whether you think he'll succeed or not it's a risk that many big clubs would see as absolutely worth it.
Take an example:
Renato Sanches was seen as an exceptional talent and signed for Bayern for (a reported) 35m euros with a lot of add ons that would take it to 80m euros. So if we assume a valuation, which was actually reported widely at the time, of 65m euros it wouldn't be wildly out.
He flopped at Bayern, completely flopped. He was sold to Lille in the summer for circa 32.5m euros (£27.5m - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49455108).
So Bayern more or less made their money back on him (wouldn't have triggered add ons) despite the failure or, if we accept his true value was 65m euros, they got back 50% of value at the time of purchase.
I would argue it's unlikely Sancho would fair as badly as Sanches did but in that worst case scenario would a top EPL risk 50% purchase price for a potential decade of exceptional ability? I think most, if not all, would.
posted on 17/1/20
comment by Naby8 (U6997)
posted 5 hours, 1 minute ago
To labour the point I made earlier, whether you think he'll succeed or not it's a risk that many big clubs would see as absolutely worth it.
Take an example:
Renato Sanches was seen as an exceptional talent and signed for Bayern for (a reported) 35m euros with a lot of add ons that would take it to 80m euros. So if we assume a valuation, which was actually reported widely at the time, of 65m euros it wouldn't be wildly out.
He flopped at Bayern, completely flopped. He was sold to Lille in the summer for circa 32.5m euros (£27.5m - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49455108).
So Bayern more or less made their money back on him (wouldn't have triggered add ons) despite the failure or, if we accept his true value was 65m euros, they got back 50% of value at the time of purchase.
I would argue it's unlikely Sancho would fair as badly as Sanches did but in that worst case scenario would a top EPL risk 50% purchase price for a potential decade of exceptional ability? I think most, if not all, would.
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Sancho could sell 5 mill+ quid in shirts alone I think, per season. I think you'll start to see sponsors like Nike and adidas start contributing to gets their stars to afilliated clubs. Most clubs get a fixed amount for shirts etc but I can see why it'd make commercial sense for Adidas/Nike (whoever sponsors him) to chip in towards the fee
posted on 17/1/20
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