Nearly spat my cornflakes out at breakfast this morning, as i saw this going across the bottom of the Sky Sports screen, don't know if this is just agents hype / chatter , but Birmingham City have reportedly receved a 30 Million bid for Jude Bellingham , their 16 year old wonder kid.
I looked up his stats on BBC Sport , he's scored 4 goals and 1 assist this season.
Obviously if he's going to be good in the future , he could be the next Wayne Rooney , and its probably based on appearances / performance, but 30 million for a Championship kid, have we got anyone in the academy who we could flog for a huge sum, and bingo theres your transfer budget!
Also will this wipe out Birmingham's FFP problems?
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£30m for a player that clearly has the potential to be an England international in a couple of years, and possible mainstay in your midfield? Yes it's a big fee and risk, but I can see why it's a risk worth taking.
what we get for Gomez £3.5m
Lookman (although not a product) £10m
Scott Parker £10m in old money
come on Academy let’s produce a worldy and fund buying The Valley from Roland for this new mob
Why aren't we bidding for him?
Piss in the ocean for our lot.
Our academy consistently produces top talent so it's about time that clubs pay the going rate. £30m for Bellingham but just £3.5m for Gomez? Madness.
His affairs are looked after by his parents
Although unless there is a "biding war" I am sure Birmingham would actually take less, especially if the player, his agent or his dad (or mum) kick off.
Best forget about Maddison
Let's make some assumptions.
Its £30 million all in, up front (which it won't be). That's not a lot of cash for United and won't effect any other deals they want to do.
He will probably sign a 5 year contract, on similar terms, probably less than Greenwood. So, in the scheme of things, it won't have any real effect on thier wage bill.
Even if he doesn't play for United's first team for 2 years he will continue through the England age groups and continue to improve, not just as a player, as an asset.
A few sensible loans and they potentially have a more polished 19 year old than Gallagher was when he joined us.
Worst case (injury and illness would be insured) they could probably flog him to a Bournemouth for £20 odd million and never loose a night's sleep over £10 million and a few years wages.