This was the first full game I have ever seen from Sessegnon so I´m not going to pass much of a judgement. C. Ronaldo was just crap in a CL final - it happens, but boy has Sessegnon a lot to learn. I guess he shows his talent before the goal - great awareness and a brilliantly weighted pass (few young players are capable of making that pass with such an ease). But he also showed a lack of understanding on how to get involved in the game. I don´t know how many times he just killed the space in front of him by timing his runs wrongly. He reminded me of Lennon - an absolute master in the art of destroying space for himself.
I am not a big fan of huge fees for teenagers. I remember when Spurs were chasing Wright-Phillips (even if he wasn´t a teenager). He was the player we needed at that time. We ended up with Lennon for 1/24 of the price - and we got the better player. Renato Sanches was the guy - I rather have Dele Alli (these examples are obviously heavily influenced by confirmation bias - point is that development is very very uncertain - you just don´t get good value for money on average with the most sought after talents). That doesn´t mean you can´t occasionally buy big, even older expensive players fail of course, but I can understand Levy being hesitant if we are talking 40m+. Of course RS might very well become world class - not going to say he couldn´t based on one full game.
And I am a "pragmatic". I would pay a lot for de Ligt.
Still pleased if we get him. And I don´t think Fulham getting promoted changes things too much. If he is bought he should probably be loaned back to them anyway (again - only one full match - so that is more a gut feeling than any proper analysis from my side).
I am not a big fan of huge fees for teenagers. I remember when Spurs were chasing Wright-Phillips (even if he wasn´t a teenager). He was the player we needed at that time. We ended up with Lennon for 1/24 of the price - and we got the better player. Renato Sanches was the guy - I rather have Dele Alli (these examples are obviously heavily influenced by confirmation bias - point is that development is very very uncertain - you just don´t get good value for money on average with the most sought after talents). That doesn´t mean you can´t occasionally buy big, even older expensive players fail of course, but I can understand Levy being hesitant if we are talking 40m+. Of course RS might very well become world class - not going to say he couldn´t based on one full game.
And I am a "pragmatic". I would pay a lot for de Ligt.
Still pleased if we get him. And I don´t think Fulham getting promoted changes things too much. If he is bought he should probably be loaned back to them anyway (again - only one full match - so that is more a gut feeling than any proper analysis from my side).
