as is whatever the heck we played for niang who had barely played more than a couple caps and was 17, or same for mastour or calvano or others.
My point is kojak's argument is stupid.
They were all very good for their age, but you can't predict future. Ex A: Calvano was rated by sacchi as best u18 italian talent and a sure star. 2 serious knee injuries later (bad luck) who knows where he goes?
Mastour looks very impressive for his age, but who knows if other kids catch up to him etc.
Same could be said for niang, so writing him off as a sham is stupid, he's young he's figuring it out.
I agree with his "stupid argument".
The thing is that the 'highly rated youngsters' are also co$tly
I'm sure the vast majority of us, if we're honest knew nothing about Niang.....however we all knew who Neymar was at his age. And generally speaking that's how it goes with young talents....the same way it goes for
any player. You get what you play for. Whether or not they will be successful is another issue entirely.
What costs clubs are what qualities a player has or the qualities the player shows the potential to develop. Sure a lot of Lulinhas, Kerlons, Andersons, Quaresma's end up not being worth the investment....but then again NO investment is risk free. As with any investment, it's better to invest in the players who show the promise of succeeding than those who don't.
Kojack's point is that he hasn't seen anything from Niang to suggest that he will be anything special and I can certainly see his POV. Niang has to improve practically on EVERYTHING to become a player of note, let alone a superstar.
Personally this is not how I think because I believe that he has the ambition and will to succeed. I see in him a fair bit of pace and possibly dribbling technique. However his shooting is off, as is his passing AND his composure. He looks NOTHING like a young Pato/Balotelli and hence it makes fucking sense that he costs nothing.
The fact that he came for nothing...and could be sold later for a couple million is entirely inconsequential and given the costs we spend on grooming a kid like him....I'm not even sure if we even make anything worth talking about.
Comparing fee for 12yo Messi 14 years ago to a couple mil for Niang/Vergara when other quality players their age sell for tens of millions.
that you generally have to pay for higher quality...but not to them. Sure there are often the bargain buys, the steals of a deal and "bang for your buck" buys....but more often than not to get for quality you have to pay for it.
Thanks for enlightening me. Thought these 2 muppets were trolling hard, guess I was wrong. Difficult to believe some people ARE actually that stupid.
