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Lets just give Jordan a chance lets face it he cant be any worse than aqua in his first season. Hes a young kid and 16 mil is a gamble but for so long weve bought 2 or 3 players that combined cost 16 mill and have been utter pish. Give the lad a chance.

Bent went for £24m because he’s a striker with a track record of consistently scoring in the Premiership and mostly with clubs in the middle of the table.

Strikers cost more and whilst in terms of talent Darren Bent isn’t worth £24m, his scoring record at this leve; justifies that fee.

In contrast Henderson has had one season – a season which started well but ended horrifically, capped off with a lamentable display at the U21 tournament. What makes it more surprising is that I don’t see a starting place for Henderson in the current first team and IMO regardless of player inflation, when you pay in the region of £16-20M you want proven talent in am atrea that needs strengthening. The purchase of Henderson doesn’t fit that citeria

It’s hard to make a case for Downing costing £20m BUT he has proved himself to be a pretty decent winger at Villa and plays in a position that we need to strengthen. And also when you consider that he completed the most successful crosses last season, which a big target men like Carrol and even Kuyt would thrive off, you can see why the ckub are willing to cough up £20m

Personally I would have rather tried to get N’Zogbia for half that amount but Downing is probably a safer overall option

I’m surprised we got Adam for £7m, given that we came close to coughing up almost twice that much during the January transfer window

Jim, facts wrong again. last season was his second full season in the prem and you keep judging him on the u21 tournament where the whole group of players were terrible.

when UTD paid 36mil for Nani and Anderson everyone raved about there transfer policy and yet neither has really succeded in the 3/4 seasons they have been there.