FMBlade1 can you please stop bringing Vardy, Kanté and Mahrez up as a reason to criticise our transfer dealings?
Vardy: signed by Championship Leicester for £1m from Conference winners Fleetwood. That was in 2012 so 9 years ago. The closest recent example I can think of is Ivan Toney moving from Peterborough to Brentford for 10x the fee.
Kanté: signed for £5.6m in 2015 (6 years ago - when we were busy losing to Swindon in the play offs). 6 years ago.
Mahrez: signed for £600k halfway through Leicester's Championship promotion season. That's January 2014 so 7 years ago.
It's also worth pointing out that the latter two were identified by 'super scout' Steve Walsh who moved from Leicester to Everton. He was behind the £150m wasted on Davy Klaassen (€25m), Morgan Schneiderlin (£20m), Yannick Bolasie (£25m), Sandro (€6m), Sigurdsson (£45m), Nikola Vlasic (£10m) and Jordan Pickford (£30m). If picking up gems for low fees is so easy then why could the man who did it at Leicester not do it at Everton?
Our signings haven't been great but the fees from half a decade ago - or more - aren't a realistic base for criticism.