Dan_FC wrote:
Why should Jagielka leave for less than £15m? If others clubs are over pricing their players then we can too. He's better than Cahill and Bolton want around £17m for him. Jags has always been very hit and miss at times for me, he's a good defender as you say reads the game well, he's quick and quite strong too but he has his lapses at times as well. He is good in the air though, doesn't dominate and has a big tendancy to let a high or long ball drift over him instead of dealing with it in the air, that's cost us a few times, if they come back around £18m it might be worth thinking about.
Cahill's 3/4 years younger than Jagielka, and, whilst Jagielka is better now, Cahill has more potential, for me.
£15m is overpricing a player, think about it, he's 29 and he's never played in the tampons league. You've got to remember, Jagielka is a centre half, their prices are always generally cheaper than attacking players, don't ask why, it's just the way it is. Realistically, Jagielka isn't worth over £10m, so asking for just under £15m is an inflated price IMO. Jagielka's price will only go down as father time catches up on him. Moyes has to be sensible and realize he could probably find another good defender (when you take his record with defenders into account) for a much cheaper price.
Everton have to be realistic about their plans. They're a club that rely solely on transfer income, if they're getting £15m for a player who's 30 in a year, then they have to ask themselves if they'll get any more than that or if it's time to cash in.
