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They spent similar on Soyuncu who played only the six games in his first season.
They spent 19m on Soyuncu. They spent 30m Fofana. Vastly different amounts.
Soyuncu signed in August and started to make the first team PL squad on the 22nd October. That match was against us he was on the bench. After that he goes on to make the bench not every single game but most of the games. He plays 6 PL games and 2 cup games but is clearly part of the first team squad within 6-8 weeks of arriving.
At the time Leciester had Maguire and Morgan with Jonny Evans as back up. Soyuncu was basically 4th choice centre back.
It didnt take Soyuncu a year in the under 23s to adapt to the demands of the PL. Saliba has come in touted as one of the best young centre backs in world football. And hes about our 9th choice centre half.
Whatever way you look at that its poor business for a team that desperately needs help and quality now to drop 30m on a player who seems still maybe another year or two away from being ready is poor. That 30m get Aouar over the line and we have a player to improve the first team now. Not when it's too late.