The only reason why the US doesn’t win every World Cup is because our best athletes choose football, baseball, basketball, and hockey over soccer
It’s like we are sending our 5th string up against everyone else’s best
Spent £160m on Antony and Sancho but expect to get other clubs best players for a fraction of the price, as if they aren't the most responsible for inflating transfer values.
All this talk around Matty is so funny considering how much of the same stuff was said about Rice, who is now one of the elite midfielders in the world and one of the best players in the toughest league in the world.
This Matheus Fernandes discussion is exposing how football fans completely lose their heads over hype.
£85m?
For what exactly?
No seriously.
What are we actually paying for here?
Two Premier League seasons.
Two relegations.
And somehow people are screaming “EPL proven.”
Proven at what?
Getting relegated?
Because if we are being brutally honest, there is not a single elite club on earth spending £85m on a midfielder whose biggest achievement is “he looked good while his team sank twice.”
The Vitinha comparisons are honestly insulting.
Vitinha was technically superior, smarter, more polished, more complete — and PSG got him for around £35m.
Thirty five.
Not eighty five.
So please explain the math.
Not emotions.
Math.
What exactly makes Matheus Fernandes worth over double the price?
And don’t give me “potential.”
Football is full of graves built on potential.
United alone have donated hundreds of millions chasing “the next big thing.”
Sancho.
Antony.
Højlund.
Every single time fans convince themselves:
“This one is different.”
Until reality hits.
Here is the uncomfortable truth people are avoiding:
Matheus Fernandes is not special.
Talented? Yes.
Special? No.
There is nothing he does that football has never seen before.
Nothing revolutionary.
Nothing worth £85m.
He is not prime Modrić.
Not Pedri.
Not Rodri.
Not even close.
He is a good young midfielder with hype inflated by social media clips and desperation in the market.
That’s it.
And please stop pretending £85m is normal money.
£85m buys world-class players.
Champions League players.
League-winning players.
Players who dominate Europe.
Not a back-to-back relegated midfielder heading into the Championship.
At some point clubs need to stop paying for fantasy and start paying for certainty.
Because if this kid is genuinely worth £85m, then football has completely lost its mind.
Graham Potter gutted this squad and stripped it of all the leaders and anyone with any fight.
Coufal, Emerson, Cresswell, Alvarez just to name a few - people who would die for the club.
So glad Vlad is doing great in Germany, he deserves it.
1 point since Jan with anything else than 442, 7pts in 3 games to then switch to a 3 at the back and lose 3/3.
Nuno just falling apart at the crucial time.