It's a balance (think you know)
- Bergvall, Vuskovich are probably the ideal type of speculative youth buy
- But you have to push out sometimes, Tel may not seem that far along, but he has played two and a half seasons for Bayern, 60 appearances with 12 goals for a 19 year old wide forward, plus 16 CL appearances. He's a lot closer to certainty than you are giving him credit for.
For comparison, Lamine Yamal who I would say anyone would likely rate as a $100M player
- Is 19 years old
- In his 3rd season for Barca
- Has 66 league appearances with 11 goals and 21 CL appearances
Tel was rusty coming in, adapting to the PL in a struggling side but the data says this is a smart gamble.
Where we would fudge up is if we paid him wages that made it impossible to offload if in the long run it doesn't work out.