Is this guy for real??

Either way you slice it. As would be Prem players, you're taking a gamble. It works both ways.

Ince looks a more rounded player to Zaha for me, but is a little older and more experiened., so you'd expect that.

I think 15 mil for Zaha (more after appearances, apparently) is a bit much, but Utd can take that gamble.

Ince was linked with Liverpool (who sold him initially) and Blackpool are bracing themselves for inevitable bids this summer. If they get half of 25 mil they'll be doing well.

But it all boils down to the 'young, potentially good & English' tag, which means pretty much as a rule, you end up paying over the odds.

You can't judge one player's worth compared to another.

If football worked like that......any decent striker would be worth more than £35m because Liverpool paid that for Andy Carroll or any world class one would be worth £50m or more because that's what Chelsea paid for Torres.

Each deal is individual and lots of factors are taken into consideration, age, contract, Importance to club, potential etc.

Judging them compared to another player is just daft.

ince > zaha

Ince>Torres

United > Liverpool.

Ince is only 10 months older than Zaha.

Not exactly a big difference.

Ince has fewer career appearances, 86 to Zaha's 135.

And Ince has scored almost twice as many goals in those 50 fewer games.

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comment by Stretford_Ender85 (U10955)
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United > Liverpool.

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Congratulations, it's rare that get both a statement of the blindingly obvious and a childish comment encapsulated in so few words.

ince has been on the case since his son since he was 14, he's not at blackpool other than to get him a move.

he's talking him up cos the kids done nothing since january

He's got a point. Man Utd have ridiculously inflated the market for young wingers because of how stupidly they spent on zaha, who's not even worth half of what they paid.

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I'm sorry but to claim it is purely United who are inflating the market is ludicrous. Before Zaha, we bought Young for 17m or so, whereas you spent 17-20m on Downing, and we all know what even your own fans think of Downing.

Prior to Young I don't remember the last English winger we signed...

If anything Liverpool have done more to inflate the transfer market in recent years than United with the likes of Henderson, Downing, Carroll and Allen.