Orta's best bargain?

[YorkshireSquare]

Criticised for his rather scattergun appraoch to recruitment in the early days, now the club is an attractive prospect again Victor Orta has really come into his own. But which is his best bargain so far?

Raphinha £18m
Koch £12m
Meslier £5m
Llorente £18m
Harrison £11m
Firpo £13m
Bamford £7m
Klich £1.5 m

[1964white]

Now that's a question & a half Adam.

[Smudge3920]

Criticised for his rather scattergun appraoch to recruitment in the early days, now the club is an attractive prospect again Victor Orta has really come into his own. But which is his best bargain so far?

Raphinha £18m... 2nd
Koch £12m......... 6th
Meslier £5m....... 1st
Llorente £18m.... 5th
Harrison £11m.... 7th
Firpo £13m........ Remains to be seen
Bamford £7m..... 3rd
Klich £1.5 m...... 4th

Great question. Very tough to grade such talent, all good deals considering what we paid for them.

[1964white]

Great question. Very tough to grade such talent, all good deals considering what we paid for them.

Agree all bargains

[Cjay]

Raph- £100mil player imo.

Klich- A bargain and one of our most important players for many years

Meslier- A bargain with great potential.

Bamford- Has his issues but when you look at what other clubs have spent on players like Brewster Bamford is a bargain.

Llorente- Best defender we have had since Rio, Woody

Harrison- Improved muchly but we have spent over £20mil on him with wages and loan fees. Still a bargain but definitely most expensive player here.

Koch- had his moments, more to come i hope

[Gandalf]

Raph- £100mil player imo.

Klich- A bargain and one of our most important players for many years

Meslier- A bargain with great potential.

Bamford- Has his issues but when you look at what other clubs have spent on players like Brewster Bamford is a bargain.

Llorente- Best defender we have had since Rio, Woody

Harrison- Improved muchly but we have spent over £20mil on him with wages and loan fees. Still a bargain but definitely most expensive player here.

Koch- had his moments, more to come i hope

Surprised that you didn't mention Alioski.

[Chilli D]

I think it will turn out to be Meslier based on how young he is and how much he cost.

[The Subhuman]

Pound for pound, has to be Klich.

[YorkshireSquare]

Pound for pound, has to be Klich.

Difficult looking past Klich at such a low fee, 142 games, 21 goals

[danhirons]

Meslier for me

Future world class player

[Ratscoot]

Klich what a bargain especially as we also nearly let him go

Future will be Spiderboy if he continues developing at this rate he’s going to be absolutely world class

[Cjay]

Surprised that you didn't mention Alioski.

Wouldn't be fair to include Ali in a list containing mere mortals

[mothbanquet]

Meslier for me but it's a tough pick and couldn't argue anyone else's.

I still maintain that the Prem is much more Orta's 'level', or seems to be where his contacts are most useful.

[WestgateRun]

Raphinha -- Has only played 25 games in the Premier League. But LUFC could sell him right now, if they wanted, for a massive profit. And that's in a depressed post-COVID transfer market.

[John in Louisiana]

Don't know what they're paying Bielsa, but he's the best bargain ever. Each of these players is worth at least double what he would have been had Bielsa not arrived.

[whiteroseboy]

Can make a argument for all of them, looking what strikers cost I'll give a shout for Paddy.

[Norm]

I'm with JIL - Bielsa is the bargain and the catalyst. Long may he be with us - he seems to love us and we are so lucky.
Mere mortals, I think Klich and Meslier.

[1964white]

I'm with JIL - Bielsa is the bargain and the catalyst. Long may he be with us - he seems to love us and we are so lucky.
Mere mortals, I think Klich and Meslier.

Without Bielsa we'd still be in the Championship, maybe League 1

[Mountain]

I think Meslier and Bamford have been the absolute steals for different reasons. One could go on to be the best in the world, the other cost pittance in a role where clubs think nothing of spending tens of millions on scorers that flop.

[weasel]

Surprised Pascal Strujik isn't on the list of bargains - what did he cost £500k at most.