Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
it's not crazy, it's an entirely valid approach, plenty of other clubs do it.
Hasnt worked out for us yet, but that doesn't mean it won't.

Tsunoda has done very well in his 2 spells in Belgium, if he hadn't have been injured in-between he'd probably have been in the first team by now, or sold at a profit.

Simic didn't work out in Belgium, again hampered by injury, but if he does well on this loan we can either flip him at a profit or have a new striker waiting in the wings.
The loan includes an obligation to buy so it’s unlikely to turn a profit as how he does this season is largely irrelevant. We may have put down caveats on the fee depending on how he does this season but this is Cardiff City so I’d guess thats was most unlikely. After the season he had last year it’s more likely to be another loss.

You’re talking like we are a premier league club with cash to burn and can just make signings with no intention of using them in our first team in the hope they will come good in the future and turn a profit.

We are a club that’s making losses year on year, who don’t spend a lot on transfer fees and so if we are going to be making 7 figure sum signings I don’t think it’s unfair for fans to expect these players to be ready for our first team, not some fanciful “investment” hope that we bugger off to Belgium and we keep burning our fingers on time and time again,