‘Absolute bargain’ – Kalvin Phillips blown away by recent Leeds transfer
Kalvin Phillips has heaped praise on Helder Costa after the newly-acquired Leeds United winger ran the show against Stoke on Thursday night.
Costa, 26, had his permanent move from Wolves to Leeds rubbers-stamped earlier this week for a widely-reported fee of £15million.
The Portuguese winger celebrated the deal by scoring and assisting as the Whites hammered Stoke 5-0 at Elland Road.
After the match, Costa took to his personal Instagram account to hail a “very good performance” by himself and his team-mates.
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A number of players and fans responded in the comments of Costa’s post and one of them was midfielder Phillips.
Even though that £15million fee for Costa seemed a bit steep, Phillips believes that the 26-year-old is a steal for the Yorkshire giants.
“Nah, you’re too sick,” Phillips wrote. “Absolute bargain we’ve just got.”
It is unlike Leeds, or any club, to spend £15million when they’re still in the Championship.
No matter what happened to the Whites this season, they had to pay that to Wolves as an obligation-to-buy was agreed when the loan deal was struck last summer.
If Leeds were nowhere near promotion, that would have been a huge issue because of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy and that clubs very rarely spend over £10million on players in the Championship, let alone £15million.
Is Costa worth that much?
If he plays like he did against Stoke in every game then yes, he’s worth double that.
But we haven’t seen enough of those performances by the former Wolves attacker this season and that has led to some concerns among fans.
We’ll see if he improves under Marcelo Bielsa over the summer.
Remember, Jack Harrison wasn’t amazing in his debut season at Elland Road but he’s a played of the year contender now.
An extra year with the Leeds boss could help out massively.
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