Aaron-Wan Bissaka joining Manchester United from Crystal Palace for £55 million ($70m) will be a fair deal, according to Palace legend, Neil Shipperley.
The Red Devils are edging closer to closing the deal for the England U21 international.
Wan-Bissaka is about to arrive and Neil Shipperley feels the move will favour all parties.
His words to Love Sport Radio, “I think it’s good business for a right-back that has made 42 appearances. It’s a great deal for the club. This is football at the moment.
“There’s not a bidding war for him. Manchester United are the club. No-one else is coming in for him so you’re not going to have this bidding war. I think £50m or £55m is a fair deal.
“The fans aren’t going to like this but what they’ve got to realise is that this kid could still be in the Under-23s. He only came on the scene because we had no-one else to play right-back. He came in and he has made that position his own.
“He’s a great player but at the end of the day, he’s a right-back. He’s not a centre midfielder or a centre forward like Wilf [Zaha]. He’s a right-back and I think we’ve got a replacement in Joel Ward, who is not as good as Bissaka but he can certainly play right-back and do a job.”
“Back in the day it was centre forwards [who went for big fees] because they were the ones that won you games. There was no talk of massive money for defenders and goalkeepers. It was really just strikers.
“As kids, you wanted to be a striker. But now you might as well go and play left-back and study that, make it your position because it’s not just about centre forwards anymore.”
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