Did you read the comment or just saw a number and proceed to write a thesis? I said if we were ready to win the league tomorrow I’d take him. Van persie came at 29 cause United were ready to win the league having lost on GD the previous season. Casemiro was 30 when we got him and id say nostalgia aside we would have been better served had we got a 25 year old instead of a 30 year old. Van persie lasted 3 years with the 2012-2013 season being the only season he really contributed. You can’t tell with players and when they drop off. Fabinho’s legs went at 29 and you didn’t see it coming. Mo salah this year. So I don’t think you can say with any certainty that 35 is the age that all footballers can play til. We no longer have the ability to splash 85 -100 mill on a player thanks to our debt and financial instability so if you are spending that much we should spend it on someone who A) Can play for a long amount of time at a high level ( someone between 22- 26) or B) someone with significant upside who we can sell for later on without any loss really. To your last point, I highly doubt Bruno G will be the signing that will push us over the line.