Just for those that say I never rate British players, Grimes is one of the few that makes sense to me, particularly for our 4-2-3-1 or if we ever played 4-4-2. Got a decent shot on him at times, good tackler, strong player all round and is hard to play against.
The two big concerns are his price and whether Doug is interested in buying players that have little sell-on value. According to transfermarket he’s €7 mil, which is ridiculous tbh, if we could get him for around £3 mil then fair enough but not at approximately £6 mil. Also he’ll be 30-31 by the end of the contract (depending on the length of the contract), he’s not going to be worth much at all after that, so although we need experience it’s whether Doug wants to buy that sort of player? Though with his experience, I do think he’d be an upgrade on Eccles, or at least a backup for Sheaf?