100%.... 550k atleast, if we get him its a real star not just another reserve-grader..... he will be our equivalent of Bula or Faalogo, he has 5x the potential of Sloan.. hits everything with full intent, literally every time the ball in his hand things happen thru a combination of his step, speed, pull out of impact and his passing game.. sets up tries or creates his own... breaks tackles easily... and keeps pushing thru on almost every contact.. something Sloan never does.. Sloan relies on gliding into open space or being in support (again into empty space) as his main weapons... its nice.. but its not the full package.
Then there is toughness.. Talagi is 2 games in, 19yrs old and goes up for contested bombs and takes em.. today he copped a head knock 'while' taking a contested bomb.. and he still caught the damn thing and came down blood gushing out of his face... saints fans dont realise how powerful we will be with a guy who goes after every collision.
The cons are he will need a season to learn the basics in defence.. he goes in hard but he has some things to learn as you would expect in a 19yr old rookie... and its something Sloan has already gone through in his 3yrs of blooding.. but I dont think it will be too difficult to pick that side up.
That said (if we get him), it will still depend on who else we sign before 2025... as we may need him to play @ctr or 5/8 yet.. either way its a win, cause he will slot in somewhere between 1 to 6 and give us a bunch of speed and skill we do not currently have.
