Outcast wrote:nottsblue wrote:I am really starting to wonder whether we need someone who will cost north of £100M and who will at 20 be our highest paid player. I can’t help but notice that since November our squad has been so together, fighting for each other, hunting and pressing in packs and taking immense joy in each other’s performances. They all have each other’s six.
Bringing in someone to be our record signing and wage earner for someone so young could very easily create disharmony in the squad. It isn’t something we have done before in a big way since Robinho and I just wonder whether that experience has put off the powers that be from going full balls out on a signing since then. John68 alluded to the notion that the squad is all encompassing with no prima donnas in it, though KDB on the outside looks to push those boundaries.
I think unless we can get him for a silly price due to Corona, say somewhere in the region of £70-80M then we aren’t going to be doing business.
Our sell on clause for Sancho should reduce it by around 20m. We might be able to get him for 90m. He might be sound personality wise, we don't know that, that's down to our recruitment team to do their homework. His agent on the other hand....
It's a big gamble to let him go to a premier League rival. The Robinho saga was at a different era, we were desperate to make a statement signing to propel us into the big stage. we've come a long way from those kind of signings, we have a solid structure in place.
He's got an €83 million release clause that kicks in next year, from what I've read. To annul that, they'll have to offer him a new contract this summer, which would have to include serious, serious wages, possibly beyond what they'd be able to afford unless they can offload Reus, who'll turn 32 at the end of the season, or Hummels, who is already 32 and will be entering the final year of his contract.
My view is, Dortmund will either try to offload one or both of those two, or try to get mega bucks for Haaland in this window. That could be to the advantage of potential buyers, as (agent antics aside) it could leave more room for maneuvre in terms of wage package/structure when contract terms are discussed.
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