Much rather sell him for 75 mill to Barca than 90 mill to Liverpool or ManU
It's a deal that works all around. Glad that it happened so early in the window, instead of dragging on until August
Signed summer 2023. £40M fee over 5 year deal, so book value depreciated by £8M / year. Therefore, book value in summer 2026 should be ~£16M.
£50M sale = £34M profit.
I'm sure that's not exact, but probably directionally correct.
I love Joe, but it's becoming more apparent to me that his limitations take more out of the collective team than his strengths contribute. We'd be better off with a more natural CM
They should have 3-4 players booked.
When you see the pattern between this match and last, I don't know what else you can think aside from tremendous favoritism