it wouldn't make any sense to cover any part of his salary.
With a dry loan we're already losing 15m which is his deprecation cost.
Covering his wages as well would be useless beside freeing a physical spot.
At this point if we can't get rid of Arthur freeing at least his full wages we can't get Paredes even on loan.
Paredes which gets 7m/year net
it wouldn't make any sense to cover any part of his salary.
With a dry loan we're already losing 15m which is his deprecation cost.
Covering his wages as well would be useless beside freeing a physical spot.
At this point if we can't get rid of Arthur freeing at least his full wages we can't get Paredes even on loan.
Paredes which gets 7m/year net
It comes down to demand and how much Valencia want him/what they can afford.
It doesn't sound like many teams want him and the management might take the view that getting a few million in and putting him in the shop window by playing regularly is a better option than us paying his full wages and sitting on the bench all season.
I'd still be disappointed if we don't get a loan fee, a good salary contribution and an obligation but it is maybe too much.
Honestly if we have to pay 80% off his salary and still stomach the depreciation, we might as well keep him for another year. He is still good at keeping the ball (less good at doing something with it)
At this point, don't you just keep him and bury him on the bench so he misses the WC. And use this as a warning shot to the next failed signing that doesn't want to move?
At this point, don't you just keep him and bury him on the bench so he misses the WC. And use this as a warning shot to the next failed signing that doesn't want to move?
Might make sense if he was on a one year contract but the dude is signed up till 2025. If we have any chance to play him inn Spain, the one league where he might be useful, then we should do it and hope he, somehow, manages to impress someone enough to sign him in 2023