And I agree with you, James. There should have been an auction. Fuck, if there was an auction for Ogbonna, and there is now a bidding war for Llorente, why wouldn't there be one for Vidal? Why would Juve appear to be so desperate to take the first bid that comes along? There are only two things that I can think of.
There were no other suitors for him, or the stories of his contract agreement with Bayern were in fact true. Sure, you could try to hold an auction for him, but what would the purpose of it be if he has already agreed to a contract with them, and then you would have to try to convince him to go somewhere else?
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Obviously not