Some interesting posts in the last couple of pages, though I wanted to point out to those who think that Vidal only wanted Bayern, or that we are speculating they were perhaps in talks for longer than we know. Here's some food for thought. We only got to know about the deal the day the agent showed up to sign papers, until that point, we had no inkling about it.
In fact Vidal was linked with a bunch of clubs all summer by the Chilean and English press, but there was never a mention of Bayern at any point. His agent was never spotted in Munich, Vidal had never spoken about Germany, but only remaining in Italy at Juve. Alongside the fact that it was he who asked to leave, could it also be possible that this was actually handled internally on a club level by both managements? We don't speculate, we don't talk about it and everything happens behind the scenes? Isn't it possible that the clubs were pushing for this and that's how the entire thing remain hushed up? Coz there is no way this wouldn't have gotten out if it was happening only on the player's level, or players agents level. That's far easier to pick out in a developing transfer story. This for most part is a story that happened a lot sooner and without any speculation. And now, since we are all wondering, I think it's only be fair we get both sides of the story before deciding on which side of the truth we stand. Until then I think there's too much hypothesis about the player wanting out.
That apart, I believe we were always after an AM this season.