That is true, the total price including the fee paid to the agent for the commission would have been excessive, but what bothers me is if these rumors (and that is all that I take them at) are indeed true, combined with the other rumors about him having a contract in hand with Milan, then something is really wrong here.
People were all up in arms about Vidal potentially being sold, with the thought process being where there is smoke, there's fire.
It kinda works this way too, doesn't it?