Difference is he would've been a key player for Roma in those circumstances which would increase the price compared to JJ trying to get rid of Soulé for plusvalenza reasons
I'm sure we would've loved to keep him but we are selling him for plusvalenza. I don't understand why people act like this is Ronaldo era JJ
We have been making 100-200M losses every year for the last 3-4 seasons and people expect us to keep our youngsters AND reinforce like half the squad with no money. Let's be real here.
JJ want to get back to the top quickly but they also have a financial need.
I sometimes get the feeling that some people think we are still the Juventus of the 90s/early 00s in terms of financial power and prestige. As you correctly said, we are in financial turmoil, we have huge debts due to COVID + poor mismanagement + the bullshit UEFA-enforced exclusion from the CL last year. It will take ages to shake off this debt and become financially stable again. So far, Giuntoli has done a pretty admirable job of attempting to reinforce the squad on a tight budget.
This also won’t be the only time we are forced to sell our promising prospects for “low” fees as well. Honestly, we are lucky we have the NextGen project in place to help us sell these players to help with our financial difficulties and using it to sign our main targets.
Oh and another thing; people also need to temper their expectations if they think we are going to plug every hole in the squad and sell all of our trash in one mercato. It’s going to take a few windows yet, but the job has definitely begun in earnest.