Has he developed tho? I would say he has stagnated if not regressed here. And he has two years left on his deal…90m is still a huge number especially for a CB.
Paratici should never have signed him on such a huge transfer/wages in the first place. For what we got in return we got fleeced by Ajax imo.
Paratici should never have signed him on such a huge transfer/wages in the first place. For what we got in return we got fleeced by Ajax imo.
It's not the amount that matters here. We should be able to get more than we paid for him. That should be an understanding we have with any club interested in him. Show me other such deals where young high profile players don't go for more than they were bought for except when their contract is running out.
I think the length of time remaining on his contract has more to do with that. If he had three years left we could EASILY demand 100M…for instance if we don’t sell him this window and we wait another year, we’d most likely wouldn’t get anywhere close to €90m for him; no matter how good he was/is (debatable). So 90M for him is still technically a profit anyway and we book a huge capital gain.
Comparing the price we are going to sell him for to the purchase price is meaningless, we will be recording a pretty big profit on the books though (book value should be around 35m). We just significantly overpaid 3 years ago, and not by a little. Yes he was 19 years old and knocked both us and Real out in the CL that year, but no one in their right mind would pay 85m for a defender from the Dutch league.
Having said that, this is the first bid and I expect us to squeeze another 5/10m and ship then him off.
Having said that, this is the first bid and I expect us to squeeze another 5/10m and ship then him off.
He's trying to force his way out and has limited time on his deal. There is some comparison. They'll make a profit on their books for him even if they get 15m, we'll make a profit on our books even if we get wanted we paid for him.
There is some comparison, obviously we're not going to find a complete apples to apples comparison but to act like this type of action doesn't happen to other big clubs is crazy. Also, we're not getting big dicked by Bayern. Getting big dicked would be them offering us 50m for him and us taking it.
There is some comparison, obviously we're not going to find a complete apples to apples comparison but to act like this type of action doesn't happen to other big clubs is crazy. Also, we're not getting big dicked by Bayern. Getting big dicked would be them offering us 50m for him and us taking it.
When our sporting director cuts a cheque for that significant of an amount for a backfield player it’s plain foolish. We all agree that CBs mature as they approach their 30s. MDL was never going to stay here that long to develop, nor was he going to outshine the legends he joined in that defense.
Paratici is a flat out moron. Football terrorist with a cheque book and a pen. He’s going to bury the Spurs even worse than his attempt at burying us alive.