that is the problem, Zenith wants to recover as much as possible from the 40m they paid, rumours are, at least 35m.
And since Witsel earns a $#@!load of money and is a starter, he doesn't really feel the need to leave.
You don't have him for 20.
35m
stop this already, been 7 years or something, guy didn't do anything (big) wrong anymore since then.
Come on Zach, he was used as AM at Standard and played very well there, scored a lot of goals, was ever present, one of their best players when they won the title.
Went to benfica, was also one of their best players and was sold to Zenith for huge amount of cash.
At Zenith, he is always certain of a starting spot in a team that has the money to easily buy a replacement if he wouldn't do, so he can't be that bad.
He just isn't used correct for our NT due to the lack of tactical skills from our coach.
Nainggolan now starts, but he is the b2b while Witsel is used as the holding midfielder, which isn't his best quality, give him a b2b or even AM role (like Vidal had), and I am sure he'll do good.
But since Zenith wants 35m for him, he is not coming.