It's not about whether we want him sold or not, it's about understanding why we (the club) do it.
We obviously need money, and out of all players that are not important he can fetch us most money. (Higuan excluded)
It's about your thinking he isn't important, not $.
There's a 25m diff between him and Benatia which isn't much (selling a couple of players will lower fee with recompra instead of loan with option can make up the diff). And Benatia's market value will only sink, and Rugani's can go up.
Selling Benatia is the better financial decision, not Rugani.
More importantly, he has future bandiera and future WC CB written all over him, and he's one of our own.
Also, don't be so sure we're really interested in selling him. SportItalia changed their mind three times (diff fee and done deal each time lol), and his agent categorically denied it. Will see. Hope doesn't happen, would be one of our rare poor transfers.
-contract until 2019
-release clause
doubt its that low
There's no doubt we're interested, but you're assuming he'll come running to us.
Maybe not that low, but unlikely unless CR7 made a diff.
Apparently, Godin and Simeone played a role in Griezmann's staying. They're close. Godin is Griezmann's kid's godfather. Would be weird for him to convince Griezmann to stay and then leave himself.
Problem for Atletico was they've a policy of giving 32+ yo players 1-yr extensions and Godin has been wanting a multiple year one.
Lets see how strong the CR7 pull is.