I’d go as far as to say we will even force him to stay against his will if we get only derisory bids instead of what we request, in fact the only way i can see De Ligt somehow staying here at this point is only if nobody offers us at least €70M… however i think we will keep all doors open to whoever is willing to get closer to €80M or wtvr we are asking for and in the end the player will have little say once he burned almost all bridges with us already and staying here after this saga will eventually put even more pressure on him while also no longer getting the protection that he used to have from everyone around the club despite some really poor performances at times.
Should we fail to get an appropriate bid I think we will have no choice but to extend it with a lower release clause.
Should that happen he will be gone in the summer after that BUT we will lose money as a result of paying him a signing fee.
The best thing at the moment is to get an appropriate bid and sell him.
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It's a question of adaptability and we have no time for that. IMO lefties at RCB is a mistake. I would have never seen Chiello play there for example.
