Metalartin
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Those are some hefty addons if so(also no you should know by now the press actually put the addons in and pass it off as the basic fee for City)... I suppose we will never know for sure unless someone at either club discloses it in full.Honestly, Idk if that source is credible, inclined to think that the article is based more on assumptions than some inside knowledge.
But I find the mere thought of Silva's availability for 43m to be laughable. He's a unique player tailor-made for tiki-taka football, basically Iniesta's heir. I suppose we signed him for 43m basic fee and some huge easily attainable add-ons (say, 27m or 37m).
As for the British press, I think it's their usual practice of reporting basic fees only, am I wrong?
Could you not have let us feel good about our transfer business this window for a bit longer? He was our only bargain. :)