BillyShears said:
The only reason I'm not entirely convinced by this is because Cavani is really the only 'marquee' forward on the market who's transfer is complicated. If we didn't hold an interest in him, there's no reason why wouldn't have moved for Negredo, Soldado, Cardozo, or Gomez. All four of those are similar transfers to Navas/Fenandinho for me and could be completed quickly with minimum of fuss.
Because we haven't moved for one of them yet and have let Carlos go I suspect we're looking a forward either Cavani, or like him, where the transfer is complicated and expensive. If/when we decide we're out of that race, we will move quickly. Manu like all managers will want his transfers done early so that he's got all his players for pre season.
This is the actual point from BS why ADL knows he is in a strong position on price. Thats why we're going to have to pay over the odds to get the only true world class striker that is available. If Pellegrini wants him we should go balls out to get him and realign our budgets for other areas - Strikers make the difference.
The basic economic principle of supply and demand means we have to pay over the odds - simple.
Its ok having a target value in mind but like BS says there is only one for sale and three potential bidders = silly price. A striker is our number one target and if something else has to give then so be it.