De Bruyne?

In a rare moment of non-sensationalism and believable journalism for them, SportWitness have read some continental papers and talked about the bonuses that are supposedly in the transfer fee. They say Bild say that there is a 20m Euro add-on for if we win the league and a further 15m if we get a certain distance (I'm assuming semis at least, it might be in stages though) in the CL. Bild also believe the total of the fee and all clauses would be 100m. If that's true, that makes the base fee only 65m euros, and perhaps lower. That's only about £45m.

They then go on to say that they think even that is too high, and reference a Belgian paper which talks about the same bonuses but reckons the total fee would only reach about 75m euros. If all that is true, we may have negotiated a base fee which is barely around £30m, which would be a snip - especially since expecting us to win the league and the CL is a serious push and we're far from guaranteed on either count (especially the second).

This could actually be a really good deal. Of course, we'll never know because most news sources will naturally continue to inflate the fee over and over.

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/...g-the-league-man-city-s-stunning-de-bruyne-de
 

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