The info changed on Felix in early June, bud.
The briefings from City were they were still hopeful Sane would renew but even if he left, there would be no replacement, certainly not with someone we valued closer to £70m.
Like you, I suspect City would have dealt earlier at around £100m but our price just went up as they tried to systematically fuck is over.
Leroy was clearly being promised the difference in his wages, in terms of every saving they made against a transfer fee.
If City were like some other clubs, we could withdraw our contract offer completely.
He have been offering an extra £140k a week on top of his current £65k.
That's £7m we could save right there against having to accept a lower transfer fee next year, in light of any serious injury.
What's Leroy gonna do, he's hardly in a position to down tools if he is out for any serious length of time?