6 areas need to be addressed.
1. Player wants us
2. We pay the fee to Dortmund
3. We pay the agent his fee
4. We pay the dad what he wants
5. We pay the player what he wants
6. We agree the contract period
I believe we already understand and accept the outlay for 2, 3 and 4, with contingencies in place to raise our offer.
5 will need to be structured to ensure we don't cause ourselves any future issues, big stumbling block here.
1 is out of our control, although I believe he will be greatly attracted to City for personal reasons, and the game we play.
6 is a nominal issue once 1-5 have been finalised.
We will be well in for this lad because we have the project and resources. Things will depend on how hard our competitors push us in pursuit of his services. But this is our best chance to land a young trailblazing talent for the 1st time in a long long time.