FantasyIreland said:LoveCity said:It would make sense and has been speculated about in Portugal.
Porto own 56% of Mangala's sporting rights and 90% of Fernando's.
Overcharge us for Fernando and reduce price for Mangala (consistent with Tolmie's info) and Porto earn more money instead of the 3rd party owners of Mangala.
Clever stuff,they'll probably walk away with about 30m and good future relations with us.
I don't believe in good relations with clubs, because they will always sell the player to the highest bidder apart from selling to a rival in the same country.