May be rubbish being in The Mirror but John Cross is claiming Barca are willing to sell Afellay for just £4m as they continue to try and raise money for Fabregas (Romeu being sold to Chelsea for £3m, never would have happened if they weren't desperate for cash). Spurs are said to be in for him at that price.
Barca only paid £3m for Afellay from PSV but that was because his contract only had half a year. With Sanchez arriving he's considered expendable already. To me, he is a very talented player who was on the fringes at Barca but did get on the pitch in the CL final and set up Messi's opening goal beautifully against Real in the semis.
With Mancini apparently looking at Cerci for £6m and Lavezzi for £20m+ as wide options surely Afellay would be better value for money (if Barca don't enforce a buy-back option like Bojan and Romeu, but I doubt they would as he isn't homegrown)?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4e0px_sn4[/youtube]
Barca only paid £3m for Afellay from PSV but that was because his contract only had half a year. With Sanchez arriving he's considered expendable already. To me, he is a very talented player who was on the fringes at Barca but did get on the pitch in the CL final and set up Messi's opening goal beautifully against Real in the semis.
With Mancini apparently looking at Cerci for £6m and Lavezzi for £20m+ as wide options surely Afellay would be better value for money (if Barca don't enforce a buy-back option like Bojan and Romeu, but I doubt they would as he isn't homegrown)?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX4e0px_sn4[/youtube]