DORTMUND TO REDUCE SANCHO VALUATION?
Borussia Dortmund have drastically reduced their price tag for Jadon Sancho in a bid to tempt Man Utd back to the negotiating table, according to the Mirror.
Dortmund asked for £108m for the 20-year-old winger in the summer, but reports now suggest they are willing to reduce this to £88m.
This could pique the interest of Man Utd once again, who had cooled their chase of Sancho.
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Hmm, have we had a quite word and agreed to drop our share (plus a shed full of cash) in exchange for one of their players?
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I'm not sure you've thought that through.
Scenario 1. City have a 15% sell on, and Dortmund ask for £108m. Dortmund receive £92m and City receive £16m.
Scenario 2. City waive the 15% sell on to get a discount on Haaland. Dormund now ask for £88m and get £88m.
Discounting the price gets them less money, and completely nullifies the benefit of City dropping the 15% share.
If for example we asked for £15m off the Haaland price to drop out 15% stake in Sancho, Dortmund would end up with £19m less than if they'd just kept things as they were.
And what incentive would we have to do a deal that got United Sancho for cheaper, unless the discount on Haaland was more than the 15% we would get from Sancho's sale to United?
I suspect this rumour is bollocks, but if not, it likely is just a knock on effect of his contract being 1 year shorter. It ends in 2023, so whereas last year they had Summer 2020 and Summer 2021 to find a buyer before the "only 1 year left" discount halved his price, now they only have this summer. And it's the most depressed transfer market ever, with all the big clubs losing a lot of money.
