pavelsrnicek
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I may have it wrong but it appears we try to negotiate the Barca way which is to get agreement with the player so that we are the only player in the game and then negotiate with the club. It is how the de Bruyne, Sterling, Mendy and Walker transfers all played out, it is how we hope to get Snachez done.
The problem is once you get more than one club in the running then the price won't go down. Mbappe has 3 apparent suitors- Real who can't or won't buy him now, PSG who will pay whatever it takes but Monaco don't want to sell to them and us who want him but won't pay Monaco's price. So either Real get back in the market, Monaco fold and sell to PSG or we reach a price acceptable to Monaco. Where you think he ends up depends on your view on which of those scenarios is the most likely.
The problem is once you get more than one club in the running then the price won't go down. Mbappe has 3 apparent suitors- Real who can't or won't buy him now, PSG who will pay whatever it takes but Monaco don't want to sell to them and us who want him but won't pay Monaco's price. So either Real get back in the market, Monaco fold and sell to PSG or we reach a price acceptable to Monaco. Where you think he ends up depends on your view on which of those scenarios is the most likely.