I agree on the price and my comments this season is we for many reasons have had a very messy transfer window, which will cost us financially.It’s the price we are stumping up for him. He’s going to be the second highest transfer in our history
The lateness of this deal and the Caceido deal is going to make this deal more expensive then if we had targeted this player in June.
I hope it can be done for the release clause, with Palmer being included for around 35 million. This keeps it around £50 million net. This would represent a good deal all factors considered.
FWIW once we sign them Pep is not dictated to by transfer fees and plays his best team regardless, with both Grealish and Mahrez having to win their place in the team despite their transfer fee.
If we had got Bellingham he’d be looking great value about now.