If that offer for Can is real it's a complete joke in today's transfer market
They know he has one year left on his contract, makes a big difference
It's a similar situation for Arsenal with Sanchez and Everton with Barkley.
I hope we sign him to a new deal, but nearly £30 million for a player who's not a regular and has a year left is not a bad price. I just don't think we can afford to let him go unless we bring in a few quality midfielders, we're about to lose Coutinho and Lallana is out around 2-3 months, we are already down to bare bones for midfield with limited cover and we're playing 2 games a week for a few months, we cannot afford to let Can leave.
What frustrates me is we are going into our first game with the same leaky defense, Robertson is a good signing, but he will not solve our defensive problems on his own, we needed to bring in a strong dominant CB, we haven't done it in 4 months, all our hopes are pinned on VvD which may or may not happen, by the time he signs we could have lost a few games and be out PL running, and be out the CL, £70 million will not look a good price then and I doubt FSG would sanction it with our season pretty much over in September.
