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thats what i dont get about pple complaining about this deal. am happy either way. its not like his a messi

What I don’t get if his knee was that bad why did we target him ? why is there a 50mil + price tag ? and why are we still open to sign him ?
if he goes bum at 50mil or 40mil is there much difference ?

Sounds like his knee isn't that bad atm, he's playing and is at the WC, but if the scan shows the knee is weak, or had a potential issue that could flare up, that's a big risk, especially how we play, where there's lots of pressing and running.

You cannot know the state of a players knee until you examine and X-ray it, we knew he'd been injured, but he's played a season, but if the scans have shown a potential problem, you can see why we called it off, or at least want to negotiate a deal to protect us, we've had enough crocks recently to be wary!

We wouldn’t have known any extent of the damage on his knee until we did a medical. That’s why we do them.

It's one thing being match fit. It's another to have a long career ahead.

If his knee is dodgy there's only one thing to do - and that's not to sign him - regardless of the fee!

Isn't that the beauty and luxury of being a fan though wilkij? The only shortcoming is we don't get paid...could a sustainable case be made for profit sharing with fans I wonder?

I'd rather Fleetwood Mac.

Nothing really changes with our transfer tactics, very rarely there is not some sort of controversy or something that hinders what other clubs seem to always get right = a smooth negotiation and transfer. Our due diligence is appalling...we jump in head first instead of doing the fact finding before any negotiation.
I've never known a club who consistently [oops] transfers up as much as us.

We are the Mr Bean / Frank Spencer of the transfer negotiation world!

Due diligence is doing a medical. Pretty simple really.