Bidding was please. Anything less than 70m is scandalous and if he doesn’t go to a Barca type team or top 4 it’s not a deal we should be doing.
The problem is how High are people willing to go. The big six are all after him (apart from Citeh) as well as Barca. I reckon they'll be a few more clubs that will get alerted. How desperate are managers to sign him.
Another problem is barca are skint but no doubt will find a way to cook the books and uefa will just let them. But if we get higher bids for raph then we should tell him to choose one of the others. Psg are not skint maybe he would like to go there. What if man city want raph to replace Mane who's off to the german pub league. A pot of cash and a couple of top class younger loans mights just do it.
Patience is the key to Raphinha's situation. We have Harrison, Aaronson, James, Summerville, Rodrigo who are all capable of playing as a wide player at this level. We've got that many wingers that losing one late in the window isn't a complete catastrophe for us. That puts us in an incredibly strong position. Clubs will become more desperate as the summer goes on and all of a sudden will be willing to pay more just to get someone in. Now that it's common knowledge that Raphinha is available I'd guess we will get top dollar for him. £55 million just won't cut it come August. As long as we stay strong on the matter we will make a fortune.
Raskin is a 21 year old Belgian midfielder who is likened to Klich. He plays in the Belgian league for Standard Liege and will cost 5 million. A "bulldog" of a player. Never seen the lad play so can offer no opinion on his quality.
Linked with Phil Jones again today. I swear if we sign him I'm not sure I will even watch this season. I won't buy anything from the club to supplement that useless ****s wages.
The thing is if you count Salter-Clarke (Chelsea) and Collins ( Burnley,) that's 3 CBs we've been linked to.
And then we get a problem. Forest and Sheffield Utd want Summerville. James has no end product. Rodrigo is iffy at times. Harrison may or may not be out this summer. I don't want to be running around at the end of August trying to sign a right sided player and getting over charged for a load of crap.
