The club that we are looking to buy the player off (he's called Leandro) is the same club that we bought Sandro off. It's a Brazilian club who we have a tie-up deal with. Basically, we put a lot of money into helping them with the youth development facilities, and they give us first option on buying any of the players that they produce from it. So, as you might imagine, we have fairly close ties with the club and its players, and we will have been scouting this lad for a long time. I understand that he's scored a fair few goals so far, and is rated among the best young strikers in world football.
Yes, I agree that one always takes a chance with young players (as you Gooners know full well!), but this lad sounds like he's worth taking a chance on. It's all a question of how much we can get him for. We've offered £10 million, but his club are asking £17 million.