Why has he had a medical then?
Going in circles here.
Why would any company inspect the product of another before buying? Same exists if you're only putting a down payment down or an option to buy.
We wouldn't throw away £3mill if he had a faulty ticker.
Theoretically, giving them 10p as a premium is beneficial to both. 3m is chump change as a premium and they'd be better off hawking him around for more than that as a premium. They could get a lot more from other clubs
Again, going in circles. They don't want to sell. They want to keep him. They're resigned to losing him next summer anyway when release clause kicks in. They're not going to get more than his release clause next summer. Noone is going to pay more.
As far as they're concerned it doesn't matter which foreign team signs him. If we put down £3 mill as option to buy him first that's £3 mill more than they would get next summer. It's essentially free money to them. Why would they refuse (unless someone offered more)?
For all intents and purposes, barring something catastrophic, he will be a Liverpool player, but not before July.
We don't know what went on in the board rooms or the particulars of the contract we can only assume the most logical thing happened.
