Yup. Then again, what better way is there to get a deal done by telling him that if he doesn't sign he'd have to pay his return fare?
I like the quote in the guardian I think it was the deal nearly done just loose ends to tie up so that means levy has offered £5 up front and the remaining balance to follow over the next 4 decades .made me laugh that one
If it's nearly a 4 year contract, it's got that £6m per season look to it that seems very familiar. Sissoko was £30m over 5 years, Davinson Sanchez was £38m over 6 years and Llorente was £12m over 2 years. That seems to be our 'top whack' right now. That would mean that it would need Neymar to sign for us for 33 years. If we sold Harry Kane and bought him back, we'd still be paying him wages well after his death.
Poch has just said that Llorente remains part of our plans. I guess that simply means that we couldn't line up a replacement in time. Aubameyang is now at Arsenal's training ground and there is just under an hour for Dortmund to bring in a replacement or he isn't going anywhere. IIRC German window closes at 5.00pm today. Any chance Levy can start spending large spam documents to Dortmund's fax machine?
I know it will never happen but if Batshuayi went to Dortmund anyway and Chelsea approached us for Llorente, would anyone object to landing £20-25m for him, even if it meant no replacement? I'm in two minds about it I have to admit. Give a couple of the youngsters a chance from the bench and bank the cash? Maybe.
Alan Pardew has confirmed that he expects one player to leave the club this window, but that it isn't Evans or Mclean. Are there legs to the Rondon rumours?
Janssen Watch "When is he coming back? No, he's not coming back. He's injured," he said. "Maybe you know better than me? But I haven't seen him since the summer, I haven't met him again. I don't know." - Poch, making it difficult to choose whether this should be in the transfer thread or Hack Watch... Batshuayi Speculation Watch Rough translation: Batshuayi didn't want to join us Smooth translation: Batshuayi once again proves he isn't very bright in terms of career choices
