Alexis wrote:We are only paying his wages. Don't think there was a loan fee involved and RM can't hold us to ransom coz A. They won't use him since Zidane hates him for some reason m B. Danny will push to come back here and reject everywhere else and C. They'll need any bit of money they can get as they'll push for haaland, mboopi and cavaniga next season so will be happy to get anything. 20 mil should do it next season.
Good point on Zidane he outlasted Bale and he could well outlast Dani ... as for the loan deal, last year we paid a fee and 50% of his wages this year we are paying no fee and 100% of his wages, probably tax reasons but overall about the same cost.
Ceballos is on roughly 60k a week, he deserves 200k a week or so his agent Bahia claim .... bearing in mind what we pay all our other star players if he has a decent season then 200k a week is probably what he will cost ... I hope you're right about him only signing for us and that RM will let him go cheap, but be honest if he has a stellar season then when City, Utd or Liverpool come with huge money offers will he reject them to stay with us? If he has a good a season and Covid is behind us 50m or more could easily be his asking price ... 20m not unless he breaks both legs ...
As with a lot of big decisions next summer CL football is going to make a massive difference - qualify or not that could shape our next five years.