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Exactly. What’s the alternative for Porto? Keep an unhappy player in the last year of his contract and make no money on him during a global pandemic.United are doing the right thing for a change and I would usually be critical of how we handle negotiations.
£12m is a generous offer under the circumstances. We are effectively saying to Porto that if they want to keep him for one final season... it will cost them £12m and his salary on top. A club that needs the money. It should just be a case of 'take it or leave it'.
Absolutely the right move from the club as the window gets closer to closing the pressure will mount on them to get a fee and nobody else is in for him.