Agree with this. I still think it gets done on our terms. Maybe we’ll add a few mil in add ons.
If it isn't: What if we get him on loan with a buy option that is just a bit higher than his buyback clause? We would have the chance to see if he suits Amorim's system, and if not Benfica get him back in summer.
Why would Benfica agree to that?
We could offer them a deal that could be a bigger favor to them than the actual one. For example: We offer them 10m for the loan plus an obligatory signing option of another 15m (for certain amount of games), which would be more than the buyback clause in total. If he flops, we have only spent 10m and still have the buy option for the future (even if it's just to sign him and sell him to another club), if he does well, we can sign him for less than Dorgu. From Benfica's perspective, they could say feck off and lose him next summer for cheap, or lose him now but get more money in best case.
So we are potentially throwing away 10 Million to maybe not sign him?
Somehow, this deal would only have losers
Not BenficaSomehow, this deal would only have losers
He also wants wing backs not full backs, his wide players needs to be comfortable playing further forward than your normal FBs. Fernandez is a FB just like Dalot and Mazraoui, it's obvious at this point that neither of those two are able to play the role Amorim is expecting from his wing backs so no need to buy yet another FB.
Oh sorry here's a gold star and a cupcake.
Why can't we do similar?
Because Lecce want 40M guaranteed and not for half of it to be contingent on clauses.
It's not like they are asking us for 100m, we have a value we set for the player they have a value, we negotiate and if they ask too much we move on. But if the difference is €5m euros I am sure we can meet in the middle and not just lose out over few million.
In that case we set our limit and move on swiftly. I don't understand why this is taking so long. We should set our ceiling and move on, time is running out and we desperately need a wingback.
We need him now
Doubt he makes a huge difference to our standings. No need to panic.
Who is panicking? Having a competent LWB would make a big difference.
Rushing him in paying over the odds for most likely a little gain (if any) in our league standings would be the very definition of a panic buy.
Adam Clery thinks he would be the perfect signing for Amorim and I trust his opinion
If he helps us into the top 10 for example, it quickly becomes worth paying the extra £3-4 million especially if we are going to sign him anyway in the summer if he's our no1 target.
He looks no different to if we played Malacia on the left. I mean, he'l probably be better of course but *he* will more then likely not be the reason we get into top 10.
Amorim’s wing backs at Sporting also played as wingers so it makes sense if they can play either role. No one is really complaining at Amad’s performances on the right. And he had never played there before. I’m confident Amorim will be able to see traits he wants for these positions.
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Same, I find Four Four Two do the best and most balanced analysis
I think you are underestimating the fact that he has barely played wingback so there is nothing to suggest he's an improvement. 40m is a panic buy, plain and simple.
Agreed with this.
He will be, Ruben has said he prefers to play attackers in those positions but is only playing defenders due to lack of time to teach wingers to defend.
You obviously have made your mind up already so fine, agree to disagree.
