02-21-2017, 05:16 AM
The best way to go about it is to negotiate with Barcelona and screw Everton. Barcelona will surely go for it. After all, business is business and they would rather make a quick 4-5mil than let Everton make 15+.
What I mean is....Barcelona has a clause to buy him back for 8.5mil. Everton wanted 18mil from Milan. If Milan is ready and willing to pay Everton to keep the player, why would Barcelona just stand around and do nothing. It is in their interest to negotiate with Milan and say, "hey, we see you want the player.....we will buy him for 8.5mil, and sell him to you for 13.5mil. That way, we make a quick 5mil out of nowhere, and you save 5mil because Everton wanted 18 initially...even though we knew that you had no intention of paying that 18 and were going to try and negotiate it down". Even Everton is not completely empty handed as they stand to take 8.5mil from Barcelona.
But as you guys say, first and foremost we have to see if we even want the player. It is way too early to say if we should try and sign him on a permanent deal. I think in these early days he is showing some very good signs and I think he can be a very useful player going forward regardless, at least as a rotation winger. It's just a matter of will we be able to get someone better to be the starter, while Deulofeu is signed as the rotation winger?
What I mean is....Barcelona has a clause to buy him back for 8.5mil. Everton wanted 18mil from Milan. If Milan is ready and willing to pay Everton to keep the player, why would Barcelona just stand around and do nothing. It is in their interest to negotiate with Milan and say, "hey, we see you want the player.....we will buy him for 8.5mil, and sell him to you for 13.5mil. That way, we make a quick 5mil out of nowhere, and you save 5mil because Everton wanted 18 initially...even though we knew that you had no intention of paying that 18 and were going to try and negotiate it down". Even Everton is not completely empty handed as they stand to take 8.5mil from Barcelona.
But as you guys say, first and foremost we have to see if we even want the player. It is way too early to say if we should try and sign him on a permanent deal. I think in these early days he is showing some very good signs and I think he can be a very useful player going forward regardless, at least as a rotation winger. It's just a matter of will we be able to get someone better to be the starter, while Deulofeu is signed as the rotation winger?