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Originally Posted by Jim_UK
That maybe so Zlatanov, but would you want Diarra after hearing what he's said about Real recently ? It's clear he has his mind set on a move there so for him to then come to us would be a bit odd. Would he have his heart in it playing for us when he's made it clear he wants Madrid ?
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you do have I point, I will give you that
I read that article on skysports but if I remember correctly, he never said that he wants to go to Real and Real only. At least from what I read in the article, I guess he just wants to go to a bigger club and in there it mentioned something like "you get an offer from a club like Real once in a life time".
But does that mean that he doesn't consider Milan to be an equally important club? I don't think so, IMO the guy just wants to go to a club more important than lyon and would be eqaully happy with a move to either Milan or Real. And for Milan to be in the finacial position to really step it up for a player that expensive, especially given that we do have a very good midfield already and Diarra is not a case of do or die, we need to make sure that we'll be laying CL next season ... and maybe Lyon are holding out for that moment when two big clubs will enter into a bidding war for their player.
if that article is anywhere close to the truth, Lyon wants 35 mil euros for Diarra, if they don't want to even negotiate with Real, let alone reach an agreement, that tells me that Real's proposal is way off the asking price and Lyon are most probably buying time so that Milan can enetr the race and that will force Real to up their bid significantly.