Luftstalag14
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Lemar and some young midfield and attacking talents from France or Germany.
It looks like the least we will pay is 150m. Too much for a player like Coutinho.
Naby Keita
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Lemar and some young midfield and attacking talents from France or Germany.
It looks like the least we will pay is 150m. Too much for a player like Coutinho.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
Lemar will cost at least 80m himself, if not more excluding bonuses. Heck for all we know Monaco might want 100m right now. They just rejected a very high bid from Liverpool. And which talents? We need quality right now. We can sign young talents regardless of that.
We can still sign players who are quality and at the same time still young. Leon Goretzka is one example. Thomas Lemar is another who would be quality right now. Fabinho would be quality right now. They are young talented players.
We dont know if there is any truth to Monaco having just rejected a super high bid for Lemar. Thats just rumors.
springfield
New member
What a deal? He has a release clause of 50M next summer.
FC433
New member
Well next summer other teams are going to get involved. 70m should be a great deal if prices stay the same next year.
it's not 70m. it 7m extra on top of his release clause of 2018. reported by reliable James Pearce, Cris Bascombe, Paul Joyce.
which is extra ordinary deal.
behindbrowneyes
Well-known member
No. There was no way that Keita moves from RBS to a club other than RBL.
It's the release clause (51m GBP) plus 7m GBP = 58m GBP = around 65m € (give or take exchange rate fluctuations) in the basis scenario, provided RBL don't qualify for European competitions this season. It's plus 5m € if they qualify for EL (=70m €) and plus another 5m if they qualify for CL (=75m €). The 70m are a realistic scenario, and a local Leipzig reporter was told the figure by the club.
Yannik
Senior Member
there's also likely some financial reward in for Keita to even agree to such a deal in the first place. Maybe he'll get a bonus on his wages, or maybe a sell-on fee like Ibra did when he signed for United.
springfield
New member
Why would keita need a financial reward?
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
Isn't it obvious?
Players get a sign on fee and for agreeing a deal a year in advance he'll get some extra money om top of it.
Some Liverpool journalists talked about 3m or something like that.
Yannik
Senior Member
He has a €55m release clause next year. He could've choosen whatever club he wants including Liverpool. While the deal makes sense for both RB and Liverpool there's no practical advantage gained for Keita from signing such an early agreement unless Liverpool explicitly sweetened the deal for him.
He could also have signed a new contract with a higher release clause and higher wages.
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