ADM was benched by Van Gaal, he didn't want him. ADM was clear from the begining. That's not the case with Verratti. He is desired in the club.
Stop comparing cases with nothing common.
Circumstances differ yes, but ADM did force his way out. But it was made easier by the fact that United weren't really interested in keeping him. He was always going to leave and he made that clear.
Suarez messed up with his terrible behavior in the WC and Liverpool was much poorer than Barca at the time. Was United really that interested in keeping Di Maria compared to Verratti who is crucial for PSG?
And coming to Suarez, my point was being contract extensions mean nothing. It is just a way to get higher salary.
Our CBs are aging, Iniesta's legs are done, question marks over Raki, no RB, Messi able to play RW in his 30s? Sell garbage? How do you do that? We have to pay lots of money for their wages in addition to loaning them out. Selling garbage is not the Barca way. And we have a lot of garbage these days, with high wages.
We can get Fabinho for 45m, Lemar for 50m and Naby Keita for 40m. None of those are injury prone. Verratti is more of a pipe dream than anything else at this point.
With Pique, Marlon and Umtiti and potential signing of Yerry Mina i hardly call that aging. Iniesta is nearing his end of career and raki impact is reduced, that is why we need a good midfielder like verratti. Right back we need to sign anyway. If he doesn't we will go for Dembele, probably next window. That is why we are signing Deulofeu a temporary solution. Selling unwanted players is tough, but even getting some of their wages of the wage structure is a bonus. Arda and Mathieu should leave, Rafinha maybe.
Fabinho, Lemar and Keita? None of them will make an impact like Verratti. Fabinho is a DM, we don't need one right now unless you plan to sit Busi on the bench. If he strictly plays at RB then we could go for him, but he want to play at DM position apparently. Lemar is a wide midfielder and winger and definitely good enough to compete with Messi and Neymar. Naby Keita has potential but definitely not an improvement over the likes of Raki and Iniesta. He could be the backup option though along with Seri. All the names you suggested are middle tier, signing them would be a huge mistake if we could sign Verratti instead of them. 3 players wages will be higher than one player wage. Also we already have too many players in the squad we don't need more fringe players.
