Ronald Araújo (loaned to Liverpool)

Have to wonder how Perez got away with not paying the players referrals.

I reckon he did, but found a way to do it without hitting salary cap.

With the stadium build at the time, it would have put any other club under.

He's just a better negotiator than barto most likely. Shouldn't have been than difficult to sell the players on 10% cut the world is falling apart.
 
55m is high. If it's triggered it will be great, and even if he has a better season than prime VVD I won't be salty that we lose him. His time at the club is done and I don’t think he has the consistency to perform here.

Still doubt he will be 55m good though and even then he will have to stay fit first and foremost.
 
People may laugh but Virgil can learn from Ron as well in how to be on the front foot as a defender with aggression and 100 percent commitment, rather than never engaging and backing off and off until one of your teammates challenges for the ball.

No wonder he never gets dribbled past. :benitez:
 
He is better player than what he was able to show here. He will do just fine in PL or some other league where you need to rely more on physicality and just winning your 1v1s. La Liga is a lot more tactically demanding league than PL.
 
Still doubt he will be 55m good though and even then he will have to stay fit first and foremost.
The club can always renegotiate the fee, nobody is forcing them to buy Araujo for 55m. Will depend on the season and if it's less than 55m worth, I'm sure Barca will also be willing to sell him accordingly.
 
Wish him all the best, hope he rediscovers his top form there. He has all the attributes of a great CB, just that his technical quality is not Barca level. In the right circumstances and with support from club and fans, he will show his class.
 
55M is the highest we can get. It benefits them more than us, and they can negotiate it down.

It works best for the seller if he was valued slightly below that amount, that it isn't worth the hustle of the negotiations and they would just pay.
 
I feel we are getting Rashord'd here. He will have decent performances, but there's no way Liverpool will commit to him.
 
I typed ' Loan without Obligation ' into my online Thesaurus and it came up with ' Kick can down the road '.

They are almost invariably a waste of time for the loaning party.

I would have preferred a lower fee with an obligation. They obviously like the player, would they have not accepted a 30-35m obligation?

In the rare occasions that Loans without Obligations have been executed, the player has had to far exceed his obligatory fee.

Of course, if Ron's 11m net wages is real that is considerable mitigation for instigating such a deal. But generally it's a lose lose for the selling club.
 
The same thing was said about Fati and he was signed by Monaco.

Liverpool has no reason to commit to him now. You can bet that the club explored every sale possibility, but with his wage there was none
 
I typed ' Loan without Obligation ' into my online Thesaurus and it came up with ' Kick can down the road '.

They are almost invariably a waste of time for the loaning party.

I would have preferred a lower fee with an obligation. They obviously like the player, would they have not accepted a 30-35m obligation?

In the rare occasions that Loans without Obligations have been executed, the player has had to far exceed his obligatory fee.

Of course, if Ron's 11m net wages is real that is considerable mitigation for instigating such a deal. But generally it's a lose lose for the selling club.
Well, the buy option is mainly a concession to the loaning club, rather than the selling club.

The selling club is not meant to derive a benefit from it. It is usually by request of the loaning club, essentially an insurance for them if they develop the player that his price will not go above a certain amount. It gives them more flexibility.

It incentivises them slightly more to play him and integrate him for the future knowing that they have a price they can negotiate down from.

And a loan with obligation is essentially a delayed transfer, I am not sure Liverpool were willing to transfer him especially if the 11m net figure is correct.
 
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