Advantageous position? Barcelona board have learned nothing from the Verratti/Rabiot/Neymar sagas. Having an agreement with the player means jack shit if you can't find an agreement with his team. Especially when he has 3 years left in his contract. Inter also had an agreement with Vidal in January but he's still at Barca.
You're overselling it since it is not nothing but no question that an agreement with the player alone ultimately translates to no transfer without an agreement with the club. However, most clubs do not insist on keeping players who not only want to leave but already engage in an agreement with a different club.
It does not guarantee the move but it certainly applies pressure to the parent club, unless you have money to burn. Plus, no one suggested that Inter have to accept any offer - that's merely a simplistic interpretation because it isn't the extent of what Inter expect. Perisic is still gone from Inter as is Icardi. Same with CR. That's why, it's clear the end result will be the same - player will leave, simply a question of when & how much as I have said.
In the bigger picture though, I would agree that this sort of approach is not the ideal way to conduct football transfers. Should seek permission from club to talk to player and gauge interest & contract terms first and I suspect that was not the case here anymore than it was with Coutinho or Dembouz
well, Ousmane Dembele wanted to force his transfer to Barcelona and even refused to train, but Barca still paid 140 mln for him. Everyone knows that Bartomeu is a moron, so it's just matter of time and Inter has to wait for right offer.
It might be petty, but this is the bit that really gets me. 140m for Dembele, and we're being lowballed for Lautaro.
Like seriously, get to fuck.
When you think of Dembele and Coutinho transfer fees you should also realise they had the money from Neymar sale to spend. Speaking of Barcelona financial situation, according to RAC1 Barcelona have asked from their players to take wage pay cuts again.
Yes, and specially after that Ausilio statement, we should not budge. I have confidence to this management and they won't undersell Lautaro. I wouldn't sell him for nothing but 111m€ but I guess our management will accept 90-100m€ + player if the player is good for the team.
Bigger concern is Barcelona's financial situation. It's easy for Lautaro to understand if Barcelona don't have money to buy him, I don't see Lautaro sulking, refusing to train etc. and demanding transfer for lower fee while at the same time he'd get a monster contract from Barcelona.
FCBarca seems to have confidence Barcelona will find the money but I could guess that is a bit of hybris by your part. It's not far-fetched to think that COVID19 affects Barcelona big time and this might be the turning point of the club. They can't dominate with their financial status anymore, because there is no dominating financial status anymore. Costs have risen too high and bad decisions in recruiting blocks the management to overturn the situation because they cannot get rid of their error signings with an acceptable financial terms.
That could happen later also but this season with COVID19 might as well be the one. Messi has few superstar years left and they want to build one great squad for those years but COVID19 came and fucked up that plan.
When I say it's nothing I don't mean it literally. Obviously it's important to have an agreement with the player but the most crucial part of the negotiation is reaching an agreement with his team. This is my general approach on transfers and it's also my approach when i read Inter have agreed terms with a player. Ok but it doesn't mean much unless they also find an agreement with his team.
Personally I don't have an issue with a team approaching the player first as long as they don't ask him to force the move via dirty tactics (e.g. skip trainings, fake an injury). It's illegal but everyone does it and it's the wise thing to do as you don't want to waste your time with a player who's not willing to join your team.
well, Ousmane Dembele wanted to force his transfer to Barcelona and even refused to train, but Barca still paid 140 mln for him. Everyone knows that Bartomeu is a moron, so it's just matter of time and Inter has to wait for right offer.
€105M, 42M were in contingency add ons based on appearances - up until now Dortmund have only seen 10M of that
No one is expecting shooting down this rumor, because everyone knows that Lautaro wants to go to Barcelona. What was the point of pointing out this non-existent shooting down?
I hope and actually believe this management won't be blackmailed by the players' wishes. They surely want to sell unhappy player but on their terms and the terms seems to be close to the release clause price. I believe it will be hard for Barcelona to come up with even 80m€ cash offer and then they would have to add an important player (I don't even know who could it be) to the mix. They need to sell Coutinho for a good price, probably few other players too if and when Coutinho won't fetch good return, to make capital gains and slice the wages.
edit. I agree that the compromise is possible, but it has to look good for Inter, otherwise Ausilio would be eating his words. So it would have to be an important player + cash lesser than 110m€. Other aspect is who this important player is who is wanted by Inter and is willing to downgrade his club?
Don't know for sure but I presume Dembele has not been anywhere close to that 105M worth fee either.
I believe leverage tilts in favor of player when they make it clear they want a move and agreement is already in place - then it's merely a question of what you are willing to put up with in terms of an unhappy star player. I think Moratti already spoke to that specifically
Sure, Inter could take the PSG approach but then you also make all future players carefully consider signing a contract at Inter going forward for fear of being locked down in a golden cage. Should be reasonable in the end, the terms - certainly for Inter who paid 23M from Racing 2 years ago. and also considering the COVID market
We have no fuckin clue what's going on there. For all we know it could be the same case as with Dzeko who 1 day looked like certain to leave by everybody, and the next day he had a fuckin grin on his face when signing new contract like he just made his dream come true. Mertens was the same thing.Sure, Inter could take the PSG approach but then you also make all future players carefully consider signing a contract at Inter going forward for fear of being locked down in a golden cage. Should be reasonable in the end, the terms - certainly for Inter who paid 23M from Racing 2 years ago. and also considering the COVID market