Club-record proposal for 24yo England midfielder expected to be turned down by #WHUFC - but #AFC getting closer to acceptable fee for top target @TheAthleticFC
Club-record proposal for 24yo England midfielder expected to be turned down by #WHUFC - but #AFC getting closer to acceptable fee for top target @TheAthleticFC
Why would we bid less than the first amount? The fist offer was like 80m + 10 in add ons. This seems like its a worse deal for West Ham.
I guess it must be the structure of payment and/or the achievability of the add ons
I thought the first offer was 80m total?
I’ve seen different numbers bandied about but that’s the figure Romano quoted recently. He wasn’t clear if that was only the up-front part or the total, but I’d think it’s the latter and find it unfathomable that Arsenal would make a worse offer the second time around for their top target. I genuinely expect we upped the bid by 10 million, but focused on add-ons, which WHU understandably might not have liked.
First offer was 80+10, I believe, and West Ham was a little mad that the add-ons were (in their mind) unachievable (e.g. winning the Prem, winning the Champions League). As someone else said in this thread already, the 15 in this new offer, if it’s accurate, must be for easier targets for Declan/us to hit.