MD3 Gunner
All Deals Off
As I told you bro, apart from Torreira, we're unlikely going to find a buyer for those players this is the issueThe sale of four players (Kolasinac, Sokratis, Torreira, Douzi) and the loan of Holding can hopefully free up enough cash to help us pay for Partey and/or Aouar.
I'm not saying that it is a guarantee that those sales will equal the amounts we need to buy Partey and Aouar, but that those sales will make it less likely that we will need to sell players that we want to keep like Bellerin and Lacazette.
The finances for these deals are complicated and payments occur over years, so I'm sure that expected player sales or departures next season are also impacting our spending plans for this summer too.
Ideally, we'll start discussions with Lyon now about Aouar and find out what is acceptable for them, and then figure out how can get there by selling some dead weight.
The Partey deal is pretty straight-forward because we just have to do the release clause, so we won't have to do as much negotiating with Atletico unless they want to negotiate. Wouldn't be surprised if this is the last deal we do once there is a clearer picture about what the team will look like next season.