It's amazing we've actually got most of the fee. Hard to believe he's actually played that many games for Barca considering.
Were only missing the fee for 75-100 games.
And probably another £4.5m for progressing inthe CL.
They’ve qualified for the CL twice. £4.5m each
75 appearances 3*£4.5m
Kerching.
Really good player for us, but he did blow hot and cold and maybe Barca need to be a little more patient to wait for him to blow hot. If they are getting rid of Valverde then another manager might be the tonic he needs.
Worth remembering that their first offer was £75m paid over five years. I suspect that they are still paying over five years but we’ve screwed them hard.
The Nike leak cost them €10m in itself.