03 Aug 2014 23:20:53
Can someone clear this up for me, After today I think its apparent we need some steel in the middle of the park, now the figures that have been touted for that sort of player ( Vidal, Carvalho, Khedira, Pogba ) are all up to 30m + my question is why would we pay anything near that for Khedira when in January he can sign a pre-contract and go for nothing, surely Real Madrid would consider a lesser offer then lose for nothing next summer?

1.) 04 Aug 2014
04 Aug 2014 00:46:25
A lot can change in a year. The amount of teams that want him would likely x10 as he is free. Plus how much would you save? Like they was 20m for him apparently. Ok so in January he is free. You telling me his agent won't want us to pay a huge signing on fee because he is free

2.) 04 Aug 2014
We could buy Khedira for £20m now and shore up the defensive midfielder role and be ready to go this season.

Or we could go back to our penny pinching ways and wait til January to try and agree a Bosman deal in July 2015. Oh wait. Now Bayern Munich have agreed a deal with him and were out of all competitions and the premier league by January.

Good thinking Batman!

3.) 04 Aug 2014
Greeny I agree if its 20m then that's cool, just media reports are stating 30m which I wouldn't go with!