Burnwinter But it seems far more likely the Madueke deal was expedited at a high fee because it had to be due to possible competition for him, and the Gyökeres deal is not being expedited because there is little competition.
Mostly agree except for this. I don't think we can expedite because you don't offer more money than the seller asks for. They agreed a price, we tried to close, they start with their nonsense at every turn, and we just keep agreeing with them as they continuously come up with new reasons to draw it out. Chelsea didn't do that. They agreed on a price and probably pretty standard terms and signed the paper. Hell, we've even got form for paying above asking with Zubimendi. We're not the ones with the track record of being cunts.
Sporting are just bitter about the price they negotiated themselves into starting last year. We're just holding out the cash in different combinations until they give up their bellyaching.
