da 888casino： A large part of the appeal in signing players whose contracts are running down is the cheaper pricetag.
da dobrowin： Chelsea’s superfluous purchase of Ross Barkley is one prime example but it would appear that Manchester United are such poor negotiators that what starts off looking like a cut-price deal soon spirals out of control.
In January, Alexis Sanchez’s expiring Arsenal contract made him a hugely tempting knockdown deal but matters were soon complicated with huge wage demands and eventually Henrikh Mkhitaryan, whom United were surely hoping to sell for decent money, ended up leaving the club in exchange.
A similar theme is emerging on the other side of North London this summer.
United have spied the contract situation concerning Toby Alderweireld, who is in a stand-off with Tottenham, swooped looking for a cheaper deal and now, according to reports in the Daily Mirror, are now being quoted £75m for a 29-year-old centre-half with injury problems, one year left on his contract and no willingness to sign a new one.
That has caused much amusement among the Spurs faithful and we’ve taken a closer look at the most gleeful reaction…
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