Mashtray
Player Valuation: £25m
I think we just trying to get a loan so that our available funds can go elsewhere this window.We are into a new year of FFP, and we put Richarlison's sale into last year's accounting which also included Digne's sale. We apparently (although I trust this far less than others do) have Moise Kean guaranteed to leave at the end of this season which will raise another £25m. That's over £100m in sales in 18months with possibly others to follow, you never know.
Maxwell Cornet on the hand, if we signed him on a four contract say, would be down on our books at less than £4.5m a year.
If we can't afford to make this transaction then it is because of cash flow and having to pay the full release clause upfront. That Richarlison money I believe has gone into the stadium (which is exempt from FFP), there's no other explanation as to why we are seemingly paralysed in the market.
Maybe?