red till i die!! » Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:49 pm wrote:Southampton can't be broke after all the money we have given them in the last few years. I'd say they struck that deal because of reservations about Ings fitness. Maybe we should have tried something like that for Fekir.
The move will be made perm on 1st July 2019 so Southampton have committed to the purchase. Most likely there will be some sort of financial/accounting reason for the deal being structured this way. £20mil and a 20% sell on a fee is good money.