I've not heard about him, but that is big money for a 20 year old in League 1, he must be highly rated and I'd imagine he'll join up with U23s, cant imagine Carney would be too impressed with him coming straight into first team ahead of him.
I know it's been said before, but to go from signing players from Middlesbrough and Swansea... to Barcelona and Juventus is quite surreal. It feels like we are 5 years into a Football Manager save.
I'd be okay with selling him in summer if he doesn't sign a new contract, £25-£30m which could be re-invested. TBH selling DL and signing Bissouma AND Bentancur would defo be an upgrade in midfield.
Are we actually turning our noses up at players from Juventus? Don't forget Luiz has 18 months left on his contract, if he doesn't renew then he'll be gone in the summer, so getting Bentacur in now in Jan makes sense if it's to replace Luiz.
I'm confident SG could convince him to join, he'd be on big wages though. Would signal the end for either Ings or Watkins wouldn't it? three forwards for one position.
Signing a GK could be a bit of an issue. Anyone coming to us will have to be content with being number two. Would being number two at Villa be any different being number three at PSG?
Exactly. He's the kind of signings we need to keep making each year to improve on what we have. A gradual improvement in key positions will transform the team from mid table to top 4 chasing.