A (very) important factor in the PSG/Liverpool negotiations for Barcola (who already has an agreement with the Reds): his agent, Moussa Sissoko, his (very good) relations with Doha, and the (growing) number of players he manages at PSG
In just a few years, he has become one of the most influential intermediaries in world football and misses very few deals
Anything above 90m pounds is crazy for Barcola but the only worse thing that can happen than paying ridiculous amount for him is let this draw out until the end of the window and nothing happened.
50m euro for Torres, PSG crowing about it. They are taking the piss expecting 170m for Barcola and we really need to show them we won’t do another Isak.
After PSG buy Godt as well… it would be time to pull out of our efforts to buy Barcola and Mbaye.
That would be the clearest signal we could send to the market that we won’t be held hostage and would be worth the loss of our target (with the difference it would make in the long-run). We can’t keep on being seen as playing inflated prices - period.