No it’s definitely a gamble if the plan is to turn a profit on him. I don’t think they’d be developing him for Everton either, I’m sure he’d be an asset to us now given our RB resources.
I’m guessing it’s likely to be a reciprocal arrangement...
I immediately thought it was rubbish but thinking about it I see potentially how it could work in terms of benefiting both clubs and I assume other multi team groups do similar things.
It does seem very weird and not quite right though. Sort of...
Well if he turns into a similar standard to Cafu then you’d imagine we’d be due an enormous fee when Madrid or Barca come calling, so that’s a potential positive too if it were to happen.
Yeah granted, wasn't at elite/highest end of the market but we still had to folk out a club record bid for a player at Middlesbrough, who was on strike/wasn't turning up to training - because he was 'proven' in the Prem. I think that premium...