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But it wasn't 2-3m, was it? It was more like 15m as Porto were holding firm on us meeting the buyout clause.
I don't think anybody really knows his buyout price though. I've heard £32m/32meuros all sorts.
The point I'm getting at is that it was a mighty balls up by Levy IMO. I was personally hoping that this transfer would be to a certain extent; exempt from heavy brinkmanship, especially so close to the deadline.
Basically, if it meant offering that little bit more when push came to shove - we should have done it for this transfer.
It's that important.
IMO will cost us CL (although you can never predict)