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If he has a great world cup there could be twice as many teams interested in him though. At the moment Hercules has mentioned United, Barcelona and one other. By the end of the tournament PSG, City and Bayern might be interested as well which would drive up the price and make it less likely that one of the original three teams would sign him. Surely it's better to get him early and risk an injury than risk not signing him at all?
Anyway we both agree that it's unlikely that he'll be sold before the tournament so I guess the reason isn't really important.
Any interested parties will want to see a player emerge unscathed from the World Cup as well.