Aston Villa transfer twist as Lucas Digne offers may be too good to turn down – Finance Expert
We’re delighted to welcome football finance expert Dr Daniel Plumley as our exclusive columnist, he’ll be giving his views on the biggest talking points at Aston Villa.
Dan Plumley has insisted that any big-money offer for the likes of Lucas Digne before the February 1 deadline would be hard for Aston Villa to turn down.
The finance expert admitted that the chance to get a high-earner off the books in the current market has to be looked at, with those opportunities potentially not around forever.
It comes after L’Equipe reported on its website [12 January] that Saudi club Al-Hilal had made an approach for the French international this month, who is currently on a reported £163,000-a-week.
“I think at the minute the way the market is, it doesn’t really matter what club you are,” he exclusively told Villa News.
“If a big money offer comes in, whether that’s a transfer fee or getting a high-earner off the wage bill and it’s coming from the Middle East, or wherever it comes from actually, as long as it’s the best offer on the table, you’ve got to look at it seriously.
“That’s no disrespect to the players, but that’s the nature of the business at the minute and if it is an offer that is too good to turn down, you’ve almost got to take it.
“Especially given how we don’t know how it will run out in the long-term and we saw huge activity in the Saudi market last summer, but we’ve already had Jordan Henderson move out of that and to Ajax, we’ve heard rumours that players like Firmino and others might be looking for an exit already.
“That again goes into the negotiating position of when you’re trying to shift players on, so if those opportunities are not going to be there forever, and there is risk in the strategy still.
“If it’s a really good offer on the table and you’ve got players you think you can shift on for a fee while you can, I just think it’s sometimes too good to turn down irrespective of what club you are.”
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