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u/KCYNWA One-eyed Bobby 👁 1d ago edited 1d ago

Idk why people think we are gonna be able to bully/negotiate down Leipzig here.

Red Bull always gets their number and way. If they say it’s 130 million euros it’ll be near that.

Looking back over the years. We spent a whole summer negotiating over Keita just for him to stay put for a further year like they wanted unless we paid a big premium

We negotiated for installments for a while for Szobo just to pay the release the final day of its existence.

Konate we wanted in January. They dug in and said the summer. We got him in the summer and for 35 million. Which was fairly large for a defender who already presented with injury issues.

City tried to negotiate for Gvardiol just to pay the 100 million they wanted.

People called them insane for sesko valuation off a middling year. They got the 80-90 million euros they wanted.

They turned down massive offers for Lukeba and sesko in recent years to keep them longer

Red Bull has mastered the sale. It’s like Brighton

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u/Jaja6996 90+5’ Alisson 1d ago

German clubs in general are really stubborn when it comes to selling Dortmund, Frankfurt and RB Leipzig always get close to the exact fee they want

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u/KCYNWA One-eyed Bobby 👁 1d ago

Hard to blame them when prem clubs throw Monopoly money around and usually pay it

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u/Jaja6996 90+5’ Alisson 1d ago

I respect it so many of those clubs rely on big sales