Brighton going 9th, 6th, and well on course for another top ten finish, whilst selling Caicedo, Cucurella, Trossard, Bissouma, MacAllister and White is at least supporting the hypothesis that you can sell the best players and finish top 10.
Why would Pedro sign a deal with us if he knew he could get a better one when the clause was activated? Why would we pay more if we knew he would sign with us when the clause was activated?
He's signing with us because this is the best deal for him, and we'll pay what we need to pay Watford...
If he has a clause we won't be paying more than that, why would we? The player is free to choose between teams that meet the clause, it would be irrelevant if Watford accepted a bigger offer from us if the player knows that Liverpool for example would be in for him at the end if the season. The...