We signed Pereira for £8m last summer, he was poor between september and middle of january and if somebody had offered us £13m in january, Chance to make a £5m profit on somebody who had done nothing upto that point it would of been tempting.
From middle of january he was brilliant, that may of coincided with the news that came out last month that we was looking to sell back then, but from then til end of the season he was great and that covered up his form at the start of the season.
With a £25m asking price, we are hoping to make triple money on somebody who had four good months in the top flight, had he had four good months at the start of last season and then played poor the last four months of the season i am not sure the asking price would be so high.
Even now, with it supposedly being a £17m fee, it would seem a bargain, you would think some premier league clubs would match that but nobody has it seems, there is something that is putting these clubs off, they look at things different to us fans.
With him being so vocal about his reasons for wanting to go and it being money motivated, should the deal fall through, he will be on between £15k (if its flex down) or £30k a week (money most of us can only dream of) but its still around 70-80% less than he would be earning in saudi and for somebody who seems money motivated that would bother them massively.
his effort the last couple of weeks has seen him now training away from the first team, if things fall through, do we really see him busting a gut to fit in with vals ways? He will probably turn up for training and remain professional but val said himself its all or nothing and if Pereira doesnt go this window, i assume he will want to
January so you have him stuck round the place til then, he certainly wont gain in value.
We have to get the best deal we can with whats on the table, no other clubs are biting at £17m which i would imagine Albion would hope would flush bids from potential parties, we have £17m bid from one club with a player being very vocal why he wants to go therw, our negotiation stance has become very difficult especially with us apparently needing the money to strengthen.