I don't think they are requesting 80 million euros at all. We have never read any figure close to 80 million before today. I think this figure is leaked from the club to tame fan reaction and save their faces.
Look, of course United has to negotiate and of course United wants to pay as minimum as possible but for a club that is as wealthy as ours, making transfers should not be this difficult. Something feels extra ordinarily wrong. Ever since that 2018 summer window everytime we linked to a player it is like running a triathlon. Every transfer we made takes way too much time. Something is fundamentally broken here. With other clubs, no transfer drags on as long as ours.
I don't think we will sign Bruno. I doubt we ever seriously intended to do. And Ole can shut up about having a plan going forward. We have a long way to catch our competitors. Without signing anyone or signing as little as we do, we will be lucky to keep our most valuable assets.