United are well aware that FDj aint accepting any significant wage reduction, that’s why United and Barca began negotiations, they know nothing has changed there for the player or Barca. Barca need him to accept a wage he simply cannot accept else rubber stamp the United deal.
United know this is in the bag.
No point in talking logic, because people will pick and choose what they want to hear.
I've said that from the moment Laporta made his comments. He's setting the narriative that it's Barca or money.
"He's not for sale, we want him to stay but he'll have to accept a pay cut"
- Barca offers him a proposal that they KNOW he won't take
- FdJ refuses the pay cut and Barca tell him he must leave if thats the case
- FdJ leaves Barca, Barca play it as we did everything we could, but he chose money over us, he's a mercenary, he's money focused, he's not interested in the future of the club etc
Win win for Barca, they get a player they don't really want off the books, they clear a huge wage, they get a big hefty fee too.