The biggest fecking red flag is that Barca want a permanent deal.
£40m is a good deal. His value is at his lowest now. He cost £95m only a few years ago. Only 23, if he recovers his form, he's a star. Potential to be just as good, if not better than Sancho, who looks likely to never be coming here after what we pulled this year.
Barca are just as badly run as we are, them wanting to sell doesn't mean they know what they're doing.
If we do a simple loan with no buy option at the end, we're absolute morons.