Yes there was a 40M verbal " one source confirmed". Did we need to add 1 pound to it? Why are you deliberately refusing to acknowledge the pettiness in that offer? This incensed Liverpool. Typical excuse....they were never going to sell to us regardless.
Because it was not an offer, it was an activation of a release clause the players agent said was tbere.
There's a huge difference.
If Parteys agent (one who can actually read a contract) said that we needed to go over his rc by any ammount to activate it, we wouldnt give Atlético a million more just to look good. You pay what is needed and you don't have to even talk the players club about it.
Plus, and I can't stress this enough, Liverpool would never have sold him to us even if the clause was crystal clear. They've said it as much.