NieThePiet
Loves Overhyping Our Rivals
Isn't that the issue? A huge outlay on wages for a back-up, that's the issue with Kolasinac/Sokratis etc. Not a good look for a club that seems to cry poverty when the window opens.
But the club wouldn't do it, if we can't afford it?
Fans want to get rid of every player after a mistake, high wages etc., but at the end our wage structure is much healthier now.
We lost many player on higher wages in the last years (Mkhi, Ramsey, Cech, Welbeck, Monreal, Koscielny, Ospina, Lichtsteiner, Sanchez, Wilshere, Cazorla, Mertesacker...) and filled a lot of places with players from the academy our younger players, who are on lower wages.
Next year we will free a lot of wage too with the leavings of Özil, Sokratis and Luiz. Maybe even Mustafi, Kolasinac etc. So we have room to pay Willian this wage and i wouldn't say he is just back-up. Probably he will play more than we expect.
Of course a 2-year-deal would be better, but looks like we have to make it a 3-year-deal, otherwise he will sign the Chelsea deal.