I'm not suggesting that we have financial problems - quite the opposite.
But if the negotiations are stalling because of the fee, which we believe is to be £60m and of which Juve have made it quite clear that they aren't going to budge on, then why is it not simply a case of paying the money required to get a target Conte has identified...?
How would you feel if we didn't get him and City come in, pay the £60m and he's their player for the next 6-7 years, knowing that if we had done the same, he'd be ours?