No way are we buying lots of world class players - Bissouma is very inconsistent so we need to change him and Cardosa may be an option if we need to put majority of our money towards a couple of forwards not named Tel given Richarlison injury record/goal record and Son declining so he's a one game a week man now (and we need to play two games a season).
CM is a position where players often struggle to replicate their form when jumping to the EPL.
IMO he still represents a punt and thus 20m + deep scouting ought to get us someone perceived to have a higher ceiling.
.....Is he really gonna tick a box that can't be covered by Benta & Sarr?
Its a compromise
Or we get 15m from A Madrid under the clause if he goes there and add that to the £20m we get for selling Bissouma and we see who is available for £35m
Thing with this is that there's little motivation for Betis to drive a hard bargain when the fruit of that will only get passed over to us...... They're no worse off accepting 20m as they are getting 35 and handing the diff. to us. If anything; the lower amount likely assures a quicker deal and probably more agreeable payment terms.
That said; I'd just draw in whatever % we can from him and assess the total kitty alongside other projected player incomes (i.e. sales).
We're averaging 120-150m (net) according to TFMkt and thus far showing 20m (gross) for this summer.