What do you mean he couldn't have? He absolutely could have left before August and would have if that bonus didn't exist and if we weren't going on tour to the country where he wants to grow his brand. Moneymar was the only greedy party here.
PSG the boogey man to blame everything on now. How it goes is they don't want overspend for him and want Liverpool to just let him go which won't happen. "Why won't everyone in Europe just roll out the red carpet and give us their players :("
Market is insane right now but the train already left the station and its not going return to how it was. Next year could be even worse after the World Cup so if we have to overpay now, whether for Dembele, Coutinho or Mbappe so be it.