Not every transfer we do is money laundering.
Some people considered Emerson a shaddy deal too and now he's a starter for Betis and made his debut for Brazil NT at age 20.
Can we please give this kid a chance. He's rated by many people in Brazil while everyone laughed at us when we bought Douglas. People think if a player doesn't make it here he's a flop (and if he's a Brazilian it's automatic considered as money laundering
) but most players who were not good enough for us were not like Douglas (I'm wondering why nobody here ever mention Keirrison who was almost three times more expensive than Douglas; maybe because he was bought by beloved Laporta and not corrupted Bartomeu
) and still make solid careers in other good European clubs so not everything is black and white. Every transfer is a gamble in itself and maybe Fernandes will turn out not good enough for Barça but he's cheap and we could at least recuperate money invested in him or even make a profit by selling him in a few years if he won't make it here.