Lucas and Oscar were bought by clubs that have unlimited transfer money. How does that even relate to FCB and any realistic market prices.
As for Gotze.. He proved his worth against top European teams already and is as key player for former Bundesliga champions.
Those clubs inflate the market ,we won't buy quality player if we kept thinking that way ,that is the harsh reality of market prices
btw I forget about Hazard as example too
And here is barca related transfer ,we signed Sanchez who was a big flop for 26M with 11M bonus ,we signed Song for 19M to be a back up Dm ,you seriously think that clubs didn't take notice of the prices we are paying?
Thiago can speak Brazilian Portuguese and he's more closer to Neymar's age so I kinda expect him to be that person that will help settle Neymar at Barcelona.
Don't forget about his Younger brother Rafa ,who might be in the first team too next year ,he is actually representing Brazil too unlike Thiago
I was just work out how much the fee is likely to be. But, it looks like it might be less than the €40m which has been quoted, due to the time left on his contract.
I read somewhere that due to some rules in Brasil and a lot of detailed stuff I didn't understand ,that even if we get him after his contract is over he would still cost us 40M (would like someone to confirm that) giving us no leverage in the deal as we would hope