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Originally Posted by Gorayfle
 Melo just signed a new contract with Fiorentina |
He extended for another yet so that they could increase his evaluation.
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Originally Posted by B0dunrin
I don't really understand the Melo situation, did someone say he signed a contract extension to help Fiorentina?
Is it sort of like what Xabi Alonso is reportedly doing to help out Liverpool so they get the full payment from Real Madrid.
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Basically he signed a 1 year extension so that Fiorentina could increase his value. Easiest way to think about it that if a player is that much closer to his deal expiring he will go for cheaper so by extending it a little longer he gets a little more money and they can up his price and change his contract terms for leaving.
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Originally Posted by B0dunrin
Eboue has become frustrated with his lack of first-team opportunities at Arsenal, so it's likely he'll want to move elsewhere, although I heard he would only move to a Premier League club (I may be wrong).
I'm still wondering how much money this deal will cost us.
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Actually he said out of respect he wouldn't do another EPL team, but what is interesting is that a couple weeks back before he was even linked with Fiorentina he was supposedly a target of Roma and his Agent said that he would like to play in the Serie A so I think that is what actually drew the attnetion of Fiorentina to Eboue.
In the endI don't see this costing us that much. Eboue valued at £7.5-8M and another £7-10M from us would make the deal near his initial £15-20M evaluation.