While Nahitan Nández does finally appear to be edging closer to a move to Leeds United, the transfer certainly isn’t done yet.
Monday saw claims emerge from local newspaper La Nuova Sardegna that the Elland Road side were being creative with their attempts to sign the Uruguayan midfielder with a €15m loan and an obligation clause to pay another €15m to make the move permanent next year.
Apparently, the Cagliari chief Tommaso Giulini wasn’t overly keen on that, but was supposedly ready to accept the €36m release clause to be paid in two instalments.
They then add that ‘if Cagliari would be prepared to negotiate, then things could change’, but that hasn’t happened as of yet, according to the website.
It seems to be a case of two outlets having slightly different versions of what could happen next, but both do have the same bottom line, at least: Leeds cannot pay the €36m release clause in one go as things stand.
