We might feel he is worth the money but not worth having at that price until another deal is negotiated.
Wijnaldum for example. The club won't see monetary value in an outlay on Thiago and then having the wages of Thiago AND Wijnaldum on the books for a year simultaneously when we already have Milner, Henderson, Ox, Keita, Fabinho, Jones, Grujic who can play centrally - 9 players for 6 positions won't be how they want to approach things - it's wasteful.
Can foresee Wijnaldum staying and Thiago not arriving, or Wijnaldum leaving and Thiago arriving, or perhaps even Wijnaldum leaving and Thiago not arriving which would be a tad disappointing - but I just don't foresee Wijnaldum and Thiago BOTH being Liverpool players.
Suspect once we move Wijnaldum on (IF we do) then Thiago or an alternative comes in.
We may also gamble on trying to see if he would stay at Bayern until we can get him "for free" in January but I think that is unlikely.
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