Franca has barely been fit over a couple of seasons.
The same can be said of Doucoure and Riad.
They have been unfortunate with continual injuries, but if I were Glasner I wouldn't be making plans for them making any contribution this season.
The pattern for the latter two has been resumption of light first team training followed by another inevitable breakdown.
If we do buy another budding 'superstar' like Franca it might be wise to have a minimal initial payment, with subsequent payments very much based on performance and appearances.
We may have done this with Franca, but I saw figures of £16 - 20 million for his services with the sums increasing if he won the Ballon D'Or!
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