Jules72 completely batty to turn down 170m when he goes on a free in a year
Not that batty, from their perspective. They don’t need the money, and having him there improves their CL prospects.
If they were most most other clubs, id agree with you. But they’re an oil funded state publicity project. 170m is fuck all to them against winning the CL in the run-up to the World Cup. Not forgetting the media attention the front 3 will generate