So do I, not bothered about getting him but at the very least we should make rivals pay the maximum, something we haven't done much in the past but they've often jacked up the prices we've had to pay
Think if clubs are willing to pay the £70m then they've looked at his rehabilitation and recovery and decided its worth it. This would presume that everyone is happy with it and he's recovering well. Frankly we should have looked to have this wrapped up earlier (yes I know its still very early), he's a highly in demand player and we knew its was likely Citeh and others would also potentially bid, who we can't compete with on the wages side. Got it all sorted earlier then we wouldn't be looking at £70m. So far Citeh do seem to be attempting to buy the title. The way they're spending so early and spending so much (they're already at £78m!!)
City also want to minimise the embarrassment of spending so long chasing Pep only to instantly discover he's a #fraud Overpaying by tens of millions for players that could be "scouted" just by Googling "best football players" is an expensive but reliable way of making sure next season doesn't collapse as quickly as the previous one did
what like a mercy killing if he had shown the slightest sign of footballing intelligence i might agree but he hasn't despite that though i would have given him some game time in the second half of the season when Milner was clearly completely shot.
Easier said than done, surely? van Dijk moving has been talked about for months, so there's no way the club, the player or his agent would have been rushing into the first offer that came their way. Everyone knows he's in demand so they're going to wait to see what's on the table before deciding. Time is on their side. Quite frankly, if City decide they want him he's theirs (provided he's happy to go there), because no matter how much we offer they can keep adding some on. This is how it works these days, rich enough though we are, we can still be blown out of the water by somebody else if they're dead set on it. I wonder what happened to FFP, btw?
The mega money tv deal for Prem and CL has pretty much put an end to that. Clubs are making so much money from media that can still pay huge sums and not even sweat about getting close to breaking ffp
TBH, FFP went out the window as soon as a French club got mega rich owners and started to throw the cash around. Platini couldn't have a French club be punished, so FFP got bent until it broke.
No idea - I thought Balotelli could have worked I would love to see Moreno succeed - very difficult to judge the defenders cause we haven't had much of a defence nor do we play to protect the defence. Fairly certain I have read somewhere on here before and I agree with it that Milner makes just as many mistakes but just not as high profile. Would like to see Moreno come into an established confident defence to see what happens But as I said - I thought Balo could work and loads of others
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The price is too high even for £50m> Profit margin is too much, if there are no takers he will be forced to hand in a transfer request. Not wise to pay £50M not to talk of £70M.
He clearly isn't worth £50m, but when clubs throw round world record fees for players like Pogba, it just gives other clubs a reason to demand more. I would feel the same with Coutinho, probably worth something like £50m, but why wouldn't we ask for more than Pogba went for, as Coutinho is far better.
Defenders generally do not cost that much like Midfielders and strikers. I can't remember a defender that cost up to £70M in the premiership.
