Transfer Rumours Summer Transfer window

The lads reporting it are Pro Leverkusen journalists who are not the most reliable of sources

 

I suspect we’ll move on

 

disappointed not getting Xhaka trust club to get someone else

 

Player needs to kick up a fuss, he is 32 and we'd have to give him a three year deal to match his Leverkusen terms, paying more than £10m (€11.5m) would be malpractice in my opinion.

 

It's a standoff. Was always going to happen. I think this is going to a long burner. I know we'd love it done quickly but we won't just pay an extra £5m to get it done quickly when we can gradually ground it out of them.

 

Gerrin

 

Xhaka hands in transfer request Kyril pays the bonus due to Xhaka everyones happy

 

More negotiation tactics for me, both are bayer reporters. Pushing us to a deal

he’s unhappy with ten haag and wants to leave

 

epic meltdown incoming

 

We deal at undisclosed keeps their fans happy

 

Edit. Don't want to derail the thread

 

If we don't want to go over 10m to me, it's really strange. Why would KLD waste his time trying to convince him to come for weeks only to try and get him for 10m euros and not budge on it...

 

On the keeper discussion, I'm of the belief we should stick with Patto unless we're able to bring in someone who is well and truly better than him.

Wonder if Matvey Safonov of PSG is someone we've considered?

 

BILD are very hit and miss

Look at them during the whole jobe saga they said dortmund wouldn’t raise from 20 million and we wouldn’t lower from 40

Wrong on all accounts

The two lads reporting it are Leverkusen reporters. Screams of negotiation tactics. If there’s something in the report another reporter will come out and say the same thing

I wouldn’t take every report as gospel we’d obviously raise our first offer

 

I think you should read the report again, doesnt say that

 

well i'm sure if it's true it won't be long till another reporter jumps on it

 

It's negotiation mate. We don't want to just give them what they ask for. They only drop if we look not interested. Its like buying a house. You don't offer the asking price and then when they say they only want the asking price you go away for a bit to "think about it'. Let them sweat.

 

we won't significantly increase our offer is what it says

 

Do we really think no other club will offer them higher than we would for Xhaka, risk that imo