Transfer Rumours 2016/17 City Transfer Thread

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Ehab didn't think Bruce was very good at judging players? especially strikers? Now it's because we would rather wait until we have a manager in place? I think you are seeing it in far too simplistic terms. You think that because we are willing to keep players we already have we should be getting other players in without having a manager that Ehab trusts. I'm not saying that Ehab is right about everything I'm just saying it made sense to do that with Huddlestone and Elmo and it makes sense with Diame and it makes sense to wait to get a manager before signing new players.

Thank you. That is a far more rational and better answer than the one you provided before. That was all I was after.
 
It's a monumental **** up. So if Diames was still in place, it's safe to assume the rest are still in place?

****s
It is probably more likely that Diame had a release clause set at a certain amount (it appears it's £4.5M) and a separate 'relegation clause' which lowered his wages and the trigger amount. Our promotion will have cancelled the relegation part of the release clause and it will have reverted to the standard trigger amount.
 
Just ignoring Elmo?

No? I've already said they were both essentially FA's as we offered them new deals following the final season of their contract. Essentially being the key word here. I'm really not interested in another 5 page argument where you smugly proclaim you were technically right and no one else really gives a ****.
 
No? I've already said they were both essentially FA's as we offered them new deals following the final season of their contract. Essentially being the key word here. I'm really not interested in another 5 page argument where you smugly proclaim you were technically right and no one else really gives a ****.
He is right though.
 
No? I've already said they were both essentially FA's as we offered them new deals following the final season of their contract. Essentially being the key word here. I'm really not interested in another 5 page argument where you smugly proclaim you were technically right and no one else really gives a ****.

So using that logic you can add 'essentially' to anything and it's a get out. And if you're not interested 'in another 5 page argument' then stop replying. Its really ****ing simple but something you can't seem to grasp.
 
So using that logic you can add 'essentially' to anything and it's a get out. And if you're not interested 'in another 5 page argument' then stop replying. Its really ****ing simple but something you can't seem to grasp.

**** sake. If I say someone is 'essentially' a Free Agent, it clearly means that they aren't literally one, but are very close to being one. Elmo and Huddlestone both signed new deals after the final season of their contract had finished, with only a month or two left on each deal of non-playing time. How hard is that to grasp? We were giving them an entire new 2 years of wages. If you want to carry on like a wally about what I said, perhaps have a closer read before responding.

And yes, that's exactly what the word essentially means. If I use it, it's because I mean something resembles something else but isn't precisely that other thing. It's why the word exists in the English language. <doh>
 
**** sake. If I say someone is 'essentially' a Free Agent, it clearly means that they aren't literally one, but are very close to being one. Elmo and Huddlestone both signed new deals after the final season of their contract had finished, with only a month or two left on each deal of non-playing time. How hard is that to grasp? We were giving them an entire new 2 years of wages. If you want to carry on like a wally about what I said, perhaps have a closer read before responding.

And yes, that's exactly what the word essentially means. If I use it, it's because I mean something resembles something else but isn't precisely that other thing. It's why the word exists in the English language. <doh>

I thought you didn't want another argument? Or did you mean that essentially you don't want want another argument?
 
Harry Maguire has been constantly linked with a move to fellow Premier League newcomers Middlesborough in the off season, but the Northern Echo have this morning reported the Teeside club have made a "substantial offer" for the defender.

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull...tory-29575428-detail/story.html#ixzz4GAZ9Ugfa

Substantial being.. 5m?

I see they're going for Chester too. If they're offering similar for both with the hopes of landing one, then we could be set for 7-8m for Maguire, but still not sure that's close to worth it when he's essentially our only other CB.