[Albion] Marc Cucurella *Signed For Chelsea 05/08/2022*

[Icy Gull]

Ultimately, it is likely the right offer from City could force the issue.

But Albion would test their determination to take him north to the limit.


So we don’t plan to - but will it the right offer comes in. Which we knew all along

Going to take an offer that makes the Ben White fee look cheap imo

 

[Brian Fantana]

But you'd be in all sorts of trouble if it was reported you'd agreed a fee before the clubs agree as per here.

It will never happen directly between clubs, so there won’t be a paper trail, but guaranteed it happens for virtually every transfer, especially the higher up the leagues you go. When was the last tapping up case that you saw mentioned in the media? If the authorities strictly went after every transfer deal where it was happening to some degree, they’d never have time to do anything else.

If you take our own acquisition of MC last summer from Getafe. He was agitating for the move before a fee was agreed and that will have absolutely been based on discussions, informal or formal, about personal terms were he to make the move to us.

 

[Eeyore]

I’m not quite sure why I’d make that up

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I’m not going to demand that we execute him, and I agree with a lot of the reasons both you and [MENTION=17447]Bakero[/MENTION] have pointed out. My problem is more with the club for being too lazy to properly look through his social media accounts and get that caption deleted when we signed him, rather than it being discovered 6 months ago and hastily deleted then.

Thankfully, for whatever reason it didn’t become the massive scandal that it could have been. But it could have been nipped in the bud if the club had bothered to get someone to spend a couple of hours trawling through his social media.

It needs application of context and intent.

I see nothing offensive in it. That being because offence wasn't intended.

Ill judged to write it though. Especially as there are some who would wish to deliberately place it into another context.

Odd world. Racism is in danger of becoming a meaningless word.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

But you'd be in all sorts of trouble if it was reported you'd agreed a fee before the clubs agree as per here.

No you wouldn’t. The club could have given permission for Marc to talk to City if he’s indicated he really wants to move. Also as [MENTION=3462]Springal[/MENTION] says, it also happens so clubs know they aren’t wasting their time chasing a player. Imagine doing all that work agreeing transfer fees and then finding out you aren’t in the same ball park re salary expectations or the player isn’t even interested in the move.

Manchester United were talking to Sancho and had agreed terms with him a year before they finally agreed the transfer fee with Dortmund. It was reported everywhere at the time.

Terms are agreed before transfer fees are way more than is reported. Tapping up is never mentioned.

 

[Stat Brother]

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You realise what may well have happened here don't you?

Tweet #1 tweeted his news.
Tweet #2 read tweet #1 and repeated it.

The big question is:-

Where did Tweet #1 get his info?

 

[nwgull]

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If Peter O’Rourke had the scoop on this, it’d literally be the first time in his career. He’s all guess work and has about as much inside info as you and me.

 

[oldboyroy]

In all honesty he's gone isn't he.....let's just hope we get big money for him.

 

[GT49er]

Informal chat, probably chatting to the agent, "Would Marc be interested in coming to Citeh if we were to pay him £120K a week?" "I expect he would, yes, I'll ask him".

Attention seeking Facebook junky reports, "Personal terms agreed".

 

[jessiejames]

There eas a tweet yestetday about done deal between us and shitty, £23 million, it was by the guy that gets all the transfers correct, people even replied saying how cheap we let him go fir, the account had 5 followers unlike the real account that had thousands of followers.

 

[Hugo Rune]

In all honesty he's gone isn't he.....let's just hope we get big money for him.

Perhaps Arsenal are saying the same about Tierney and Wolves about Ait Nouri?

If Arsenal want Jesus so badly, perhaps they’ll spill some scotch and we’ll get to keep our Cucu.

 

[Insel affe]

So sad, I would have loved another season, another marauding run, a sublime cross, cut back and him to smash it into the roof of the net, he will be sorely missed, I’m already gutted.

https://youtu.be/LLOvhrcef7E

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

In all honesty he's gone isn't he.....let's just hope we get big money for him.

I don't think he has gone.

I mean clearly he might still go, but none of the Internet rumour frenzy seems much more than guesswork with chancers taking punts to land a lucky guess in order to appear ITK. Nothing has much of a substantive feel just yet.

Tony would squeeze them until the pips squeak for a fee - and all the talk of us lowering our price ( as if we are actively seeking the deal ) is pure nonsense

 

[Swansman]

I don't think he has gone.

I mean clearly he might still go, but none of the Internet rumour frenzy seems much more than guesswork with chancers taking punts to land a lucky guess in order to appear ITK. Nothing has much of a substantive feel just yet.

Tony would squeeze them until the pips squeak for a fee - and all the talk of us lowering our price ( as if we are actively seeking the deal ) is pure nonsense

Indeed.

Pretty sure there is some substance to them being interested but I don't think it is time for tears quite yet.

 

[B-right-on]

PB said yesterday or the day before that there had been no offer. Could easily just be paper (internet) talk

 

[kevo]

How I despise Man City and everything that repulsive club stands for.

Would loved for us to have kept him for one more season at least.

 

[Mr deez]

Means nothing does it, even if true?. Personal terms was always the easy bit - it's the fee that counts.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Means nothing does it, even if true?. Personal terms was always the easy bit - it's the fee that counts.

Well quite.
City: "How does treble your wages and trophies sound?"
Cucu "Sounds good"

Not exactly the difficult conversation in this particular "deal".

 

[oldboyroy]

This rumour talk of 23 million!! I would be gutted to lose him irrespective of any fee but would hope for at least 40+ million which, would be cheap at todays prices

 

[Swansman]

This rumour talk of 23 million!! I would be gutted to lose him irrespective of any fee but would hope for at least 40+ million which, would be cheap at todays prices

Dont have to worry about £23m as it won't happen. TB won't sell for that.

 

[dazzer6666]

Informal chat, probably chatting to the agent, "Would Marc be interested in coming to Citeh if we were to pay him £120K a week?" "I expect he would, yes, I'll ask him".

Attention seeking Facebook junky reports, "Personal terms agreed".

Yep….followed by

‘Hi Paul, Man City here. We’re interested in Cucurella and his agent has indicated we can easily agree personal terms (well, we’re tripling his wages after all). We’d like to put in a bid of 30m’

*line goes dead*

‘Paul ? Paul ? Are you still there ?’