Agree. Big, big statement to the rest of football if we do…….on the back of the Ben White deal and rinsing Arsenal, essentially telling City to **** off would be immense.
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[Albion] Marc Cucurella *Signed For Chelsea 05/08/2022*
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Agree. Big, big statement to the rest of football if we do…….on the back of the Ben White deal and rinsing Arsenal, essentially telling City to **** off would be immense.
I can see City paying £70m in 12 months time. 
- Jun 27, 2012
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Marc Cucurella *SINGS on a five-year contract*
Villa didn’t want to sell Grealish and dug in but then City stumped up and paid what now looks like a pretty generous fee. Albion will let Cucurella go if likewise is my reading of the (serious) reporting.
But they do walk away if they feel fees are excessive (see Maguire and a few others) - but yep, healthy to see Albion bat em away (for now).
Villa didn’t want to sell Grealish and dug in but then City stumped up and paid what now looks like a pretty generous fee. Albion will let Cucurella go if likewise is my reading of the (serious) reporting.
But they do walk away if they feel fees are excessive (see Maguire and a few others) - but yep, healthy to see Albion bat em away (for now).
SeagullinExile
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According to the City lot Grealish had a buy out clause?
oldboyroy
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According to Mirror the price we want is double the 30 million opening bid! Think 60 million(if true) is more like it our Tony.......if they want him then cough up!
Silverhatch
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We’re top 10. We’re not playing at ****ing Withdean anymore. It’s “unbelievable” that any member of the footballing industry doesn’t know how Brighton’s exec team, fronted by a billionaire, flag-waving, terrace-standing, train-travelling, six-pack drinking, fan-chairman, works!! **** me. #teamslikebrighton
SeagullinExile
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Can’t wait till this is posted on Blue Moon
Don’t think any of them have woken up yet! Hehe
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Same result - Villa got the fee they wanted.
The Fits
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I can see City paying £70m in 12 months time.
I’m really starting to think Cucu has said he’s happy here. I suspect all at the club, including him and maybe even (remarkably) his agent, believe another year here will be nothing but positive for the player. If he plays like he did last season, or is even better, City will still want him. As well as the likes of Barca who you’d think might be a slightly more appealing place to move to given his history. We all assume players all think the same way.
What a lovely career that would be- two seasons at a wonderful, smaller English club, becoming a club legend there along the way, great city by sea bringing up your young family, then back home to see out the rest of your career at one of the biggest clubs in the world. To be a footballer.
phoenix
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I can see City paying £70m in 12 months time.
No, I can see them offering £70m in 12 months time, and it being treated as deriosory and about £20m short.
Super Steve Earle
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Whatever the truth of all this, Marc is only human and could be forgiven the odd moment of day dreaming about a massive pay rise and a glittering career of trophies and glory, starting next season with City. City need a left back, left sided player with pace and Marc was statistically the best in the Prem last season. He would improve them and be that player for the rest of the decade. Thrillingly for them, he would drop the ball from the left to Haaland's feet. Whatever Albion want for him, City should pay. But we aren't anybody's feeder club and financially have no need to sell for any reason at all. So we come back to making us an offer we can't refuse. On the other hand, I'd love him to stay.
227 BHA
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Exactly, which makes it even more laughable that they value him lower than the left back they just sold who wasn’t deemed good enough.
I’m so glad they’ve got this transfer so cataclysmically wrong that it looks increasingly likely they’re going to manoeuvre themselves out of it.
Who’d have thought a team that could pay £100mill just a year ago for a sock-boy substitute could undervalue one of the brightest prospects in Europe so much?
I’m so glad they’ve got this transfer so cataclysmically wrong that it looks increasingly likely they’re going to manoeuvre themselves out of it.
Who’d have thought a team that could pay £100mill just a year ago for a sock-boy substitute could undervalue one of the brightest prospects in Europe so much?
nickbrighton
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I think Leeds actually did us a favour with Ben White, offering what for Brighton at the time was a massive fee for an academy player. It wasnt unreasonable to think we may actually accept something in that region.
The fact that we turned them down, White had a great season, England caps, and we let him go the following season for 50 million must show players and other teams we are 1.serious about what we will accept, and 2.proven that with the right offer players will not be held back when the big clubs come calling, and staying that extra season can and does enhance them
Must make turning down the first offer easier for players
The fact that we turned them down, White had a great season, England caps, and we let him go the following season for 50 million must show players and other teams we are 1.serious about what we will accept, and 2.proven that with the right offer players will not be held back when the big clubs come calling, and staying that extra season can and does enhance them
Must make turning down the first offer easier for players
227 BHA
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Er, yes but Man City calling is slightly different from Leeds (even though in Leeds’ heads they’re even bigger than City)
Justice
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Are sure about the financial aspect? Apparently we are £120m in debt if you believe NSC and we don’t appear to be spending any money this summer.
Papa Lazarou
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But what the Leeds interest did was establish a baseline value for Ben White that we didn't accept, which then had the knock on effect of making Arsenal START at 40+ Million. Once Arsenal paid 50m for White, whether the likes of City want to accept it, this set a definite marker for the level little old Brighton we're will to sell their best talent for.
The impact of the White sale can't be underestimated, and Leeds United, with the #FreeBenWhite campaign and hijacking of our PoTS vote contributed massively to this.
Thunder Bolt
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Who thanks their family of four for ALL the messages? Come to that, how many people call their family a team? I know English isn't his first language but even so, he must have realised what it meant.
https://twitter.com/cucurella3/status/1550592696795938817
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?? Brighton currently have loans worth £374m - mostly to Tony Bloom who unlike - Man United’s owners for example - doesn’t charge interest. That’s in our accounts not some NSC hive mind rumour - thankfully decoded by our resident dullard.
https://twitter.com/kieranmaguire/status/1508483608717234178
As for this summer We did commit £6m to sign Simon Adingra - did you miss this ha ha ? Until relatively recently that would have been our biggest signing of all time …but yep agreed so far relatively quiet.
jessiejames
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Lets see if Romano retweets this.