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

[Acker79]

Guess they'll be haggling the price even as we speak. TB's poker face, plus the fact that he doesn't want/need to sell the player and the player has the majority of his contract outstanding will work in our favour. On the other hand, he won't want an unhappy/sulking player/asset left on his books either

I think it's been mentoned on this thread before, but worth repeating - Cucerella is on the brink of a place in the Spanish national team, there is a world cup coming up. It wouldn't be in his interests to sulk and underperform. At least for the first half of the season.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Guess they'll be haggling the price even as we speak. TB's poker face, plus the fact that he doesn't want/need to sell the player and the player has the majority of his contract outstanding will work in our favour. On the other hand, he won't want an unhappy/sulking player/asset left on his books either. Deal WILL be done - with all parties coming away feeling they've got a good deal. That's how these things work at this level

There's plenty of experience around the dressing room to have a chat about the situation. The likes of Bruno, Wellbeck and Lallana will be able to talk him out of any sulks.

 

[Springal]

Doesn’t appear to be with the bulk of players that arrived at the ground

 

[Guinness Boy]

True, There are also some over there saying that they should now just pay the £50m. Read Naylor's tweet again lads:- The Albion consider Cucu "a rarer and better player than (£50m) Ben White". In other words £50m won't cut it. I suspect that City's dubious machinations may have now led to the FU tax that I posited may be probable. Their silly scheming seems not only to have failed to reduce the player's price, it may have actually increased it.

Play straight with Tony Bloom.

I’ve been saying we only pick the phone up at 60 since the first story ran in the Mail


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[Tom Hark Preston Park]

There's plenty of experience around the dressing room to have a chat about the situation. The likes of Bruno, Wellbeck and Lallana will be able to talk him out of any sulks.

For sure. Doesn't seem like the kind of player to give anything other than his best anyways. Doubt there's anybody with any experience around the dressing room who would hand-on-heart talk him out of the deal tho

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I’ve been saying we only pick the phone up at 60 since the first story ran in the Mail


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tbh I think the boat has sailed now. I think we would accept £50m rising to £60m with sensible addons.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I’ve been saying we only pick the phone up at 60 since the first story ran in the Mail


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tbh I think the boat has sailed now. I think we would accept £50m rising to £60m with sensible addons.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

tbh I think the boat has sailed now. I think we would accept £50m rising to £60m with sensible addons.

Or more likely £40m rising to £50m etc

 

[jessiejames]

So all we got from city fans "we will walk away" trying to intimidate Bloom. The fact that Tony got so pissed off with them it was him that walked away. Hilarious.

 

[jessiejames]

Or more likely £40m rising to £50m etc

Why, its niw got to be £50m plus add ons

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

Not a single one of those is/was anywhere near the class act at the highest level that Cucurella is. At this level, life-changing amounts of money for the player and his family (and his agent) trumps all

Yes I’d imagine most people, not all, would move to another town, city or country to double their salary, but if you have signed a contract you can’t just walk away. City have to pay the TB’s valuation or this deal doesn’t happen. The end.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Or more likely £40m rising to £50m etc

Definitely not.
Unless Naylor's statement is absolute bollocks.

Tony has said only "eye-watering" offers would be considered.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Definitely not.
Unless Naylor's statement is absolute bollocks.

Tony has said only "eye-watering" offers would be considered.

Reckon TB's poker face would IRL be happy with £40m

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

Reckon TB's poker face would IRL be happy with £40m

No he wouldn’t. £40M for Cucarella to City is actually laughable.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Reckon TB's poker face would IRL be happy with £40m

Not a chance.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Guess they'll be haggling the price even as we speak. TB's poker face, plus the fact that he doesn't want/need to sell the player and the player has the majority of his contract outstanding will work in our favour. On the other hand, TB won't want a (potentially) unhappy/sulking player/asset left on his books either. Deal WILL be done - with all parties coming away feeling they've got a decent deal. That's how these things work at this level

There is no haggling. Tony Bloom has said Brighton have walked away and stop wasting our time unless you want to pay our valuation. That is exactly what Naylor's tweet said.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

For sure. Doesn't seem like the kind of player to give anything other than his best anyways. Doubt there's anybody with any experience around the dressing room who would hand-on-heart talk him out of the deal tho

Bruno. Sanchez has made the Spanish squad, so being at Brighton isn't a hindrance for selection for Spain.

 

[Baldseagull]

Guess they'll be haggling the price even as we speak. TB's poker face, plus the fact that he doesn't want/need to sell the player and the player has the majority of his contract outstanding will work in our favour. On the other hand, he won't want an unhappy/sulking player/asset left on his books either

Given that our model is to buy young and upcoming stars, rolling over to City on this one would just encourage more of the same next season when they come for Caicedo, or the season after when they fancy Sarmiento, or Enciso. I hope Cucurella gets it explained that Brighton just can't afford to let the mega rich clubs bully them into accepting lower fees than they should pay.

 

[Springal]

Dropped.

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[sydney]

**** off citeh...!

ya dog shit *****...