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

[y2dave]

Probably just trying to unsettle the player before putting in a bid, the dark arts of social media.

I think it’s all a sign of just how much City want him but realise they face having to pay a huge premium to secure the preferred target. Other top clubs circling, PL adaptation and contract length all put us in a strong position that City would like to diminish. Anything they can do to damage the relationship between player, club and fans potentially helps them chip away at our valuation or motivate negotiations. Story’s of terms being agreed and agent visits to training grounds are all part of a bigger playbook that can go all the way to players downing tools to force through a move.

Can totally see a deal being done but confident this is record fee territory for us. Unless City do allow a youngster like McAtee to be permanent makeweight in a deal.

It’s also been reported that we typically just reject incoming bids until our valuation has been met. Only TB knows that figure. No negotiation or direction given. Expect the games to continue from here.

 

[brighton_tom]

All these twitter accounts saying personal terms have been agreed, also still seem to think a deal at around £40m can be done, or that we're holding out for £50m. City fans will be in for a shock & get all Leedsy about it when they realise it will be north of that.

 

[GT49er]

I think it’s all a sign of just how much City want him but realise they face having to pay a huge premium to secure the preferred target. Other top clubs circling, PL adaptation and contract length all put us in a strong position that City would like to diminish. Anything they can do to damage the relationship between player, club and fans potentially helps them chip away at our valuation or motivate negotiations. Story’s of terms being agreed and agent visits to training grounds are all part of a bigger playbook that can go all the way to players downing tools to force through a move.

Can totally see a deal being done but confident this is record fee territory for us. Unless City do allow a youngster like McAtee to be permanent makeweight in a deal.

It’s also been reported that we typically just reject incoming bids until our valuation has been met. Only TB knows that figure. No negotiation or direction given. Expect the games to continue from here.

Talk (among Citeh fans) is about McAtee on loan. In which case it'll be a case of whether Brighton will allow him to be a makeweight in a deal (which is highly unlikely IMHO).

 

[Grizz]

Talk (among Citeh fans) is about McAtee on loan. In which case it'll be a case of whether Brighton will allow him to be a makeweight in a deal (which is highly unlikely IMHO).

Unless that was on loan with a right to buy then it goes against everything we've built up over the last 5 years. We're attracting young talent from home and abroad to the Academy, so why jeopardise that reputation of a club that let's you progress, with set out pathways to the first team, to take a loanee on? Just looks like a complete non-starter to me.

 

[GT49er]

Unless that was on loan with a right to buy then it goes against everything we've built up over the last 5 years. We're attracting young talent from home and abroad to the Academy, so why jeopardise that reputation of a club that let's you progress, with set out pathways to the first team, to take a loanee on? Just looks like a complete non-starter to me.

Exactly. It would be a question of us allowing it, not Citeh.Even if it were a permanent deal on offer, I imagine that coming from Citeh, wages would be a problem.

 

[Insel affe]

All these twitter accounts saying personal terms have been agreed, also still seem to think a deal at around £40m can be done, or that we're holding out for £50m. City fans will be in for a shock & get all Leedsy about it when they realise it will be north of that.

I would be very disappointed if the final fee is 40 million never mind 50 million, he has to be closer to 60 million.

 

[Live by the sea]

I would be very disappointed if the final fee is 40 million never mind 50 million, he has to be closer to 60 million.

As a club we used to be pleased to get a top 6 club player on loan . Not anymore , we’re past that . Want our own players .

 

[Silverhatch]

I would be very disappointed if the final fee is 40 million never mind 50 million, he has to be closer to 60 million.

What does an EYE-WATERING offer look like to Tony Bloom and his board? What does an EYE-WATERING offer look like when the second richest club on the planet is (apparently) interested in your POTS, is one of the hottest marauding left backs in football, has 4 years of a multimillion contract to run and is incredibly hard to replace? It’ll be WAY north of Ben White’s valuation.

 

[Brian Fantana]

What does an EYE-WATERING offer look like to Tony Bloom and his board? What does an EYE-WATERING offer look like when the second richest club on the planet is (apparently) interested in your POTS, is one of the hottest marauding left backs in football, has 4 years of a multimillion contract to run and is incredibly hard to replace? It’ll be WAY north of Ben White’s valuation.

This.

Given all of the various factors in this deal, the acceptable fee should be somewhere around the £65m mark, IMO.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

If city don't want to pay the money we'd want for him why don't they just save our and their time by asking who we'd sign if hypothetically we did sell Cucurella, and then go and sign that player instead?

They get their left back for the chump change they want to spend, we keep ours and we don't have to have weeks and weeks of shit rumours and people panicking that we're going to sell him for 30m or something daft like that.

Win win win.

 

[jessiejames]

What does an EYE-WATERING offer look like to Tony Bloom and his board? What does an EYE-WATERING offer look like when the second richest club on the planet is (apparently) interested in your POTS, is one of the hottest marauding left backs in football, has 4 years of a multimillion contract to run and is incredibly hard to replace? It’ll be WAY north of Ben White’s valuation.

£100 million.

 

[southstandandy]

£100 million.

That's more like it. Seriously. After what West Ham seem to want for Rice.

 

[Swansman]

That's more like it. Seriously. After what West Ham seem to want for Rice.

Being English adds some £30-40m to his value since some of the top clubs struggle with finding good enough HGP players.

 

[jessiejames]

That's more like it. Seriously. After what West Ham seem to want for Rice.

He has spent 1 season hear, he has 4 years left on his contract, tough on him if he dont like it, shitty did not want him before he came hear.

We wont stop players from going to these vultures but we must make them pay.
Can they afford £100 million?

YES

Then pay it.

 

[schmunk]

Being English adds some £30-40m to his value since some of the top clubs struggle with finding good enough HGP players.

NB: Being English doesn't make you a HGP; not being English doesn't stop you from being a HGP.

 

[Swansman]

NB: Being English doesn't make you a HGP; not being English doesn't stop you from being a HGP.

Technically true but you get what I mean. HGPs are worth more.

 

[jessiejames]

So on shittys forum someone has said Brighton want €56 m for him and said thats what Naylor tweeted, does anyone know if Naylir has tweeted that amount?

 

[chaileyjem]

So on shittys forum someone has said Brighton want €56 m for him and said thats what Naylor tweeted, does anyone know if Naylir has tweeted that amount?

Naylor hasn’t tweeted anything - for a while - cos he is on holiday.

 

[Swansman]

So on shittys forum someone has said Brighton want €56 m for him and said thats what Naylor tweeted, does anyone know if Naylir has tweeted that amount?

I'm guessing he didn't because why the fokk would they do the deal in euros? Make no sense.

 

[um bongo molongo]

What does an EYE-WATERING offer look like to Tony Bloom and his board? What does an EYE-WATERING offer look like when the second richest club on the planet is (apparently) interested in your POTS, is one of the hottest marauding left backs in football, has 4 years of a multimillion contract to run and is incredibly hard to replace? It’ll be WAY north of Ben White’s valuation.

The balance is that - as other have said - there’s a number at which we compromise our ability to say ‘come here, prove yourself in the EPL and if a CL club comes for you and pays the right amount we won’t stand in your way’. I think that number’s probably about £50M. If we start rejecting £60m then that story doesn’t really stand up the next time we’re trying to sign a new foreign young whizz kid