Bob!
Coffee Buyer
- Jul 5, 2003
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That's bollocks.
He won't go for less than the price TB wants.
Whether that's £50m, £60m, or any other number.
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[Albion] Marc Cucurella *Signed For Chelsea 05/08/2022*
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That's bollocks.
He won't go for less than the price TB wants.
Whether that's £50m, £60m, or any other number.
BRIGHT ON Q
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- Jul 5, 2003
- 9,248
And if we let him go it will send out the message to other clubs that they can get our best players for peanuts.
- Jun 27, 2012
- 14,613
Potter wants options not like for like replacements but agreed both Mwepu and Caicedo give him different midfield alternatives (alongside Mac, Alzate, Lallana) . There’s no pressing need to “replace” Biss . And we coped (just) without White and Burn.
But agreed Cucurella leaves a left sided hole - but none of that will come as a surprise to Weir.
As for him inevitably leaving - well it’s not going very smoothly is it…but of course if they pay - that’s that. But will they ?
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Naylor has talked about matching the Ben White fee on several occasions I think.
Insel affe
HellBilly
City have been complete Dicks in this whole thing, not only do they come to us with a low ball offer which is laughable considering they sold Oleksandr Zinchenko for 32 million, but expect his up grade/repalcement to cost less at 30 million...
Not only that they unsettle the player with underhand tactics, Pep declaring he wants the player surely does not help, it undermines proper negotiations. Plus if this is true then every club knows we have money and need a replacement, so they will high ball us.
So for that reason, we don't feckin budge on the asking price 50 million or feck off.
I am sure Marc would sulk, but get on like a model proffesional he surely is.
But if he does sulk to an extreme and refuses to play then, If I was Bloom and had his wealth I would rather he sat in the reserves or bench sulking than take 30-40 million. That amount is not going to alter this clubs future at all, we are all for nurturing young talent to be picked up by the big clubs, we get that, but don't piss on us from up high, Tw@ts.
Not only that they unsettle the player with underhand tactics, Pep declaring he wants the player surely does not help, it undermines proper negotiations. Plus if this is true then every club knows we have money and need a replacement, so they will high ball us.
So for that reason, we don't feckin budge on the asking price 50 million or feck off.
I am sure Marc would sulk, but get on like a model proffesional he surely is.
But if he does sulk to an extreme and refuses to play then, If I was Bloom and had his wealth I would rather he sat in the reserves or bench sulking than take 30-40 million. That amount is not going to alter this clubs future at all, we are all for nurturing young talent to be picked up by the big clubs, we get that, but don't piss on us from up high, Tw@ts.
macbeth
Dismembered
so if he genuinely is unhappy and is throwing his toys out the pram? then what? the club would probably be willing to accept some sort of discount somewhere if it meant moving on someone who was really unhappy and possibly becoming a bad influence on the rest of the team. this is of course all assuming that he has genuinely handed in a transfer request
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
Well-known member
Can we get back to highlighting stupid posts by city fans on social media?
The transfer 'saga' is nothing but hot air. Cucurella will be a city player if they pay us a fee that we find impossible to refuse. That's it. It's been that way since City's interest first became known.
So please let's just go back to posting the humourously ignorant ramblings of certain sections of their fan base.
The transfer 'saga' is nothing but hot air. Cucurella will be a city player if they pay us a fee that we find impossible to refuse. That's it. It's been that way since City's interest first became known.
So please let's just go back to posting the humourously ignorant ramblings of certain sections of their fan base.
SeagullinExile
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Naylor has always said £50m +. What the plus means is anybody’s guess!
banjo
GOSBTS
Gonna cost you 50mil to see me.
Mancgull
Well-known member
Exactly. Ben White acted perfectly professionally throughout the transfer saga and got his preferred move, aided of course by Arsenal increasing their bids to eventually meet our target price.
If we fold based on a 'transfer request' and some questionable tactics by City, we are seen as a soft touch.
That's not going to happen.
This will just harden Tony's resolve. That's the great thing about our owner. With him it's a matter of honour as well as cash.
When Dan Burn left I believe Dan phoned Tony and asked for the move and explained his family circumstances etc. Newcastle then met our asking price, on the third bid, and off Dan went. All done very amicably.
These tactics will piss Tony right off, I'm sure. He'll stand his ground for the price we want. I doubt he'll compromise on that.
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
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We refused to let Dale Stephens go once upon a time and since then we've signed basically our entire current first 11 plus a number of youth and squad players.
I think we'll be fine.
Yes, but putting in a transfer request isn’t the way to go about it (see Dunk, Stephens etc)
He did ask to be benched next season, he may get his wish.
- May 8, 2018
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Doesn’t change anything IMHO, we never said he wasn’t for sale
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Blimey, seems to be a lot of anger on here! Getting a bit hysterical like the Leeds/White situation.
Let's be honest, he was always going the moment City decided they wanted him. I imagine it will be tied up for circa £45 million fairly soon. City will say it's for considerably less than the reported figure, Albion (Naylor) will say it is for considerably more than the reported figure.
No point getting so wound up about it, everyone's just looking after their own interests here. Cucu and his agent will want the City move, can't blame them for that - huge salary increase, trophies and international recognition are now coming his way. City want to pay as little as they can for him, Albion want to get as much as they can. City fans want to sign the player, we want to keep the player. Romano is a journalist who's career is reliant on social media content so he's just doing his job, if he's so shit at his job and spouts crap, just ignore him then. If Cucu wants to leave, he's well within his rights to hand in a transfer request and it's up to us to decide what we do with that. I don't see anyone really doing anything wrong here.
We're the best run club in the country IMO, if he leaves we'll bank a huge sum of money and we will have contingency plans in place. If he stays, we retain a quality player.
Just relax, enjoy the sunshine and look forward to teaching some Catalan's a football lesson tomorrow!
Let's be honest, he was always going the moment City decided they wanted him. I imagine it will be tied up for circa £45 million fairly soon. City will say it's for considerably less than the reported figure, Albion (Naylor) will say it is for considerably more than the reported figure.
No point getting so wound up about it, everyone's just looking after their own interests here. Cucu and his agent will want the City move, can't blame them for that - huge salary increase, trophies and international recognition are now coming his way. City want to pay as little as they can for him, Albion want to get as much as they can. City fans want to sign the player, we want to keep the player. Romano is a journalist who's career is reliant on social media content so he's just doing his job, if he's so shit at his job and spouts crap, just ignore him then. If Cucu wants to leave, he's well within his rights to hand in a transfer request and it's up to us to decide what we do with that. I don't see anyone really doing anything wrong here.
We're the best run club in the country IMO, if he leaves we'll bank a huge sum of money and we will have contingency plans in place. If he stays, we retain a quality player.
Just relax, enjoy the sunshine and look forward to teaching some Catalan's a football lesson tomorrow!
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
They will Jem they have to be seen to put up a fight that’s all. £45m plus add ins will be my guess.
I’m not backing down
Biss going is going to cause problems the amount of attacks that lad broke up was immense. We are trying to replace/reposition players to cover for a champions league quality footballer it’s not easy.
If he has handed in a request, City will have to up their bid significantly - the request would only have been handed in after discussion with them, so they will need to honour that if Marc has done his bit.
Undisclosed amount, both sides claiming it was a good deal etc etc (it it happens).
Undisclosed amount, both sides claiming it was a good deal etc etc (it it happens).
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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They will Jem they have to be seen to put up a fight that’s all. £45m plus add ins will be my guess.
I’m not backing down
Caicedo and Mwepu both already look better players than Biss did in his first season and a half though. Maybe we already have the budding CL players in place?
beardy gull
Well-known member
They will Jem they have to be seen to put up a fight that’s all. £45m plus add ins will be my guess.
I’m not backing down
I’m also not backing down in my opinion that Caicedo is the player that can do this.
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Oh bollocks. I saw your name and was hoping you had a ready-made Irish left wing back ready for us and good to go.