So, "We don't know what is causing the delay", but "....its time to tell the parties he signs in the next 24 hours or we move on"
So many posters comment as if this was just like buying some furniture of ebay. If you go back to the Sterling and KDB transfers they were clearly done 'behind the scenes' with Txiki clearly having the contacts to get deals done through the players contacts and then enter into negotiations with the clubs - they then became protracted negotiations - but after CITY had already got the player and agent onside. I suspect very few people in the game could do this - the accountant at the scum certainly does not have any insider footballer contacts which is why he gets screwed over.
We all get frustrated and are keen to see our key positions filled, but we are now recruiting top players not squad fillers - it is obvious that the selling clubs would rather keep hold of them or if not extract the highest possible fee from CITY.
It really is a bit more complicated than making take it or leave it statements - that would be daft and likely wreck months of preparation done 'behind the scenes'.
Patience is needed - we will miss out on a couple of possible signings along the way. Like Alves, but given the Alves situation well - so what? He did a fucking big U-turn because PSG offered double the money - shit happens.
