Dani Alves

[blue_sonic176]

Feels exactly like the Laporte episode

Potential to fuck up our defense for another season OR scupper the Alexis deal if we have to now spend a tonne more for a second RB

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Is Maicon still about ; )

 

[cadds92]

My concern is we start panicking and end up bringing in bang average just to fill the void for a season i.e. Mancini post title win.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Those fullbacks would have had to have been moved in regardless, they were simply not good enough anymore.

It was always going to be a gamble, but I think our biggest issue is the fee's. For me I think we have set £40m caps on fullbacks this season otherwise we would have got a few in by now.

However when Monaco and Spurs want close to £50m for Mendy and Walker that is a huge chunk of our budget gone, ans that not including the back up left and right backs needed for those two.

In all honesty to put a cap of the amount you are going to spend on fullbacks when we knew we were clearing the old ones out, and the fact that the new TV deal kicked in which the whole footballing world knew about, is a little disrespectful to the teams we are approaching.

We just need to make a statement and get the defence sorted asap so they get time to gel

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

What a cnut!

Pep?
Sam?

or Dani?

 

[Ric]

I imagine Guardiola and Begiristain will both be furious. A bit of a fuck up on our behalf though, we should have got something signed rather than taking his word for it.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Maxwell Scherrer,Thiago Silva & Marquinhos are close friends with Alves.It has been a decisive point for his arrival in Paris

This is the reality.

The lad has signed up to a club in the City where his wife works and his mates play - they were simply a more attractive proposition for him.

It isnt the fault of Pep,Txiki,or any of the 'ITK'S' - its just life unfortunately.

 

[dario2739]

So are we.

To be honest, he should be livid with Alves more than anyone – if he had verbally agreed to Pep to join us , the it's a proper ****'s trick to do what he's done, without giving us the chance to counter-offer... guess him and Pep are not as close as Pep thought!

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Would not like to be tixi or soriano when they next meet pep and khaldoon

 

[daveyboybluemoon]

One positive, we have another 100k a week to play with wages wise.

I think we are balls deep into Mbappe, expect to see developments interment.

Unless he fancies playing Right back then as good as he is not much help at the moment

 

[domalino]

Feels exactly like the Laporte episode

Potential to fuck up our defense for another season OR scupper the Alexis deal if we have to now spend a tonne more for a second RB

It won't scupper the Alexis deal, that's priority number 1 so any funds will go to that first and foremost. Seems like it'll hurt our CB hunt most, unless we can buy someone who plays both CB & RB.

 

[@BluePhil8]

I imagine Guardiola and Begiristain will both be furious. A bit of a fuck up on our behalf though, we should have got something signed rather than taking his word for it.

Bit of an understatement.

 

[cadds92]

In all honesty to put a cap of the amount you are going to spend on fullbacks when we knew we were clearing the old ones out, and the fact that the new TV deal kicked in which the whole footballing world knew about, is a little disrespectful to the teams we are approaching.

We just need to make a statement and get the defence sorted asap so they get time to gel

If that's the case we will end up spending £150m on fullbacks this summer. That = no Sanchez or any other player else. We will be spent up.

 

[domalino]

Would not like to be tixi or soriano when they next meet pep and khaldoon

Why? Pep won't be angry at Txiki because Dani Alves reneged on an agreement.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Is there a buy back clause on zabas contract?

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Qatar has fucked our owners over big time, and we all know why.

The payback for that will be ruthless and devastating to Qatar.

This is football my old China, don't be soft....

 

[blue_sonic176]

It won't scupper the Alexis deal, that's priority number 1 so any funds will go to that first and foremost. Seems like it'll hurt our CB hunt most, unless we can buy someone who plays both CB & RB.

Fair enough. Maybe we're going to keep Denayer around then.

 

[dario2739]

This is the reality.

The lad has signed up to a club in the City where his wife works and his mates play - they were simply a more attractive proposition for him.

It isnt the fault of Pep,Txiki,or any of the 'ITK'S' - its just life unfortunately.

That's not the point though really – sure all good reasons for him going there, but from City's reaction it would seem that he didn't let us know that, and we were still understood him to be coming here! Certainly seems Pep didn't know.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Pep?
Sam?

or Dani?

Sam
Dani

In that order (:

 

[waspish]

Ah well Fcuck him the old Fcuker