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I can see us going to 70 but not a penny beyond . Its a psychological sum that allows Leicester to say they got a good price for a quality player who served them well. City can say that it is an inflated market , that the Sané injury forced the need to do a quick deal and that it is simply what we had to do in an inflated market .
Meanwhile in private City will know that it is a very good price given that FFP will most likely be linked exclusively to transfer fees in the Summer window . That could restrict our buying power greatly.
So why not spend 70 now while we are allowed
Oh and if Leicester feel they can get more then let them take the chance on that in the Summer when possible draconian FFP transfer restrictions are in place .
Interesting 12 hours ahead ....
 
dadnlad said:
by time sky and big gob finished it'll be 100 million +
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They do with every other Man City signing. Pay until the contract has ended and possible bonus payments are all added to the purchase price for the headline.
Who cares as long as we can watch the magic on the pitch.
 
Steve68 said:
The message I would get as a promising young player is Don’t Sign For City. As soon as a player gets injured the cheque book comes out.

Why sign Silva and Gundogan if we would rather splash the cash than adapt tactically to injuries by utilising the great players we have on the bench?

Silva did fine on the left when he came on. This should be his chance to shine.

If we have the cash then a backup for Fern would be my priority.

Pep went in the record and said the club cannot pay eighty mill for a player. Can’t see Leicester settling for fifty in this insane market anyway.
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It’s clearer now why he said they couldn’t pay £80M for a player. Probably related to plans to bid for Mahrez and keeping LCFC’s expectations limited. Followed up by a Mahrez transfer request it limits what we can be expected to pay.
 
Happy Feet said:
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Silva is not a wide player and i cannot believe you think he has been doing fine as a wide player, he has done fine when played inside or off the front in a free role.
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Silva is a wide player, he's played his entire fucking career out wide.

I think what you might mean is "he's not a pacey winger" but it does my head in seeing people either try and pretend, or just be ignorant to the fact the bloke has spent his entire career playing wide right.
 
If he isnt rumoured to be in CFA for medical before noon, cant see this happening? I might be wrong , but i will take my chances..
 
paulsimpson said:
Oh and if Leicester feel they can get more then let them take the chance on that in the Summer when possible draconian FFP transfer restrictions are in place .
Interesting 12 hours ahead ....
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It's not really about thinking we can get more. It's about the market at that moment and his worth to us, as I mentioned earlier. Losing Mahrez could cost us £20m in prize money this season and each year he's not around as he is the difference between a high finish and lower midtable.

The club would look at selling him now for £70m or in the summer for £50m, or in a year and a half for £30m as about the same thing. So if someone wants him, they need to make it worth our while.
 
domalino said:
Silva is a wide player, he's played his entire fucking career out wide.

I think what you might mean is "he's not a pacey winger" but it does my head in seeing people either try and pretend, or just be ignorant to the fact the bloke has spent his entire career playing wide right.
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Correct i meant pacy, he will never be able to replace Sane and struggles with the physicality of the Premiership when played wide, looks far more at home in English football when he plays inside.
 
silva_shoelaces said:
Okay so I said most of this about 70 pages back but apparently about 40% of the forum still don’t get it.

We have no fucking backup wingers
Bernado is not a fucking winger
Diaz is 18 and not a fucking winger
Foden is 17 and not a fucking winger
We have TWO fucking senior players for our attacking THREE fucking positions
Mahrez is the best available fucking winger in the Premier League
Some similar level fucking wingers are older and/or unavailable
Other similar fucking wingers are younger and/or inexperienced
Mahrez has won the fucking Premier League with fucking Leicester and got the fucking POTY
We are in 4 fucking competitions. That is potentially 27 fucking matches.
People want to play for 6 fucking weeks with ONE fucking winger.
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Yeah, but what about the kids.
 
domalino said:
Silva is a wide player, he's played his entire fucking career out wide.

I think what you might mean is "he's not a pacey winger" but it does my head in seeing people either try and pretend, or just be ignorant to the fact the bloke has spent his entire career playing wide right.
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I fully agree since we signed him everyone on here seems to believe he is a centre mid but to my knowledge he has always played on the wing.
 
foxedup said:
It's not really about thinking we can get more. It's about the market at that moment and his worth to us, as I mentioned earlier. Losing Mahrez could cost us £20m in prize money this season and each year he's not around as he is the difference between a high finish and lower midtable.

The club would look at selling him now for £70m or in the summer for £50m, or in a year and a half for £30m as about the same thing. So if someone wants him, they need to make it worth our while.
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Well ok ,that's another reason why I'm saying we should pay that 70 if it gets this deal done. I mean , if we are in the 60's right now it's not beyond us to offer 70 take it or leave it . Would Leicester accept 70 though ?
 
SPIDERBOY said:
Think only the paperwork has to be submitted by 11pm and it can be "subject to medical"
I may be wrong.
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I dont think you're wrong and you might be right; surely pep nor management would like to divert their attention away from today's game imho.
 
Thought Leicester and mahrez had a gentlemen's agreement that he would be allowed to leave after he gave them the season after the league win? If this is the case I can really see mahrez doing some serious dummy spitting on the pitch. £50m is a cracking price for a player they were willing to let go for 30-40m last season
 
paulsimpson said:
Well ok ,that's another reason why I'm saying we should pay that 70 if it gets this deal done. I mean , if we are in the 60's right now it's not beyond us to offer 70 take it or leave it . Would Leicester accept 70 though ?
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I think VVD money gets him, you can be creative... write off some of the Iheanacho money.
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
Thought Leicester and mahrez had a gentlemen's agreement that he would be allowed to leave after he gave them the season after the league win? If this is the case I can really see mahrez doing some serious dummy spitting on the pitch. £50m is a cracking price for a player they were willing to let go for 30-40m last season
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We turned down over £30m in the summer, we wanted £50m then and the market has gone batshit crazy and Mahrez is absolutely ripping it up, so valuations change.

The agreement is, is we get an offer we deem suitable we won't stand in your way.
 
domalino said:
Silva is a wide player, he's played his entire fucking career out wide.

I think what you might mean is "he's not a pacey winger" but it does my head in seeing people either try and pretend, or just be ignorant to the fact the bloke has spent his entire career playing wide right.
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OK, well just like his namesake David, Bernardo will be better suited to a central role at City. Unless you're saying that Bernardo will not walk the same path as David?
 
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