Jorginho

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

"The Sun"^

Blackburn is normally a good source for City stuff mate...

 

[deano ou812]

Feeling at the Etihad is that Jorginho being used as a pawn in the deal to take Sarri to Chelsea - and that he ‘prefers to live in London’ is nonsense. He’s being shoved in that direction by Napoli. #mcfc

13:11 - 11 Jul 2018

Martin Blackburn

Well if the player doesn’t want to go to Chelsea then he can’t be forced justneeds to tell Napoli and Chelsea to do one,very strange..

 

[p.taker]

Any other Blackburn tweets from 10 hours ago?

 

[Ric]

Blackburn’s article in The Sun says City are waiting for confirmation from the player himself that he wants to move to Chelsea before turning our attentions elsewhere:

 

[richards30]

Blackburn’s article in The Sun says City are waiting for confirmation from the player himself that he wants to move to Chelsea before turning our attentions elsewhere:

All still weird this to be honest

 

[Marvin]

very weird. I think City's reading of this via Blackburn and other City journos rings true, but does that mean that we can still complete a deal?

The player would have to hold out for City and Chelsea have bid more than city and offered better terms so is he in a position to force through a deal to City? He'd have to be very obstinate. On the other hand, Chelsea are not the attractive proposition they once were.

What was the London trip all about?

 

[Dr Jacoby]

We should never sign another player whose name begins with ‘J’ and ends in ‘O’ anyway.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Blackburn’s article in The Sun says City are waiting for confirmation from the player himself that he wants to move to Chelsea before turning out attentions elsewhere:

Ric, this just seems very weird to me.....If the guy is going to Chelsea, surely he not going to be arsed to return our calls? If we were still in the running, wouldnt his agent/player have already confirmed as such....I would hope we started looking for other options long before we had to wait for a call back...

 

[domalino]

Blackburn’s article in The Sun says City are waiting for confirmation from the player himself that he wants to move to Chelsea before turning our attentions elsewhere:

What I don't understand is why would Napoli push Jorginho to Chelsea when they don't seem to be offering any more money?

 

[Dax777]

For all the potential "footballing reasons", electing out of Champions League football is a serious step-back and shows a distinct lack of ambition on Jorginho's part.

That's a matter of perspective. Some will argue that being the catalyst of making the Champs league and attempting to dethrone the reigning Champions is where the true competitive spirit lies.

It not a lack of ambition at all, on the contrary its a show of confidence in your own ability. You don't need CL handed to you. You can go earn it!

 

[jared]

Blackburn’s article in The Sun says City are waiting for confirmation from the player himself that he wants to move to Chelsea before turning our attentions elsewhere:

Well at least we won't go into a bidding war with Chelsea. I was afraid that will happen when Chelsea made that move. Seems like our MO to the players now regarding transfers is to take it or leave.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

What I don't understand is why would Napoli push Jorginho to Chelsea when they don't seem to be offering any more money?

they rumoured to be offering 65mil(euros) 58mil pounds for Jorginho and Sarri...At a guess.....this would also mean they wouldnt have to buyout the rest of Sarri's contract for sacking him and they get a few mil extra in the process...

 

[Ric]

very weird. I think City's reading of this via Blackburn and other City journos rings true, but does that mean that we can still complete a deal?

The player would have to hold out for City and Chelsea have bid more than city and offered better terms so is he in a position to force through a deal to City? He'd have to be very obstinate. On the other hand, Chelsea are not the attractive proposition they once were.

What was the London trip all about?

The gist of those quotes from ADL are that it’s purely down to the player. He says that he and Khaldoon agreed a deal in terms of a fee, and that any prospective Jorginho move to Chelsea is unrelated to the Sarri deal. Still think he’ll end up there, but something doesn’t add up. Am sure there will be more twists and turns tomorrow!

 

[leewill31]

That's a matter of perspective. Some will argue that being the catalyst of making the Champs league and attempting to dethrone the reigning Champions is where the true competitive spirit lies.

It not a lack of ambition at all, on the contrary its a show of confidence in your own ability. You don't need CL handed to you. You can go earn it!

Haha to be fair that sounds like what a Chelsea fan would say at the moment :)

 

[B\connellblue]

Walk away city!

 

[Ric]

Walk away city!

Why?

 

[domalino]

they rumoured to be offering 65mil(euros) 58mil pounds for Jorginho and Sarri...At a guess.....this would also mean they wouldnt have to buyout the rest of Sarri's contract for sacking him and they get a few mil extra in the process...

Sarri's Buyout was 8m though and we were offering 51m for Jorginho. There's no money gap, or at most an inconsequential one. The whole thing is bizarre.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Walk away city!

Hold tight for a couple more days but line up plan C behind the scenes

 

[deano ou812]

Sarri's Buyout was 8m though and we were offering 51m for Jorginho. There's no money gap, or at most an inconsequential one. The whole thing is bizarre.

Agreed,something just isn’t right about all this..

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Sarri's Buyout was 8m though and we were offering 51m for Jorginho. There's no money gap, or at most an inconsequential one. The whole thing is bizarre.

I read it as we'll deal J to Chelsea on the understanding that Sari doesn't look at other Napoli players.

Now if we still get him, Napoli could be proper fucked if Sari then raids them.