João Félix

[Parisian]

Not on walker as he is english and there is a huge english tax selling to each other in the prem,we got 3 fullbacks for 150 m,we were in desoerate need,got rid of 3 brought 3 in,that is a good alround deal and sound business practise

And at the time, people were saying you were overpaying.

You don't think so because it filled City needs.

Zidane thinks he needs a Pogba in the midfield and a Mbappé as a striker and Real will be ready to pay big money for that.

 

[Neville Kneville]

For PSG , Neymar made a lot of sense. We won sponsorship at levels of top PL clubs level despite our league lower exposure.
And there is a thin line between spending smartly or not.
PSG tried to get de Bruyne but he chose you. PSG almost signed Fabinho, de Jong.
In the other hand, you were close to get Sanchez before MU gazump.
I have seen that Salah was not the first choice of Klopp.
A very thin line between success and failure.

What City did better is off the pitch with Pep and Txiki.
PSG was doing very good early on with Leonardo and his work went to the drain when they appointed bad sporting directors.
Hopefully , Leonardo will put in a good work again.

It might be ok to PSG to sign Messi when he's 40 & Ronaldo in two years as well but it doesn't make any sense regarding what we are talking about here, signing players from a football perspective.

City have tried to operate a sensible spending policy for years now, therefore, buying players either cheaper than others would pay, or paying 'a bit' more for younger but talented players.

Not the stupid money at the time paid for Mbappe or Pogba (or Martial for that matter).

Paying over 100 mil on this deal, even though transfer fees have gone up, would still be very much out of character.

 

[kaz7]

And at the time, people were saying you were overpaying.

You don't think so because it filled City needs.

Zidane thinks he needs a Pogba in the midfield and a Mbappé as a striker and Real will be ready to pay big money for that.

No,we paid the going rate for an english player from an english team,he has 6 medals in 2 season in the hardest league so clearly value for money,you have lost all perspective on value for money,how is 150m on 3 players overpaying?

 

[Kinkladze 1]

You said he was worth more than they paid for him,that is not true in real life,football wise every player we have are better than him,he dabs a lot though,loves the life but not the hard work

Are you saying that when Pogflop leaves Utd he’ll go for less than the £89m they bought him for?... yes he’s been shit but the market has had 2 more years to inflate and continental managers still like him. No way on this earth are they losing money on him when he goes.

 

[Neville Kneville]

The problem is you think only as a City fan and with City needs in mind.

There are a lot of clubs out there with other needs and that are ready to pay.

It is exactly like when City changed their 4 fullbacks.
They made Mendy and Walker world record in those positions because you had urgent needs. People said you were overpaying at the time.

You didn't have an urgent need for either Mbappe or Neymar.

Neither did we.

But the difference is, you signed them.

 

[Parisian]

It might be ok to PSG to sign Messi when he's 40 & Ronaldo in two years as well but it doesn't make any sense regarding what we are talking about here, signing players from a football perspective.

City have tried to operate a sensible spending policy for years now, therefore, buying players either cheaper than others would pay, or paying 'a bit' more for younger but talented players.

Not the stupid money at the time paid for Mbappe or Pogba (or Martial for that matter).

Paying over 100 mil on this deal, even though transfer fees have gone up, would still be very much out of character.

When will you understand that City is not the benchmark for a player value ?

City is operating well, getting some bargain.
That doesn't mean anything about a non City related player value.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Are you saying that when Pogflop leaves Utd he’ll go for less than the £89m they bought him for?... yes he’s been shit but the market has had 2 more years to inflate and continental managers still like him. No way on this earth are they losing money on him when he goes.

How about his wages ?

And 89 mil ? Really ?

 

[Neville Kneville]

When will you understand that City is not the benchmark for a player value ?

City is operating well, getting some bargain.
That doesn't mean anything about a non City related player value.

When will you understand that this is a City forum, & a thread talking about City paying the kind of money other clubs overpay for players ?

 

[Parisian]

You didn't have an urgent need for either Mbappe or Neymar.

Neither did we.

But the difference is, you signed them.

Well obviously needed them, if not they wouldn't have been signed.

I have told you that one of the axis of development of PSG in regards of FFP is to expand their brand worldwide.
Every day of the year, there is a new story about Neymar or Mbappé. I think catalan press make more articles about Neymar than about their players.
Madrid based press aswell.
Thanks to Neymar we got Jordan sponsorship which is a huge success , Nike will renew for 3 times the previous amount, ALL gives us between 60 and 75 M.
When FFP reduced the Qatari based sponsorships, we needed to get more income from other sources.

And on the pitch Neymar is excellent. Too bad he has been injured for so long.
Mbappé is the up coming french star. It is good to have for once a big french player still in the country.

 

[Parisian]

When will you understand that this is a City forum, & a thread talking about City paying the kind of money other clubs overpay for players ?

Ok, so i guess that if i don't align with your view, i should just shut up.
Ok.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Ive just logged in to see what is happening with this transfer,and the last few pages haven't provided an answer.....?

Can we please get back on topic.

 

[domalino]

£66 mill ??? Last I heard it was £100 mill.

Every decent Dutch source has said 75m euros for the last 3 or 4 months.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Ok, so i guess that if i don't align with your view, i should just shut up.
Ok.

I don't give a fuck.whether you allign or not.

If WE overpay for this player, we are breaking from our normal practice, where we leave that kind of thing to PSG, Real Madrid, Utd, etc.

I don't give a flying fucking rats arse if you like that, or not, it's fucking 100% true. We don't normally do it.

 

[bondsman]

See the above post,all those players of us you mentioned are centurians,laden with medals,they work hard and have got the reward,pogba does not have that in him or we would have seen it at the rags by now,lazy showpony,i've wouldn't have him if you paid me,remember pep said he was offered him at city and hesaid no,about 2 seasons ago he was hawked to us in the january

Work rate and ability are different. Tbf he has a World Cup winners medal.

 

[kaz7]

Work rate and ability are different. Tbf he has a World Cup winners medal.

So does benny
Ability needs hard work to get you to the top

 

[No One Understands]

Does anyone else here read Parisian's posts with a French accent?

 

[BosnianBlue]

To say Neymar is/was a bad signing/overpriced for Paris is watching the football with Sunday League mentality. Neymar is, after Ronaldo, the most marketable player on the planet and while being astonishing good in football, signing him brings much, much more benefits than those on the pitch do. And they are great too. He'd be a top buy for pretty much any club at 200 million and it is specially good buy for Paris because they don't have as much marketing channels as Premier League clubs do. Did his buy stop Paris to buy one or two other players they eventually needed? Of course. Budget is budget, specially in FFP era. But you can't get everything perfect. They thought they were getting amazing player wh'd help them on the pitch and to earn marketing money which would help them being more profitable in the future. And they were not wrong.

Felix is obviously not marketable as him, so this price being quoted is just for football potential and I'm not sure it's not pretty inflated.

 

[Parisian]

Does anyone else here read Parisian's posts with a French accent?

I have a terrible accent.
And i write with a bad syntax so you are prolly right. ^^

 

[Dax777]

It might be ok to PSG to sign Messi when he's 40 & Ronaldo in two years as well but it doesn't make any sense regarding what we are talking about here, signing players from a football perspective.

City have tried to operate a sensible spending policy for years now, therefore, buying players either cheaper than others would pay, or paying 'a bit' more for younger but talented players.

Not the stupid money at the time paid for Mbappe or Pogba (or Martial for that matter).

Paying over 100 mil on this deal, even though transfer fees have gone up, would still be very much out of character.

Considering we would have paid the stupid money if he had agreed to come here: This diatribe is quite absurd.

You have overpaid for a player when after buying him you find it impossible to sell him for the same amount or more. I.e. no one else valued him at that price.

For us Mangala is an example of an overvalued player. As no one will pay us 30 million for him. He lost about 80% of his value the day after we bought him. Countihno is another example of an overvalued player. Mbappe isn't. As someone (Madrid certainly, Barca and United likely to, and us possibly) will pay 200 million for his services if he were so inclined to move. So PSG did not overpay. He is expensive. Not overvalued.

 

[Dax777]

I have a terrible accent.
And i write with a bad syntax so you are prolly right. ^^

Can't tell your accent, but your syntax is just fine. And your reasoning is top class.

Please continue :)


But if you can try and discuss City players or interested players every now and then that would be nice. As it almost feels as If you are here predominantly to fight with FCBarca.

:)