It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[richards30]

sounds like grealish may indeed have that release clause in his contract?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

When they're achieved.

That's the issue, the more money loaded on the back end to finesse the cost keeps City waiting for an age, in a summer we could probably do with is straight away.

I recall Martial was headlined at £37m, but Monaco were still getting money four years later in tranches, after he made so many appearances.

Think his true cost was over £50m in the end.

 

[adam.marrett]

That's the issue, the more money loaded on the back end to finesse the cost keeps City waiting for an age, in a summer we could probably do with is straight away.

I recall Martial was headlined at £37m, but Monaco were still getting money four years later in tranches, after he made so many appearances.

Think his true cost was over £50m in the end.

Off topic of the original post but any truth to the Grealish stories now being thrown around?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

sounds like grealish may indeed have that release clause in his contract?

It's not a release, I have heard it's more likely to be gentleman's agreement, sadly.

The rumour has been doing the rounds for a few months about possibly £70-80m release clause, which is certainly the price United were being quoted last summer.

The figure could well be higher now because it is us, but Grealish and his people seem pretty confident that when they signed a renewal last year, there was some sort of understanding in place if a Champions League club came forward again.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Off topic of the original post but any truth to the Grealish stories now being thrown around?

I've been pretty clear for months that we are trying to sign him, it's no secret anymore.

His camp are doing all the talking, though, as you would expect.

 

[City_Sean]

I've been pretty clear for months that we are trying to sign him, it's no secret anymore.

His camp are doing all the talking, though, as you would expect.

Appreciate the info. Really like the idea of Grealish replacing Bernardo. Think he has some aspects of his game to work on, but he offers much more end product and dynamism going forwards.

 

[richards30]

It's not a release, I have heard it's more likely to be gentleman's agreement, sadly.

The rumour has been doing the rounds for a few months about possibly £70-80m release clause, which is certainly the price United were being quoted last summer.

The figure could well be higher now because it is us, but Grealish and his people seem pretty confident that when they signed a renewal last year, there was some sort of understanding in place if a Champions League club came forward again.

like the apparent Kane gentlemans agreement?

 

[Cobra]

Yep agree he did nothing in the big games….oh didn’t he score a penalty against Dortmund at a crucial moment? a free kick against PSG? and again a goal at home against PSG?

He was our best winger last season and yes he was consistent hence why he played so many games.

And yet Foden got more goals and more assists in fewer minutes. The only assist Mahrez got all season against a top 6 team was the one for Ake’s consolation goal against Leicester in the second game of the season.

 

[OB1]

I've been pretty clear for months that we are trying to sign him, it's no secret anymore.

His camp are doing all the talking, though, as you would expect.

As I've said multiple times, cos it's about the only transfer stuff I got some intell on, Grealish's people were the source for the original story that broke on JG to City, and I got that from someone who definitely knows about where that info emerged from.

 

[waspish]

It's not a release, I have heard it's more likely to be gentleman's agreement, sadly.

The rumour has been doing the rounds for a few months about possibly £70-80m release clause, which is certainly the price United were being quoted last summer.

The figure could well be higher now because it is us, but Grealish and his people seem pretty confident that when they signed a renewal last year, there was some sort of understanding in place if a Champions League club came forward again.

why they don’t get it in writing I don’t know I always thought it was 60m also

 

[willipp]

It's not a release, I have heard it's more likely to be gentleman's agreement, sadly.

The rumour has been doing the rounds for a few months about possibly £70-80m release clause, which is certainly the price United were being quoted last summer.

The figure could well be higher now because it is us, but Grealish and his people seem pretty confident that when they signed a renewal last year, there was some sort of understanding in place if a Champions League club came forward again.

I find it hard to believe that with the way agents treat new deals and potential suitors for players, they would ever rely on a gentlemans agreement. They are doing deals worth tens of millions for their client, i just find it hard to believe anything gets left to chance about the future.

 

[Coatigan]

like the apparent Kane gentlemans agreement?

Funny that, the players we are linked with generally rumoured to have gentleman's agreements to let them go for less money. Think we can hardly expect any of them to follow up on that of true, as there are very few gentlemen out there.

Our lot are up there though, I remember an interview with Dzeko in which he claimed that when he spoke to them about wishing to join Roma, they enabled it accepting less money than they could have asked for and he felt ao grateful and valued for that. Khaldoon then said similar, for players they value they won't stand in their way out of respect for what they have done. There have been a few more of ours that made similar remarks.

Don't think Villa or Spurs would really bother though.

 

[City_Sean]

I find it hard to believe that with the way agents treat new deals and potential suitors for players, they would ever rely on a gentlemans agreement. They are doing deals worth tens of millions for their client, i just find it hard to believe anything gets left to chance about the future.

For me what's more bizarre is that players continue to sign massive wage deals without release clauses. Surely if you're a guy with ambition to go to the top you'd knock £10k a week off your wages and have a clause in that means you could get the move?

 

[willipp]

For me what's more bizarre is that players continue to sign massive wage deals without release clauses. Surely if you're a guy with ambition to go to the top you'd knock £10k a week off your wages and have a clause in that means you could get the move?

Its just bizarre. You have two players in Kane and Grealish who could be moving this summer for close to a quarter of a billion combined. Both signed a new contract last summer and both are supposedly relying on gentlemans agreements to make those moves happen. Just bonkers they signed contracts without that written into them.

 

[Keeper!]

why they don’t get it in writing I don’t know I always thought it was 60m also

Gentlemen's agreements and hard cash don't mix well.

Unless it's written in ink on his contract, it's worthless.

 

[willipp]

Gentlemen's agreements and hard cash don't mix well.

Unless it's written in ink on his contract, it's worthless.

Exactly. They both signed contracts a year ago and are now relying on worthless gentlemans agreements. Just stupid from them both if true.

 

[Keeper!]

Exactly. They both signed contracts a year ago and are now relying on worthless gentlemans agreements. Just stupid from them both if true.

I would add greed, I would imagine if it was placed in the contract it would cost the player money, in terms of a wage/loyalty bonus reduction.

 

[Gumzy97]

The person who’s wrote this is reliable for Villa news but fucking hell 100 million

 

[waspish]

fair do’s City that is certainly splashing the cast 100m Grealish 120m Kane two players who will improve us so all good!

 

[Del_Bosque]

fair do’s City that is certainly splashing the cast 100m Grealish 120m Kane two players who will improve us so all good!

if we are paying £100m for Grealish it will be a lot closer to £150m for kane