It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

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City_Sean said:
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?
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Someone has claimed previously on here that release clauses are not binding in england, maybe that's why most don't bother. Not sure how true, but it certainly happened with Suarez, when Arsenal triggered his release clause by £1 more, and liverpool refused it anyway, and sold him to Barcelona next year for twice the release clause.
 
Got to say I’m struggling with us signing two players for both 100m+, I know it’s for the best and I really want to see us win the champions league but it just doesn’t seem right.
 
Are these sources reliable? Not really wanting to believe Daily Mail and Talkshite at the very least
 
supersonicblue said:
Got to say I’m struggling with us signing two players for both 100m+, I know it’s for the best and I really want to see us win the champions league but it just doesn’t seem right.
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I get that. Remember when PSG signed two players for 400m though?

Wouldn't have any issue with it, if they are the right players.

I doubt Graelish woukd end up costing anywhere near 100m if we do sign him. And someone would have to leave, and money would come in.

Kane I doubt would be anything less than 120m. That one I struggle with a bit more, but that's the club's thing to worry about.
 
Keeper! said:
Gentlemen's agreements and hard cash don't mix well.

Unless it's written in ink on his contract, it's worthless.
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Not sure this is always the case, standard notice period for me over the last 15 years has been 12 months but when it comes down to it you can always talk sensibly. When I moved roles last time we agreed on a three month ramp down period - assume the same happens with reasonable football clubs where although the contract says one thing flexibility could be there.

Takes both parties to play though and if a club hold a player ransom it could impact on recruitment and contract negotiations with other players in the future - I would assume if a gentleman’s agreement is not held up other players would not trust the club in the future.

City deal with players very fairly, and I think that’s why we don’t get top of the market returns on some, we are making it easy for players to deal with us - but we hold a sell on clause and other bonus factors so everyone gets what they want - think we are looking at the situation differently to most clubs in this way and players appreciate this.
 
supersonicblue said:
No it’s not, it’s just the realisation that we’re becoming more and more like them
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Aston Villa have set this crazy fee if true. It is probably loaded with backend payments. Covid does not seem to apply to football transfers.

City must have a plan to recoup some of the outgoing money. 1/2 will be sold to balance the books. The sane/Angelino/nmecha funds will contribute.

We are nothing like the scum. Last time I checked we had Khaldoon in charge not the comb over twits.
 
supersonicblue said:
Got to say I’m struggling with us signing two players for both 100m+, I know it’s for the best and I really want to see us win the champions league but it just doesn’t seem right.
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If we can recoup around a 100m for outgoing players which if Bernardo is one is easily feasible then it’ll be decent business and improves the squad.
Time we built from an already strong position which we’ve failed to do in the past.
 
Pablo1 said:
If we can recoup around a 100m for outgoing players which if Bernardo is one is easily feasible then it’ll be decent business and improves the squad.
Time we built from an already strong position which we’ve failed to do in the past.
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Totally agree. That said I do hope Bernardo's fee is sizeable. Any other club he'd be at least an £80-90m player. But knowing us we'll probably get £60m max in 5 installments or so by one of the cheap bastards in La Liga
 
I hope its a 100m deal with his wages included for 5 years. or a 25m bonus depending on winning CL trophy with him scoring hattrick in final.
 
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