Ferran Torres signs for Barcelona

[Gray]

Good luck to him. I only want players who are desperate to play for us.

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

21 year old teen?

Yes using the Lingard calculator

 

[citizen_maine]

This and the instalment bit irritates me to no extend.

Yes, Fees are paid in instalments but we would have structured the deal to benefit Barcelona as those cules cant afford to buy a pint of beer right now.

Without going into this cockfight of whether our Spanish contingent at city is Barcelona biased or not, I would just say if the deal was happening the other way around, Barcelona would be more ruthless and remorseless.

If we had to structure the deal to make it happen, then it also benefits us

 

[TCIB]

Good luck fella.

 

[01cravend]

Just another name on the long list of Spainards that have come here and gone "home" soon after.

 

[decmancity]

This and the instalment bit irritates me to no extend.

Yes, Fees are paid in instalments but we would have structured the deal to benefit Barcelona as those cules cant afford to buy a pint of beer right now.

Without going into this cockfight of whether our Spanish contingent at city is Barcelona biased or not, I would just say if the deal was happening the other way around, Barcelona would be more ruthless and remorseless.

Do you actually believe that?

You believe that Txiki and Soriano have had one over on Khaldoon and Omar also?

Barca "ruthless"?
LOL. Have you seen the state of their squad, stadium, finances and transfers?

Paying in installments has ZERO impact on how this deal is financed for us.

 

[Sid C]

Good luck to him. I only want players who are desperate to play for us.

Same here. I would have quite liked a sell on clause thrown in as well.

 

[johnnytapia]

Shame for the second time , he ( and sane) will be great players

Sane is a great player. Torres will never be a great player. We’ve done brilliantly out of this deal.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

He came, he made a contribution, he had his turned and may have been tapped up. Ultimately if he doesnt want to be here and we make a decent profit its prob best all round. We have a number of players who can play wide/attacking mid or false 9. Hopefully his fee (when we get it) will be reinvested wisely and some of academy players will get a chance to step up.

 

[SiMCFC]

Good luck to him, on a football level it's a risky move, yes Barca are a huge club but they are in a real hole as a club at the moment, thanks for your contribution.

 

[asahartford1]

Good luck to him.

Bought for peanuts and sold for a nice profit.

If we had a forward, I can’t see where he would have featured in this team. Ferran did not have the pace needed for the English game.

I don’t like how we seemingly allow Barca to take players off us quite easily. I know pep said anyone can leave and I admire this approach but I don’t see us behaving this way with any other team.

The pals act with Barca is only benefiting 1 club so far and that is not city.

Anyway, as I say, good luck lad. Can’t fault your effort & professionalism while wearing blue.

so you think Garcia and Torres are not good enough, we double our money on a player who you dont rate , but they are getting the better deal. Sound as logical as Klopp to me.

 

[oldius]

All the best to him. I am sorry to see him go but happy that Cole Palmer is ready to step forward into his shoes.

 

[Great Kompany]

Do you actually believe that?

You believe that Txiki and Soriano have had one over on Khaldoon and Omar also?

Barca "ruthless"?
LOL. Have you seen the state of their squad, stadium, finances and transfers?

Paying in installments has ZERO impact on how this deal is financed for us.

So let's put it this way.

For a dead arse club like Barcelona with billions of debt, a lot of moving parts would have to fall in place for a deal of this size to happen.

My guess is - as the selling party we would have been a little lenient towards a few aspects of the deal because it is Barcelona instead of fleecing them off as the scousers did with Coutinho.

And I may be wrong but we are way friendlier towards Barcelona than the other way round and I am yet to see our benefit from this friendship as I only care about City.

 

[oldius]

Having good relationships with clubs is a good thing. That some believe we are constantly taken advantage of forgets our unbroken success from a sporting and business perspective.

 

[Roachy]

Good deal, move on.

 

[wolviedinho]

so you think Garcia and Torres are not good enough, we double our money on a player who you dont rate , but they are getting the better deal. Sound as logical as Klopp to me.

Financially city have done well on the Torres deal. Both Garcia & Ferran did not have the necessary attributes to become a regular first team player in their default positions.

This issue I have is not with the specific player but the relationship we seem to have with Barca. For a club that has done nothing but pander lies about us, we sure seem willing to help them in their current plight.My opinion on the player is irrelevant.

 

[its a Barm]

Why the fuck can't we do a deal days before the window opens

 

[decmancity]

So let's put it this way.

For a dead arse club like Barcelona with billions of debt, a lot of moving parts would have to fall in place for a deal of this size to happen.

My guess is - as the selling party we would have been a little lenient towards a few aspects of the deal because it is Barcelona instead of fleecing them off as the scousers did with Coutinho.

And I may be wrong but we are way friendlier towards Barcelona than the other way round and I am yet to see our benefit from this friendship as I only care about City.

Well we are lenient in the sense because we know Torres wants to go and we aren't going to stand in the way. Yeah Barca did get fleeced by the scousers but its not going to be possible to do that again, Barca dont have that money and why would we put £100m price tag on Torres knowing full well they aren't going to pay it.

What benefit do we need from Barca? mid table spanish club in the Europa league.

 

[Roy Munson]

Reminded me of Albert Riera. Great technique but absolutely zero pace or ability to beat a man.

He's another in the long line of Spanish 'wide forwards' who look great in Spainish football, but just don't seem to hack it in the Premier League (Reyes, Pedro, Nolito, Luque etc.)

 

[Tim of the Oak]

We’ve let a good player go for good money. It’s probably a reflection of the economic climate and recognition that we’ve got strength in depth in wide attacking positions.