Marc Cucurella

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paulchapo said:
We don't. I was there in all the bad times, I never saw anyone crying or giving a single fuck about us. It's life.
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I saw them laughing & calling us "MASSIVE!"

I respect all clubs & fans apart from those who revelled in our lowly times which was just pathetic.

As soon as the Rags had completed their treble in 1999, 24 hours later my Rag mates & clients were beating a path to my door to take the piss.

Them doing the treble wasn't enough. It didn't mean as much until they could find City fans to rub our noses in it, & compare their treble to us beating Gillingham on penalties to reach what's now the Championship.

I've still not got over the Dippers taking Paul Stewart off us, albeit I understand if we hadn't have sold Sweep when we did, we might have been staring at administration.

It is what it is & 99% of players aren't fans of their clubs. Their employees who're always looking after their own interests with whomever that may be. It's football.
 
Ubiquitous said:
I don't know what you're on about pal. I was there when we won the league at Brighton, and they couldn't have been more hospitable for us on the day. It would have been very easy for them to have been hostile and bitter as we were all taking the piss a bit, but they were calm and friendly all day long. I'll always have a soft spot from Brighton for that great day.

They have a player they value highly under contract, we have no right to get this player. If we want to buy him we'll have to pay what Brighton are prepared to sell him for. Let's not act like spoilt brats - like United fans. If we can't do a deal, it is what it is and we need to get over it and move on. Like we did with Kane last summer.

Just because we are rich and successful doesn't mean we can bully other teams into selling their best players. Let's act with class and dignity. Let's not act like Barca/Real/United/Munich. Indeed I think the club act with said dignity when it comes to transfers, but certain elements of the fanbase at times let us all down.
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Not much more to say about the transfer, it will happen or it won’t.

But on BHAFC, I will always remember fondly the way they treated us when we clinched the title there. Thousands of their fans stayed and watched the presentation (compared to about 20 of those bitter Villa clowns), they had the City presenter on the announcements after the game, bars in the visitors end open for a good 90 minutes afterwards. Loads of congrats off their fans. Their whole approach that day was brilliant and helped make it so memorable.
 
mattyb said:
“This looks on, significant steps forward have been made this week”

Update from my guy….
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I suspect we will keep trying till the start of the season. else we will change direction and go to germany to get Sosa or someone like it.
 
What I don't get is 16 out of 20 PL clubs voted for, or abstained on a version of FFP with an eye on stopping City. The majority accuse us of ruining football by buying every player with a detectable pulse, & paying the equivalent of the UK's national debt in wages.

The fact that until 12 months ago Arsenal, Chelsea, Dippers & the Rags ALL had higher record purchases than City was lost on most.

We've identified Cucu as a possible acquisition, have made our interest known & have offered to double Brighton's profit 12 months after they bought him.

But no! They want over TREBLE what they paid for him a year ago & yet it's other clubs accusing City of ruining football? :-|

If offering a fair price & selling at fair prices is ruining football, then why isn't the blatant profiteering from a player who wants to leave?

Why aren't the press accusing Brighton of bringing inflation into the transfer market & ruining football?

Why does this only ever seem to apply to City? )(
 
What I don't get is 16 out of 20 PL clubs voted for, or abstained on a version of FFP with an eye on stopping City. The majority accuse us of ruining football by buying every player with a detectable pulse, & paying the equivalent of the UK's national debt in wages.

The fact that until 12 months ago Arsenal, Chelsea, Dippers & the Rags ALL had higher record purchases than City was lost on most.

We've identified Cucu as a possible acquisition, have made our interest known & have offered to double Brighton's profit 12 months after they bought him.

But no! They want over TREBLE what they paid for him a year ago & yet it's other clubs accusing City of ruining football? :-|

If offering a fair price & selling at fair prices is ruining football, then why isn't the blatant profiteering from a player who wants to leave?

Why aren't the press accusing Brighton of bringing inflation into the transfer market & ruining football?

Why does this only ever seem to apply to City? )
 
JWCH-99 said:
I get everyone's reaction to the comments from Potter/Weir, but honestly they probably mean nothing. This one looks like a kane saga to me. Start with a low bid (75m + add ons)- that gets rejected straight away. Get told City sources confident through the whole thing. No real second bid materialises as Brighton/Tottenham make it clear they want stupid money. Brighton/Tottenham sources say City are miles away from an agreement.

I'm not trying to criticise City, I'm pretty sure he's not worth 50m atm. Although could be when considering if we got 5-6 good years out of him or am I saying City can't negotiate- I respect that City set a price and are willing to walk away if a club tries to ask for way above value. I just think there are a lot of parallels. A lot of ITKs reported last year of second bids for Kane and confidence at the City end it would get done. There was a lot of reliance on Kane striking- as I think there is on this deal that Cucurella throws his toys out. I'm not sure that's going to happen tbh. I hope we do go get a different LB if it doesn't materialise.
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Imagine if we had gotten Kane. Bayern would have gotten Haaland. So happy we missed out on Kane.
 
Dribble said:
What I don't get is 16 out of 20 PL clubs voted for, or abstained on a version of FFP with an eye on stopping City. The majority accuse us of ruining football by buying every player with a detectable pulse, & paying the equivalent of the UK's national debt in wages.

The fact that until 12 months ago Arsenal, Chelsea, Dippers & the Rags ALL had higher record purchases than City was lost on most.

We've identified Cucu as a possible acquisition, have made our interest known & have offered to double Brighton's profit 12 months after they bought him.

But no! They want over TREBLE what they paid for him a year ago & yet it's other clubs accusing City of ruining football? :-|

If offering a fair price & selling at fair prices is ruining football, then why isn't the blatant profiteering from a player who wants to leave?

Why aren't the press accusing Brighton of bringing inflation into the transfer market & ruining football?

Why does this only ever seem to apply to City? )(
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You could say that again.
 
Dribble said:
What I don't get is 16 out of 20 PL clubs voted for, or abstained on a version of FFP with an eye on stopping City. The majority accuse us of ruining football by buying every player with a detectable pulse, & paying the equivalent of the UK's national debt in wages.

The fact that until 12 months ago Arsenal, Chelsea, Dippers & the Rags ALL had higher record purchases than City was lost on most.

We've identified Cucu as a possible acquisition, have made our interest known & have offered to double Brighton's profit 12 months after they bought him.

But no! They want over TREBLE what they paid for him a year ago & yet it's other clubs accusing City of ruining football? :-|

If offering a fair price & selling at fair prices is ruining football, then why isn't the blatant profiteering from a player who wants to leave?

Why aren't the press accusing Brighton of bringing inflation into the transfer market & ruining football?

Why does this only ever seem to apply to City? )
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Good points mate, and worth repeating.
 
Dribble said:
What I don't get is 16 out of 20 PL clubs voted for, or abstained on a version of FFP with an eye on stopping City. The majority accuse us of ruining football by buying every player with a detectable pulse, & paying the equivalent of the UK's national debt in wages.

The fact that until 12 months ago Arsenal, Chelsea, Dippers & the Rags ALL had higher record purchases than City was lost on most.

We've identified Cucu as a possible acquisition, have made our interest known & have offered to double Brighton's profit 12 months after they bought him.

But no! They want over TREBLE what they paid for him a year ago & yet it's other clubs accusing City of ruining football? :-|

If offering a fair price & selling at fair prices is ruining football, then why isn't the blatant profiteering from a player who wants to leave?

Why aren't the press accusing Brighton of bringing inflation into the transfer market & ruining football?

Why does this only ever seem to apply to City? )(
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Remember last season we HAD to pay what Spurs wanted for Kane, 150M and anything less was disrespectful.
The same press who said us paying Jack Grealish’s release fee was a disgrace and unfair on poor little Villa.
We really can’t ever win with these narrative shifting clickbait idiots.
 
ancoats said:
It is, but why city messing about with the transfer fee, just pay the asking price or move on
does not do both the player and city any good in the media or with Brighton and their fans toward the city fans
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None of that is relevant. This is a business decision. Not some 'please the fans' kumbaya party. Whether City gets the player or not will come after serious negotiations. How either fans feel here is irrelevant. We'll all be fine ( both City and Brighton fans) no matter the outcome.


Also, negotiating is not messing about. It's the sign of a serious front office. On both sides.
 
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