Marc Cucurella

[Stoned Rose]

A transfer request.

How very 1990s football manager computer game.

 

[Keeper!]

If City had any intention of meeting Bloom's valuation, this would not had ended in Cucurella handing in the transfer request. We will pay what he is actual worth and that is between £35-£40 million. You need to understand that market is going back to normalcy post Neymar transfer peak inflation. Lewandowski, Mane, Sterling, G Jesus have all gone for less than £50 million. Put your hand on heart and say that Cucurella is worth more than any of those players.

I agree with what you say but what is his value to our squad? We go into next season with our present FB's it will cost this club.

50m is crazy but the position has to be sorted and he seems to be the No1 candidate and after handing in a transfer request he obviously is.

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

All the players you mentioned has one year on their contract. To get 50mill for sterling with 1 year left was outstanding business

Hazard with one year left?! Even Ross Barkley with a year left was £35 million.

Cucu is not worth more than 35 million. Whether we push boat out not sure by how much more.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Man City have caused this. Disgusting club, disgusting manager.

All the money in the world but tight fisted scrooges trying to screw over our club.

Another one. If we came to them with massive money they'd say we're cherry picking players but try and negotiate and we're tight. Amazing

Just one-eyed human nature. Blame someone else for the pain.

Make them at fault to allow you to deal with your cognitive dissonance (at having to accept the notion that you are in some way lesser because feel you have been forced into a less than desirable situation).

 

[Greenjob]

It has already been alluded to I'm sure but players are assets and like any other commodity, companies will put a ridiculous price on it to deter would be buyers. It does not matter what City or anyone else thinks Cucu is worth or what they 'want' to pay, the price is the price. I know Kaldoon and the board have proven to be outstanding business operators but to pay £100 Mil for Greals yet quibble 'allegedly' over the price for a commodity we are in need of and not a desire is seemingly pointless? Just get it done or move on, simple.

 

[MT123]

He was linked to Burnley, who he eventually joined.

Four years later.

 

[howfen blue]

Will never understand why more players don't get release clauses put into their contracts. If Cucarella puts one in last season at say 35-40m this would have been done weeks ago.

 

[skillman]

Will never understand why more players don't get release clauses put into their contracts. If Cucarella puts one in last season at say 35-40m this would have been done weeks ago.

I always think that but then I think it’ll eventually create a tendency for clubs to put ridiculous ones in.

Barcelona were stung by Neymar’s being ‘low’ enough for PSG to trigger so now they have enormous ones in there. I know they have to have them in there in La Liga but still.

I’m sure Messi’s was only £100m for a while and Chelsea repeatedly tried triggering it. Luckily for them he was loyal at the time!

 

[alexmcity]

We will pay what he is actual worth and that is between £35-£40 million.

I'm afraid this is a bit delusional at this point. Brighton won't sanction a transfer below 45m. That much seems clear. You can quote me if/when the transfer goes through (or fails).

The actual worth is not decided only by the potential buyers. Take Kane. Don't think his 'actual worth' from the perspective of potential buyers was 150m last summer. But for Spurs his actual worth was easily above 150m and Spurs finishing 4th proved it. Conte wouldn't go there in the first place had Kane been sold.

For us Cucu may not be worth 40m (I doubt it, tbf), but for Brighton he may be worth 55m, why not? He's certainly their most important player, way more important than Ben White.

 

[howfen blue]

I always think that but then I think it’ll eventually create a tendency for clubs to put ridiculous ones in.

Barcelona were stung by Neymar’s being ‘low’ enough for PSG to trigger so now they have enormous ones in there. I know they have to have them in there in La Liga but still.

I’m sure Messi’s was only £100m for a while and Chelsea repeatedly tried triggering it. Luckily for them he was loyal at the time!

Then the player doesn't have to sign the contract really. Use Kane as an example when he signed his last deal at Tottenham they will have done everything the could to avoid him leaving for free. So if he would have put a clause of say 100m he would have got his move. The players hold all the cards these days seems they don't know how to play them in this way.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Typical bloody Txiki this, the tight arse is haggling over the last fiver.

We take the piss out of Spurs for stuff like this.

He could peel an orange in his pocket, as my old Irish nana would say.

Just pay Brighton the dough ffs.

 

[prealish_stan]

I'm afraid this is a bit delusional at this point. Brighton won't sanction a transfer below 45m. That much seems clear. You can quote me if/when the transfer goes through (or fails).

The actual worth is not decided only by the potential buyers. Take Kane. Don't think his 'actual worth' from the perspective of potential buyers was 150m last summer. But for Spurs his actual worth was easily above 150m and Spurs finishing 4th proved it. Conte wouldn't go there in the first place had Kane been sold.

For us Cucu may not be worth 40m (I doubt it, tbf), but for Brighton he may be worth 55m, why not? He's certainly their most important player, way more important than Ben White.

Spurs finished 4th because Arsenal bottled it and Spurs made a managerial change 4 months into appointing another manager. Spurs had to pay huge amount of severance fee to both Mou and Nuno.

Conte is elite.

 

[prealish_stan]

Hazard with one year left?! Even Ross Barkley with a year left was £35 million.

Cucu is not worth more than 35 million. Whether we push boat out not sure by how much more.

Hazard was widely considered top 3 wingers on earth in 2019.

 

[vincent]

Spurs finished 4th because Arsenal bottled it and Spurs made a managerial change 4 months into appointing another manager. Spurs had to pay huge amount of severance fee to both Mou and Nuno.

Conte is elite.

Conte is good. His CL record is terrible though.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

A transfer request.

How very 1990s football manager computer game.

It’s probably my ignorance but I’ve always wondered whether “handing in a transfer request” was an actual real legal thing in football or just a media thing?

Is it the player handing in a physical legal notice or literally just saying to the manager “yeah I fancy going City, boss”

 

[Gully]

I'm afraid this is a bit delusional at this point. Brighton won't sanction a transfer below 45m. That much seems clear. You can quote me if/when the transfer goes through (or fails).

The actual worth is not decided only by the potential buyers. Take Kane. Don't think his 'actual worth' from the perspective of potential buyers was 150m last summer. But for Spurs his actual worth was easily above 150m and Spurs finishing 4th proved it. Conte wouldn't go there in the first place had Kane been sold.

For us Cucu may not be worth 40m (I doubt it, tbf), but for Brighton he may be worth 55m, why not? He's certainly their most important player, way more important than Ben White.

Good post………the buyer will have a view on worth but it’s the seller that puts the price label on and the worth to one side (as here) may differ wildly from the other. Bloom is stubborn, don’t expect him to budge much to make this happen (and remember we still don’t know what his figure actually is).

 

[Nails]

A transfer request.

How very 1990s football manager computer game.

Is this your posh telephone voice?

 

[blueparrot]

Typical bloody Txiki this, the tight arse is haggling over the last fiver.

We take the piss out of Spurs for stuff like this.

He could peel an orange in his pocket, as my old Irish nana would say.

Just pay Brighton the dough ffs.

You do know Txiki doesn’t set the budget ?

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

You do know Txiki doesn’t set the budget ?

Alright “the board” then.

 

[alexmcity]

Good post………the buyer will have a view on worth but it’s the seller that puts the price label on and the worth to one side (as here) may differ wildly from the other. Bloom is stubborn, don’t expect him to budge much to make this happen (and remember we still don’t know what his figure actually is).

Bloom is stubborn but dealing with a star player who is desperate to leave is something new for him. It's a difficult situation and Cucu and his agent may make it highly unpleasant. Brighton may 'win' this transfer tussle, but the signal they are sending to potential signings may harm your dealings in the future. Attracting talents gets a bit more difficult from now on (if you keep Cucu against his will).

I believe that Bloom intends to stand firm (that's why I was a bit pessimistic about the transfer, many on here didn't take Brighton's position seriously, optimistic bias...), but this situation is new for him. Cucu's head may go the next months and you may sell him in January...Players have a lot more power now than 5-6 years ago, especially if their agent is good. Unlike Cucu's agent, Kane's agent was poor...