Declan Rice

[Bill Walker]

Great news this. possibly 7 players leaving this window, we need quality.
Hope we can offload Phillips in our deal with WH.

 

[jonah62]

A tale of 2 halves that season. Brilliant before his injury.

Thinking of Negredo, who injured his shoulder at WHam?

 

[yankblue]

She needs dumping then.

Not all women are into that

 

[jonah62]

Or just buy her a Euston - Stockport annual train pass [emoji23]

Plenty of brass in M/cr

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It's worth us bidding just for this...

 

[Keeper!]

I still think he’ll choose Arsenal, not because Declan Rice doesn’t wanna come, I just don’t think his girlfriend wants to move north, just my opinion.

Not a chance, if he was not 99% wanting to come we would not have bid.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Played indoor football against Steve a few years ago when he was the NE Revs coach. A hard fucking bastard. Took no prisoners. Big admirer of City on ESPN though. As is Burley most of the time.

Both boyhood fans of our Masonic cousins in Scotland

 

[eyalluvitt]

Or just buy her a Euston - Stockport annual train pass [emoji23]

Alderney Edge is an Eddie punt from North London

 

[Woody135]

The problem with swapping is wages. Phillips must be on a fair wedge at City.

Doubt hes on more than 100k which is more than affordable for WHU. Our initial contracts always start at a reasonable level and they get new ones quickly if they perform

 

[Woody135]

I wonder if rice is concerned about the impact it will have professionally and personally with his relationship with phillips. Either hes here to directly compete (and probably prevent phillips play) or hes effectively forcing him out of city when phillips clearly wants to stay.

Not easy given they both in the england set up

 

[Dax777]

I'll say this for Stevie. He never gets sucked into that crybaby crap about City. His philosophy is one of if you want to knock off the best put your big boy pants on and do something about it. Stop making excuses. He's old school plus he played for a dynastic type team himself, so in that regard he gets it...

Real recognize Real

 

[p.taker]

Doubt hes on more than 100k which is more than affordable for WHU. Our initial contracts always start at a reasonable level and they get new ones quickly if they perform

Been long-rumored to be on 150k

 

[Woody135]

Been long-rumored to be on 150k

Fair enough. English probably adds more

 

[alexmcity]

City don’t usually like bidding wars so this will be an interesting one. Anyone’s guess what happens now.

It's not anyone's guess. We are strong favourites to sign Rice, because we know he is not desperate to go to Arsenal (otherwise we wouldn't bid) and because we can offer a structure of the payments that Arsenal can't match. The structure is often more important than the mere numbers.

Told the Mosher that his source was likely wrong purely on the basis of logic: if he knows that Rice is going to Arsenal, then journalists close to Arsenal must know it too and they don't...

 

[burning blue soul]

I wonder if rice is concerned about the impact it will have professionally and personally with his relationship with phillips. Either hes here to directly compete (and probably prevent phillips play) or hes effectively forcing him out of city when phillips clearly wants to stay.

Not easy given they both in the england set up

Footballers know the script. It's part of the mechanics of being in competition with each other.

 

[Gray]

Footballers know the script. It's part of the mechanics of being in competition with each other.

Shape up or you are out.

 

[Blue Smarties]

Fair enough. English probably adds more

Captain too.

 

[burning blue soul]

Shape up or you are out.

Exactly. Perform, or be replaced.

There can be no sentimentality in elite competition.

 

[urban genie]

I wouldn't mind but all we need to seal the deal is remind the lad of our kinship

Pep just has to whatsapp him the classic that is

 

[Ajm1985]

Hmmm, by the sounds of it, the bid is going to be rejected. Honestly thought that if we eventually bid, it'd be at West Ham's valuation