Josko Gvardiol

[Taylor]

So it appears the initial verbally correspondence has been on the low side! Here's hoping we agree a fee pretty swiftly

 

[kun]

The £86m figure quoted in The Telegraph is surely bollocks? For a player that Leipzig loaned out to Zagreb?

That figure has been bandied around for ages. He went on loan when he was 18.

In 2021, Tottenham asked for £150m for a player they had loaned out to Leyton Orient and Norwich…

 

[krisblue]

That figure has been bandied around for ages. He went on loan when he was 18.

In 2021, Tottenham asked for £150m for a player they had loaned out to Leyton Orient and Norwich…

He was also loaned back as part of his transfer agreement from Zagreb…

 

[himalayan_blues]

Magic signing this will be, looks like it’ll get done.

Don’t see any more incomings, unless anyone leaves.

Magic squad.

Any possibility bernardo and de jong swap? Bernardo wanted to go for ages and he is officially married now.

 

[1Basti]

What utter tosh and clear evidence you have zero understanding of how a business is run. The money we save, in your instance £10m, pays wages be it staff, players or anyone for what it’s worth.
Also if City just cough up £5m here or £10m there then every deal we do going forward means we get that amount added on. Of course we can afford the extra money but that’s not how business’ operate, I’m sure you could afford an extra £10 being added when filling your car but does that mean you should or have to? No!
Successful companies and individuals don’t become that way by just flirting away their money for the shits n giggles.

personally i see city as a football club & not a business (especially with a very rich guy as a majority owner)

you can argue with your points when your are fan of Olyon,ABergamo or CPalace but city is one of the richest clubs in the world & saving money in negotiations with non PL Clubs/non-competitors is rather PR/marketing than responsible accounting/finance

 

[TrentGrisham]

Any possibility bernardo and de jong swap? Bernardo wanted to go for ages and he is officially married now.

De Jong's wages are absurd and by all accounts he and specifically his wife don't want to leave Barcelona.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

De Jong's wages are absurd and by all accounts he and specifically his wife don't want to leave Barcelona.

De Jong moving will be even less likely in my eyes since his wife is currently pregnant.

 

[Zenmanc]

De Jong moving will be even less likely in my eyes since his wife is currently pregnant.

There's an FDJ thread FFS.

 

[Gray]

Only going to get worse. School holidays starting soon!

Hells teeth, I am going to lock myself away in a darkened room until the little darlings go back.

 

[Coatigan]

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Given the way twitter has gone, much prefer the screenshot than a link to half a tweet that won't load up.

 

[Haaland94]

I always take bid info which a massive pinch of salt, but I hope we aren't f*cking about with silly bids, then walking away because Leipzig laughed at our last and final bid. After a season of record revenues and profits after winning the treble (Soriano), we shouldn't be putting in ridiculous low bids knowing clubs won't accept them.

Chelsea bid 90m Euros last summer. He has signed a new contract since. You would think we would at least put a comparable bid in.

 

[mosssideblue]

Chelsea bid 90m Euros last summer. He has signed a new contract since. You would think we would at least put a comparable bid in.

We wont bid until both parties negotiate an agreed position.

 

[Cobwebcat]

We wont bid until both parties negotiate an agreed position.

I’ve seen this take a lot recently and I don’t understand where it has come from. I’m not saying it’s wrong but we only have to go back as far as Rice to see that we do bid in advance of an agreement. In fact it seems to me that we would like the reputation that we bid once and if it isn’t accepted that’s it.

 

[mancboy]

Maybe the rice thing has burnt us and we wont publicly play our hand like that anymore until an outcome has been agreed?

 

[SWP's back]

We wont bid until both parties negotiate an agreed position.

Yeah. Like with Rice.

 

[mancboy]

I think rice was an exception to the rule tbf, its unusual we chuck a bid out without there being some kind of agreement first.

 

[DeBlueLou]

I think rice was an exception to the rule tbf, its unusual we chuck a bid out without there being some kind of agreement first.

Usually that’s the case. Rarely City bid for the sake of bidding. Especially when the teams are in advanced talks, why would City just go and provoke with a public bid that’s lower.

Still two days left until Gvardiol is suppose to land :)

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The difference seems to be that we're not apparently in a bidding war with a third club. We want this player. He and his people want us and only us. RB Leipzig have their valuation (to my untutored eye, it's a lot, but it doesn't seem outrageous). We have ours.
It's also not like the Kane situation where the chairman of that club basically didn't even want to talk to us, because he didn't want to sell his prize player to a direct PL rival — or what he saw as a direct PL rival.
I'd be absolutely astonished if we walked away from this one. It'll get done.

 

[mancboy]

I genuinely think the rice bid was an outlier and as reported was a kind of why not bid, the thought process at city seemed to be if we get him fine, if not thats okay to and maybe thats why a bid went in. We also probably underestimated the mouth on sullivan and that he wanted to play this out in the press as that was best for him and its not something that city typically do

 

[Trickyblues]

I think rice was an exception to the rule tbf, its unusual we chuck a bid out without there being some kind of agreement first.

Harry Kane? Cucurella?