Here where, have we accepted 30m from west ham? No. He is an elite player, he will get an elite wage, and we'll get a fair fee
I find it hard to believe we wouldn’t have at least matched the Saudi bid if we were given the green light.
Not much money outside of England at the moment, what woul people rater see.
£27 million from Saudi or £60 million from Arsenal, Rags or dippers?
I find it hard to believe we wouldn’t have at least matched the Saudi bid if we were given the green light.
Was always the '2nd' centre half in my opinion, regardless of who he played alongside.In some reports, less than £30m....
If he was as good as some fans think, he'd have attracted bids well in excess of £30m from top level clubs.
He's good, but he's not good enough for City or for any top level clubs to make a bid any more. Simple as that.
Just looking at his current wages on the payroll site £120k/wk so that will free up a bit, Cancelo on £250k/wk and Philips on £150k/wk! No wonder we can't move Philips on!Low fee no doubt but on our books he probably has nil balance now so £27m will be all profit? Also getting his wages off the books as well and it opens up a squad place in an area we are beyond stacked?
Quite a bit of political rivalry between our owners and Saudi's obviously not looking to do us any favours compared to other deals floating around!Undisclosed fee obviously means we've been shafted it seems.
It's looking like it is. Regardless of what we say on here, the valuation comes down to what we will accept and what someone will offer.No way the fee would be under 30m when you take into account the shit players the Saudi league have signed for much more.
It also shows other players present and future that we do not stand in the way of transfers should players wish to move on.I wouldn't get hung up on the fee. Fabinho was still a first team player and I don't think Liverpool were actively looking for a buyer. Laporte is now third choice left centre back and it's obvious we've been trying to find him a move all summer.
The fee we receive is the price we pay for not selling him to a league rival and not pricing out of a move elsewhere. I can live with that.
Good Luck in Saudi Aymeric.
At least playing significant number of games albeit at a lower level.
City not going to sell him to Top 6 PL, as City know how good he is.
Below Top 6 they don't have monies to pay acceptable transfer fee
and his wages. Little monies in Europe too. So off to Saudi, City get
reasonable fee to offset some of Gvardiol fee, but a younger option.
So keep fit, will have number of Top Strikers still to deal with as Saudi
buying up more and more, and Spain still see him as Top C/B playing
lots of games. Win Win situation for all parties in most respects and
every transfer has compromises, living in Manchester one of them....
It also shows other players present and future that we do not stand in the way of transfers should players wish to move on.
We get a fair price and the player wants to move it goes through without issue.
Which part?What a load of absolute bollocks
I thought the 2 countries were on good terms?Quite a bit of political rivalry between our owners and Saudi's obviously not looking to do us any favours compared to other deals floating around!