De Bruyne?

SWP's back said:
He's told Wolfsburg he wants to leave, they told him to hand in a transfer request, he doesn't want to lose his loyalty bonus (which is huge), Wolfsburg have now added his loyalty bonus to his fee (hence the increase), City have told KDB his signing bonus is half and have placed a bid for the original fee plus half his signing bonus which doesn't bridge the gap fully but should be close enough to allow a deal, along with a few add ons which gets close to the £57m they want.

But as I say, Wolfsburg would rather have the player than the money.

Either way, I'd put my mortgage on this being completed before the deadline.
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Where did you get all the stuff about loyalty bonuses and signing on fees?
 
Said this would happen after Sterling. Showed ourselves weak in negotiations for a player who desperately wanted out, relationship with his club collapsed, who wanted to come here, and we were the only club at the table - yet we still paid the overinflated asking priced after a month of posturing and a couple of 'take it or leave it' bids.

Wolfsburg obviously paid heed to that, and are now putting into practice the lessons learned. Which means we pay over the odds once more after weeks of acrimonious negotiations over a fee.

We still pay well over the odds for players, and we still get taken over a barrel selling players; Jovetic, Dzeko et al.

We put all our eggs in the Pogba basket, and now we look set to fail to adequately strengthen a key area of the side earmarked 6 months ago.

People can say what they like about any perceived 'negativity', but I'm not convinced by Txiki's work as DoF.
 
Those saying this could go to deadline day. How could Wolfsburg use £50 million to even try to replace KDB if the deal goes that late?

Surely this has to get done early enough for them to spend the money they don't need/want or it won't get done.
 
Apparently we have bid the £50m and Wolfsburg want £57m now according to the journos on twitter. If that's the case give up, he isn't worth the heartache these pricks are causing us.
 
SWP's back said:
He's told Wolfsburg he wants to leave, they told him to hand in a transfer request, he doesn't want to lose his loyalty bonus (which is huge), Wolfsburg have now added his loyalty bonus to his fee (hence the increase), City have told KDB his signing bonus is half and have placed a bid for the original fee plus half his signing bonus which doesn't bridge the gap fully but should be close enough to allow a deal, along with a few add ons which gets close to the £57m they want.

But as I say, Wolfsburg would rather have the player than the money.

Either way, I'd put my mortgage on this being completed before the deadline.
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Makes a helluva lot of sense
 
RichardDunneOwnGoal said:
Said this would happen after Sterling. Showed ourselves weak in negotiations for a player who desperately wanted out, relationship with his club collapsed, who wanted to come here, and we were the only club at the table - yet we still paid the overinflated asking priced after a month of posturing and a couple of 'take it or leave it' bids.
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Don't just parrot what the press say.

Home grown.

Signed from a rival.

20 year old golden ball winner.

20% signing on fee to QPR.

Sterling was never in a million years being sold for less than £40m.
 
@BluePhil8 said:
Don't just parrot what the press say.

Home grown.

Signed from a rival.

20 year old golden ball winner.

20% signing on fee to QPR.

Sterling was never in a million years being sold for less than £40m.
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I'm not parroting anything mate, that's my opinion.

Sterling's a very good signing, but we paid over the odds, however you try and rationalise it.
 
I call bullshit from mullock. Cheesman asked the same question in the press conference yesterday, got told exactly where to go.

I know Mullock is better connected than most of the twats but we don't just pick up the blower and give out that kind of info.
 
GaudinoMotors said:
Bloody short term thinking by De Bruyne if he's putting this transfer in jeopardy for the sake of a loyalty bonus.
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I don't think it will be him making that decision. His agent know how much we want him and knows how the business works. He is just doing the best for his agent (and himself), he knows a deal will be done.

What surprises me is the fact Wolfsburg genuinely thought KDB wanted to stay rather than come to little City, as did the rest of the elitist German media.
 
RichardDunneOwnGoal said:
I'm not parroting anything mate, that's my opinion.

Sterling's a very good signing, but we paid over the odds, however you try and rationalise it.
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We paid what the asking club wanted and the guys in charge of the purse strings obviously felt it was a fee we were comfortable with.
What he does on the pitch this year is all the rationalisation required. He's going to be a superstar.
 
This is the grand finale here. From my understanding De Bruyne is taking a lower salary than originally offered so we can up the bid to keep Wolfsburg happy. They'll in turn still owe him a loyalty bonus so he'll get the cash, but get it from Wolfsburg via a loyalty bonus than in his wage.

I'm guessing Wolsfsburg are happy with this arrangement after his meeting with them last night, and that's why we've timed our bid for after said meeting.
 
i personally hope right now the club are in deep and serious negotiation stage with wolfsburg rather than playing games with the press
 
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